What Achievements Should You List on Your Resume

What Achievements Should You List on Your Resume A resume is a tool for you to sell yourself as a valuable employee. It provides an opportunity for you to let your  prospective employers learn more about you, and highlighting your previous achievements on  your resume is a good way to demonstrate the  value that you could bring to their organisations. But  what if you don’t think you have any professional achievements to list on your resume?  Not so fast! They are there. You just have to look harder. Here are some tips on how to list your achievements and what ones you should be writing about: 1. Achievements come in different forms. Achievements come in many different forms. Sometimes we tend to underestimate the value of  our own achievements and it is just a matter of learning how to identify them. For each  position on your resume, consider your role and think back on what you did well for that  position. For example, did you solve a problem? Did you complete a project ahead of  schedule? Did you receive commendations from clients? These are all achievements that  you can put on your resume. If youre applying for your first job and havent built any proper professional experience, think about it in terms of your academic achievements. Have you completed any challenging assignments that you are particularly proud of, or did you take part in any extra-curricular activities, projects or duties? 2. Don’t leave out non-work related achievements. Sometimes non-work related achievements are as valuable as professional ones. If you  have other relevant achievements, be them academic, personal, or volunteer work related,  list them on your resume. They are valuable and could be the things that set you apart  from other applicants. For example, achievements such as the number of houses you  helped build in your volunteer project, or the website you helped design for your local  library should be noted on your resume. 3. Think outside the box. The best resumes are unique to a  persons situation, and sometimes you need to think  outside the box when it comes to identifying your achievements. Stop thinking about  what you did on the job and start thinking about what impact you had brought to the job.  Your prospective employers most likely won’t be interested in what you did each day but  they certainly want to know what values you had brought to the company you worked  for. 4. Broaden your definition of achievement. Broaden your definition of achievement and something will come to your mind. Ask  yourself this question: If you came home at the end of a tough week and patted yourself  on the back for what you had accomplished during that week, what would you be talking  about? Use this as motivation and inspiration. For example, did you overcome a fear of public speaking or tackle  some tough obstacles to meet a deadline? 5. Ask for feedback. If you still have a hard time identifying your achievements, ask your former and current  co-workers for feedback. If you have access to your previous performance reviews, take a  look at them. They often provide examples of some of your achievements. Don’t take  your achievements for granted as your prospective employers consider past performance  as an indicator of future performance.

Whats Irritating to Others When Using Video - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Whats Irritating to Others When Using Video - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career In recent years Ive polled hundreds of people about their work in the digital age. Last week I wrote about whats irritating to people about cellphones. This week, its whats irritating about video? When people: -don’t acknowledge others on the other side of the monitor -constantly look bored or continuously check their cell phone -don’t speak up -use cell phones to call which is usually a poorer connection -join in late -don’t set up pre-call arrangements and end up having to spend call time dealing with equipment or call setup issues -invite too many people to get on the video -have poor backlighting and contrast -talk louder than necessary -are not aware of their body language -don’t smile -have a background that is too busy or distracting -on the other end start multi-tasking -talk over others -don’t mute their phone when appropriate -move excessively in and out of view -make statements like, “I know you probably can’t see this” but then goes on to explain a graph or picture without giving details along with the point, i.e. “as you see here the numbers are…” versus “this graph shows a 30% growth rate” -don’t pay attention, fidget with laptop and cell phones -only speak to folks in the room not the people on the other side of the monitor too -talk all over each other because of time delay -are obviously having private side conversations -don’t look at the camera; act stiffly around it -shuffle papers noisily -do not pay attention to personal appearance -don’t operate the data systems correctly -eat or drink while on the call -use too much hand gesturing Now that you are reminded, reframe from doing the above!

