Looking to June
Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches
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What’s PARWCC up to in June?
6/4 - CDCS Office Hours
6/6 - Rising Professionals
6/11 - PBA: Boost Your Business in 2024
6/13 - Coaching Insights with Diane Hudson
6/18 - Fundamentals Office Hours
6/20 - M4M: Social media for business: Using short-form videos to generate leads
6/27 - W4W: Writing Compelling Resumes & Cover Letters for Career Changers
Resume Overload? This Sneaky Trick Will Make Your Skills Stand Out
Writing a résumé for a client with a large volume of information isn’t the problem; the real problem is presenting that information in a way that doesn’t overwhelm the reader. If the words we choose are the fuel of the résumé, then it helps to have an organizing tool that can process that fuel while accommodating both volume and readability issues.
The hybrid résumé combines both functional and reverse-chronological components, and the framework allows for a lot of creativity in terms of how the content and formatting combine to showcase specific content. I used a hybrid style for the Sharon Tracey sample on the next page. Her lengthy tenure in education included a diverse skill set that became even more powerful as the context was added in the form of strategic sub-headlines.
When you have a lot of content to deal with, look for themes, consistencies, and content groupings that might be meaningful to the reader. There is a lot of versatility built into the hybrid résumé. The sub-headlines you choose are up to you, and the selection process is just as strategic as the rest of the content you include. Every sub-headline costs you an entire line of space, but the readability ROI is dramatically improved.
Read the seven instances when a hybrid résumé might be in your client’s best interest in John Suarez’s blog here .
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Don't Let Your Ideal Client Turn Into a Ghost! This Secret Keeps Them Coming Back
“Clients for life!”?
You may have heard that phrase a lot. What you may not have heard is a specific way to help make that come true. I hope to change that with this article.
The good news is you’ve probably done all the hard work when you provided your client with a commanding résumé.?
And the value of that document doesn’t rest in a nice sounding collection of keywords. Those usually include admirable traits and lists of responsibilities. You know…the minimum standards. No employer would even consider a candidate who didn’t fit those clichés.??
You’ve worked hard to prove to the hiring decision-maker that your client will make their company a lot more money than it takes to hire and retain him or her. You’ve done it with CARC (Challenge, Action, Results, and Context) stories. No wonder your clients get those great jobs!
And how easily the press of business can erode the relationship you and your clients worked so hard to fashion. It doesn’t have to be that way for either of you.
After you’ve congratulated your successful clients, ask when their first annual performance reviews are coming up. Then, show them how you will help them get their first raise. Below, you’ll see that the suggestion gets you a “raise” as well.
You’ll capture and keep their attention when you remind them how you can help them avoid what happens all too often. Employees get a frantic email from the boss. The performance review is just around the corner! What should the boss write? Supervisors are so busy they don’t keep track of your contributions. You can easily fall into that same category. The result? The rough equivalent of, and with the same value as, a “general” résumé. It doesn’t justify a raise.
The good news is you have already trained your clients to build the foundation when you developed the success stories for their résumé, bio, or LinkedIn profile. Learn the steps to keep clients coming back in Don Orlando’s blog here .
CSCC Self-Study!
Big news alert! Starting tomorrow we will be offering a self-study program for CSCC!?
The CSCC program emphasizes the importance of understanding diverse student needs. Whether you're coaching Gen Z, Millennials, first-generation students, military-affiliated individuals, students of color, or neurodiverse individuals, we prepare you to advocate for each unique career journey.?
Learn more about our CSCC self-study program at https://parwcc.com/page/cscc .?
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