4 Surefire Ways to Have a Successful Internship Experience

4 Surefire Ways to Have a Successful Internship Experience Todays post is written by  Early Careerists, the information hub for informative, relevant, and fun career and leadership content. Many young professionals today are intently focused on landing an internship. Certainly, with the job market today, it is quite an accomplishment to land any job. There is also the chance your internship may turn into a full-time job. However, I notice many young professionals identify accomplishment with landing the internship, rather than the experience and skills gained on the job. Indeed, the first step is to secure an internship in your field of study. There are many resources out there to tap into including Youtern  and  Internships.com. However, lets takes the process a few steps further. Once you receive that coveted job offer and receive intern status, now what? How do you maximize time (which is typically limited)? What are some ways to make your internship a valuable experience, not only for your but for the company as well? Here are 4 Surefire Ways to Have a Successful Internship: 1) Get Ultra Aggressive Since your time as an intern is finite, it is vitally important that you get ultra aggressive, right out of the gate. There is simply no time to be timid folks! As you start your internship, be mindful that your company has likely seen interns come and go. They have seen good interns and bad interns. Your Goal: Wow them from the start. Put yourself out there and own your position. 2) Think Legacy Ok, so internships are not for the faint of heart. You must find a project in which you can leave a lasting impression and in a sense, your mark on the organization for years to come. While it is not likely that they will erect a statue in your honor, it is likely they will remember you. And, you will optimize your development in the process. So, the first thing to do here is ask the question. What are some key projects that need extra help? How can I contribute? Are they any projects on your radar that are worthwhile but havent been started due to resources? Your Goal: Ensure that your contributions are leaving a mark on the organization, as well as, developing your skills. Filing paperwork is not an internship. Get engaged on serious stuff! 3) Get Uncomfortable As you embark upon the first step of your long career ahead, remember this: The comfort zone is not your friend! Becoming an intern is a life growth opportunity. As with most growth comes discomfort, and we humans kind of like to avoid discomfort as a general rule. Bottom line: Hit this growth opportunity head on! How? Skill development! Now is the time to focus on developing those skills that you likely did not learn in college. These are often called the soft skills and you will need them to be successful in the real professional world. There are 3 skills that you should consciously focus on developing1) Conflict, 2) Influence, and 3) Facilitation Skills. First, if you picture yourself as an agent of change, get ready to face situational conflict in the workplace. You must thicken your skin here. Second, your ability to get results is a direct function of your ability to influence others. This may take salesmanship, political savvy, or downright persistence. Build up your influence to drive results. Finally, you will likely be called to lead others. You will need to develop effective facilitation skills to keep projects on track and ensure that necessary collaboration is occurring. Remember, this is not your senior class project anymore. You will need to facilitate well seasoned professionals from many backgrounds and job functions. Get uncomfortable and develop those skills! Finally, you will likely be called to lead others. You will need to develop effective facilitation skills to keep projects on track and ensure that necessary collaboration is occurring. Remember, this is not your senior class project anymore. You will need to facilitate well-seasoned professionals from many backgrounds and job functions. Get uncomfortable and develop those skills! 4) Close Out Strong Internships vary across the board. Some are very regimented whereas others are the Wild West. Regardless of the internship structure, you must make a move to close out strong. A bad career move is to quietly exit the company leaving others asking, Who was that? To exit with strength, request a closing meeting. If you have the flexibility, send a meeting appointment to your boss and their boss. During this meeting, humbly reiterate how you think you have added value during your short tenure. Focus on the results! This conversation is about the value and results that you can bring. Finally, indicate a passion for returning for duty. If there was an uncompleted task or project, offer up your contact information to assist others who may pick it up. These types of conversations make you memorable. Have you had a successful internship?  How did you make it a valuable experience?

Whats your Vector, Victor - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Whats your Vector, Victor - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Don’t worry. There will be no pop quizzes. However, there may be some reminiscing of the classic movie Airplane If you have never seen the movie Airplane you have more than likely heard  some of the best lines over the years. If you havent seen it … Go ahead and watch it now. Ill wait. Welcome back. Kidding aside … For those that have forgotten their high school physics. A vector has BOTH direction and magnitude. What does this mean for your career? Just like a vector … your career also has a direction and magnitude. What you focus on and spend time on … will grow and improve. What you measure … or get measured on … will get done. This is a slight offshoot from the Tom Peters quote: What Gets Measured Gets Done! In a very similar way your career will have direction and magnitude. Again, if you have forgotten your high school physics … Magnitude just means size. And, Direction … is well … The Direction the vector is pointing. You probably already know a few areas where you stand out in your career today. These points â€" whether you have identified them or sought them yourself â€" or whether someone has told you directly â€" are your career vectors. Whats your Vector, Victor? How will you influence the Direction and Magnitude of your vector so that you will stand out in your career? Keep in mind … there is no wrong answer. What you focus on will grow. What you ignore will atrophy. Essentialism Guides Your Vector There is a great book by Greg McKeown  called “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” where he distills the essence of our daily efforts into one simple graphic. The graphic is a collection of vectors … and his point can easily be seen by how we may be allowing ourselves to become undisciplined by allowing our “vectors” to have reduced magnitudes and scattered directions. If you have the book … check out page six. Or click on the link above and go to “first pages” and see page 6, When you see his graphic you will quickly see what he means and what I mean by you focusing on your career vector to maximize both the magnitude and direction. So, whats your direction? And, how strongly do you want to get there. This is your magnitude (size). Combine these two and you get the answer. Your answer is your (career) vector. Seek to maximize both the size and the direction to make the biggest impact.

Dr. Lynn Marie Morski Tells Us How to Quit [Podcast] - Career Pivot

Dr. Lynn Marie Morski Tells Us How to Quit [Podcast] - Career Pivot Episode #107 â€" Marc interviews quitting evangelist, Dr. Lynn Marie Morski on quitting strategies Description In this episode, Marc and Lynn discuss her book, Quitting by Design and discuss the advantages of quitting a job you don’t fit, some of the fears associated with quitting, how to prepare logically to meet the fears and move beyond them, and what you can learn from a job you hate and from leaving that job. Listen in for more ideas for your next career pivot or ‘quit.’ Key Takeaways: [:58] Marc welcomes you to Episode 107 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. [1:11] CareerPivot.com brings you this podcast. CareerPivot.com is one of the very few websites dedicated to those of us in the second half of lives and our careers. Take a moment to check out the blog and the other resources that are delivered to you, free of charge. [1:30] If you are enjoying this podcast, Marc asks you to share it with like-minded souls. Please subscribe on CareerPivot.com, iTunes, and the Google Podcasts app, Podbean, Overcast app, TuneIn, Spotify app, or Stitcher. Share it on social media, or just tell your neighbors and colleagues. [1:51] We are coming to the end of the 2018 Repurpose Your Career Podcast Survey. Over 40 people have taken the survey. Marc will probably leave it up for another week. [2:05] In order to improve the show, Marc needs to know something about you â€" how you listen to the show; if you read the show notes; what kinds of episodes are your favorites. [2:15] Marc asks if you would kindly go to CareerPivot.com/podcast-survey (where you will be redirected to SurveyMonkey) to take the survey. Marc will publish the results very likely in January. As Marc records this in Matehuala, Mexico, on the way back to Ajijic, he has surpassed 40 survey participants. He thanks you in advance for doing this. [2:49] Next week, Marc will share an encore episode where he interviewed Elizabeth Rabaey. Elizabeth has made multiple pivots to go from an air and water environmental permitting specialist, to be a creative marketing type. [3:05] This week, Marc interviews Dr. Lynn Marie Morski, who is a quitting evangelist. She helps people quit strategically, through her book, Quitting by Design, and her podcast, Quit Happens. Now on to the podcast… Download Link | iTunes|Stitcher Radio|Google Podcast| Podbean | TuneIn | Overcast [3:23] Marc welcomes Dr. Lynn Marie Morski to the Repurpose Your Career podcast. [4:04] Lynn explains the differences between quitting and failing. [4:41] Quitting strategically puts you in an empowered position. It is better than hoping for the best in a job where you are not performing until suddenly you get fired without any plans for what comes next. [5:11] Unless you are independently wealthy, plan your next move. Marc has quit jobs. Once he was laid off, at his request. One of Marc’s favorite books is Necessary Endings, by Dr. Henry Cloud. In order for new things to start, we have to end things. [6:04] Your body will tell you when it’s time to quit. When your body starts giving you signals, such as anxiety, insomnia, or a discontented feeling, you start to have chronic pain, or you start getting really irritable with your co-workers, loved ones, or friends, those are all signs that something is out of alignment and needs to be changed. [6:49] Sometimes when people feel this way, they start adding things. It may be that you need to subtract something that isn’t working for you, not add something else. [6:56] A therapist may point out to you the things that are not working for you. Sometimes another view can help us see what is not obvious to ourselves. [8:11] Marc tells of times a therapist has helped him make a career change. It comes down to finding out what is creating the situation that is not working for you. [8:32] There are fears around quitting. Lynn separates them into esoteric and logistical fears. If you wonder what about all the time and money you’ve wasted pursuing your career, overcome your fear by seeing the ‘sunk cost fallacy.’ Having put money into something is no reason to stay in it. [9:37] If you were willing to spend time and money pursuing something you don’t want, the money you spent is gone, anyway. Don’t you owe it to yourself to find something you enjoy doing? Lynn talks about her medical school loans. She invested a lot in herself to follow a specific path. [10:29] Lynn finished her Sports Medicine fellowship in 2009 and realized during that year that she didn’t love it. She decided what she did not want in her career. She chose to quit having a pager, quit prescribing, and quit working nights and weekends, sitting on the sidelines. She chose to do VA compensation and pension exams. [13:24] Going through this process helped Lynn realize how to help other people who can’t make a dramatic ‘quit.’ To completely quit medicine is a lot bigger deal than to quit having specific aspects in a medical job. [13:40] Marc notes that quitting is only bad if you haven’t learned something. He shares an experience from his IBM days. He quit from one position he hated in less than a year but he still uses what he learned from that year in his current practice. He’s glad he did it but enough of it was enough. [14:50] People may fear that they have wasted whatever time they spent in a job they quit. The only way you can find out what you want to do is by experimenting. Not all those experiments are going to be slam-dunks. If you learn from it, it was not wasted. [15:23] If Marc hated his IBM job and then took the same job at a competitor, yes, he would have wasted that time because he wouldn’t have learned from it. If you take an experience and learn what you do like, and what you don’t like, then it’s not a waste. [15:40] Marc admits that multiple times in his career he has relapsed by going back to something he had done earlier, and not learning from the first time what he wanted to avoid. He says you have to learn from your mistakes, and not forget what you’ve learned! [16:20] Besides the fears of sunk costs and wasted jobs, people may fear what other people may think. That is the least problem because nothing of what people think about you is nearly as important as what you think about yourself. What you experience is more real to you than what someone else may or may not be thinking. [18:37] Marc recalls the episode with Jennifer Winter, who was head of sponsorship for Turner Broadcasting Sports. She did not like sports. People told her she had the greatest job ever, but it was not for her. Quitting is OK even if others don’t understand or support your decision. [19:53] When somebody says something disapproving, it takes five seconds of your day. Contrast that with the 40 hours a week you have to put into the job. How does that balance out? [20:45] If a person can’t quit and needs the money coming in. Strategically quitting is the answer. You want to up-level your life, not end up on the street. Lynn says to save up a nest egg or emergency fund, start a side hustle and work at it until it can take over as your main job, or start interviewing while you are still at the job you’re quitting. [22:00] If you have to leave the job and you haven’t found a replacement job, find ways to live on half of your income and cut back on expenses so you can prepare for some time between jobs or finding a job with less earning potential than you had before. [22:28] Marc recommends listeners to go back two episodes to listen to Susan Joyce of Job-Hunt.org. Susan talks about proactive vs. reactive job search. Marc reminds listeners he is moving to Mexico to be able to live on a third of the cost of living in Austin. This reduction in his cost of living allows Marc a huge amount of freedom. [23:03] Marc also recommends you not to listen to what others tell you. Get the facts for yourself. [23:14] You can find Lynn’s book or reach Lynn for coaching at QuittingByDesign.com. Also, you can contact Lynn on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube at QuittingByDesign. [23:44] Marc thanks Dr. Lynn Marie Morski for being on the Repurpose Your Career podcast. Marc hopes you enjoyed this episode â€" it might inspire you to be a quitter! [23:56] Susan Lahey and Marc are working on the next edition of Repurpose Your Career, and Marc is looking for your help. Marc is forming a release team of readers who will get access to pre-release chapters of the book to provide feedback. You can be part of this team by going to CareerPivot.com/RYCTeam where you can sign up. [24:19] When you sign up, you’ll receive the pre-release version of chapters when they become available. What Marc asks in return is for you to provide feedback and be prepared to write a review on Amazon.com when the book is released. [24:34] Marc and Susan are adding around eight new chapters to the book and re-writing several others. Marc’s goal is to have a chapter on the podcast and to the team every four to six weeks in the coming months. Marc may start a private Facebook group for the team to discuss their thoughts. [24:58] Please go to CareerPivot.com/podcast-survey and take the 2018 Repurpose Your Career podcast survey on SurveyMonkey.com. Marc thanks the listeners who have already participated and taken the survey. [25:19] The CareerPivot.com/Community website has become a valuable resource for almost 50 members who are participating in the Beta phase of this project. Marc will start recruiting soon for the next cohort. [25:33] If you are interested in the endeavor and would like to be put on the waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community. When you sign up you’ll receive information about the community as it evolves. Those in the initial cohorts will get to set the direction for this endeavor. This is a paid membership community with special content. [26:13] Check back next week, when Marc interviews Elizabeth Rabaey, in an encore episode. [26:32] Please hop over to CareerPivot.com and subscribe to get updates of this podcast and all the other happenings at CareerPivot. You can also subscribe on podcast sites. Marc Miller Like what you just read? Share it with your friends using the buttons above. Like What You Read? Get Career Pivot Insights! Check out the Repurpose Your Career Podcast Do You Need Help With ...

Interview with Sheldon Cooke - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Interview with Sheldon Cooke - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Sheldon Cooke is a customer service professional and regular reader of this blog whos recently become manager of a team in a dot-com startup. I asked Sheldon to do an email interview to get his ideas and tips for creating a happy department. When I wrote the questions I knew that Sheldon has a strong commitment to happiness at work, but I didnt know how strong or the personal reasons behind it. It all comes out in Sheldons amazing story below, along with some great ways to create a happy workplace. Q: Sheldon, could you start by telling us a little about yourself and your work? Well, I have recently entered a leadership position in a retail dot com startup in the Support team. Ive worked all my career (getting close to a decade!) in customer contact centers, some world class, some not so. I consider myself a customer service professional, rare in an industry with a very high burn-out rate. Q: What were your expectations and goals going into that position? I wasnt completely sure what to expect I was warned that I had a department consisting of one person, a gigantic backlog of work that was discovered after the employee responsible for it had quit, plus outdated workflow and backlog of general support inquiries. Sounds scary, right? But the opportunity was too good to pass up I knew that I was more than capable for the task, and I knew the business model was more than sound. I guess my expectations were that I would get in there and dive right in and demonstrate that this wasnt an insurmountable task for me or my department. I did feel very intimidated about it, before I started. I was wondering what I could do to immediately boost morale and productivity, and get the ball rolling to a better functioning department. Then, one day, I was surfing a friends blog. It led me to another blog, and thats where I discovered a link to positivesharing.com. It was followed by a flurry of bookmarking posts (I still havent had a chance to go through them all in detail!), and I knew what my goal was to instill a culture of happiness! Q: I know that happiness at work matters a lot to you personally? Why is that? Happiness is my first and foremost goal in life. Let me relate to you a very personal story as to why. Just about two years ago, I sat in shock in my doctors office as he told me I had type 2 bipolar disorder a disorder that is characterized by long bouts of depression followed by mild periods of mania (hypomania). A very hard mood disorder to diagnose (as it is often mistaken for depression), I had been functional, but not particularly happy or motivated. I was mired in dead-end, entry level jobs and a dissatisfying personal life. I had resorted to finally talking about it after a devastating event in my personal life, and had a friend recommend this doctor to me. With the help of my doctor, who was one of the few locally who had experience with this disorder, I immediately began a treatment of a mood stabilizer and an anti-depressant. It was a dangerous treatment (the mood stabilizer has the potential to be highly toxic), but it was the best thing thats ever happened to me. Within weeks, I started feeling the most exceptional thing a certain feeling of normalcy. My self-esteem started to grow, and motivation entered my life. With some work, and some adjustments to my anti-depressants, I also started feeling something that I thought I understood, but it was then clear to me that I truly was beginning to understand it happiness. Now, although sometimes I get down in the dumps or a bit too hyper for my own good, I am more than just functional, I am highly productive. I have accomplished more in the past two years than most people do in a decade. Things have been falling into place the efforts of a year ago are now paying off in spades. My friends continually tell me how proud they are of me and what Ive done. Some days I feel like Im on top of the world. I have a better understanding of what happiness is and I dont take it for granted and since I spend 40-50 hours a week at work, why should I be miserable there? My life goal is to be happy in all aspects of my life and work is just one aspect of it. Q: What makes you happy at work? -Accomplishing goals -Hearing my boss tell me that Im on the right path and doing a great job -Laughing with my employees -Getting customer compliments -Hearing that the CEO has been saying some very nice things about you -Being comfortable in my space I spend more awake time here than at home, why should it be sterile? -Being able to create a culture from scratch Q: Going into this job, what were some of your greatest challenges? This is my first leadership role, and I am still fighting trying to be Mr. Nice Guy all the time. Unfortunately, there are times where as much as you try to promote happiness, there will be incidents where lack of respect for the culture or the leader leads to conflicts and must be handled in a less than ideal manner. I try to keep it as positive as possible, but sometimes you have to be firm and clear to resolve differences. Some other things? Realizing that people pay far more attention to a team lead (I can be introverted at times). Being far more organized than Im used to. Oh, and being more of a morning person. I love to sleep in. Q: Youve been following this site for a while. What ideas and tools have you been able to take away and how have you used them? (Yes, this question is wholly gratuitous :o) -Environment is key I loved your post on the top 10 cool workplaces. Our office was dingy and cluttered with old broken desks and other miscellaneous items. its much more productive now that its cleaned up, we all have ergonomic workstations, there are some things on the walls, and we even decorated for Christmas! Ive been trying to get my guys to decorate a bit, to some success, but Ive threatened them with Ricky Martin posters by their desks if they didnt put something up! (They are lucky I cant find any Ricky Martin posters). -Having a sense of humour is key. Laugh. Lots. There?s a lot of dialog and banter in our team, and its all light hearted and I even get good natured ribbing from the gang. Its all in fun, and we keep it in line -Finding key attributes that will help us all identify with each other we all love video games, and were saving up for a Wii for the team by handling the recycling at work! Its an identifiable goal for all of us, something fun, and we are looking forward to having one to play with on our breaks! -Productivity is linked hand in hand with happiness you say it again and again, and as things improve here and we are not dealing with angry and upset customers anymore now that our backlog is gone, we are even more productive! I have so many other things to try, and now that our holiday rush is over, I look forward to taking some time to further engage my gang in workshops and other tidbits that Ive picked up and will continue pick up from you! Q: What has worked best and what results did it get you and your people? -Well, our Wii fund is up to $75 (Ive tossed in a few bucks here and there as incentive), and we are all very excited about it! We still have about $200 to go, but we are already due for another trip to the recycling depot. -The change in environment not only helped our team, but it was noticed throughout the company and people were commenting on the renewed energy and positivity in our team in less than a month of me arriving. Q: Based on your experiences, what are your major tips to other new leaders? -Be prepared to make mistakes. In fact, your success depends upon learning from your mistakes, so embrace the opportunity they present. No one is perfect. (and if you arent making mistakes, then (although this sounds like an oxymoron) youre doing something wrong) -Although there is a line between a manager/leader and his/her employees, it doesnt mean that the leader stands apart from the team. The team cannot survive without a leader; the leader cannot survive without a team. The old paradigm where a leader is an authoritarian dictator is dead and should remain that way. A truly effective team is one where the division between leader and team isnt pronounced, but blurred -Always have a basic understanding of specific functions. Not knowing how something is done, or at least not demonstrating a willingness to learn, is a key way to lose respect and effectiveness as a leader. It is the best way to demonstrate empathy for your team A great big thank you to Sheldon for agreeing to do the interview and for sharing his personal story and ideas. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

Resume Writing Services Are in Perfect Synch With Todays Job Market

Resume Writing Services Are in Perfect Synch With Today's Job MarketThe major challenge that a modern-day resume writer faces is to make sure that the resume is in sync with the job responsibilities of the job candidate. The modern resume format, with its mixture of functional details and career summary details, must be placed in an environment where it does not take away from the technical information of the position.This will not only provide the resume writer with a clean, crisp outline, but it also helps to provide the writer with an area in which to express their personal personality, style and values. The skills that are required in the job to which the person has applied must be emphasized as much as possible.Most resume writers want to ensure that the resume appears professional, which means it is well written. They may want to focus on expressing their skills, but they still want to show some of their personality through the layout. The resume writing service is going to be the one to do this.There are plenty of resources available for a writer looking to create a professional resume template. The service providers offer their clients the opportunity to focus on a few key points and to display them in a way that is as professional as possible.In today's economy, many people are searching for a career change, so they are choosing jobs that offer a fresh start to their careers. While a job that offers flexible working hours can be very beneficial, many people need something with a bit more substance than this.Professional resume templates are often created to fill this gap, allowing the potential employee to express themselves in a way that is as easy as possible. The best of these templates are user friendly and can be modified to suit the requirements of the individual, so that they may be able to highlight all of their skills and talents.Resume writing services are going to have plenty of skills to offer the writer, including web-based resume solution s. These can be designed for the particular needs of the applicant, as well as provide the right look and feel for the employer.A company looking to create a professionally formatted resume, including professional resume templates, is going to find that the most professional of their customers are the ones who use them for creating their resumes. There is no better tool to convey the professionalism of the writing service than a well-written resume, but this can only be done if the writing service is going to use its customers' own templates.