Resume Writing - If a job is beyond my qualifications, how can I make sure my resume screens me in?
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Louise Kursmark
Resume Writer and Career Consultant, Best Impression Career Services, Inc.
781-944-2471
LK@yourbestimpression.com
Louise Kursmark, MRW, JCTC, CEIP, CCM One of the leading resume-writing experts in the United States, Louise is an authority on a wide range of career and employment issues. She has written 18 books about resume writing, interviewing, and job search and has been featured and quoted in countless online, print, and broadcast publications. Her passion is helping people “tell their story” in a way that is compelling, memorable, and relevant. As founder and president of Best Impression Career Services, Inc., Louise works directly with senior executives in career transition. She is also a founding board member of the Career Management Alliance, was the first person worldwide to earn the prestigious “Master Resume Writer” credential, and is a 6-time winner of "best resume" awards from two different professional associations.
Resume Writing - If a job is beyond my qualifications, how can I make sure my resume screens me in?
Resume expert Louise Kursmark discusses resume screening.
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Host: If I am interested in a job that s beyond my qualifications, how can I make sure my resume screens me in?
Louise Kursmark: Well, the first step is to decide what are your qualifications for saying that you know, you can do it? Is it just because you have that inherent belief and you trust yourself or is that, that you can break it down into the skills needed for the job not the experience if they are requiring. Go back to what we have talked about the beginning, which is identify the core skills needed for that job and prove that you have them in your resume. Don't worry so much about things like needing X number of years of experience or job titles that you haven't had. Focus on the skills find the experiences that you have that prove you have those skills and you to the best possible job that you can, not making yourself qualified for that resume. Now it's not to say the employer is going to favor you over another candidate who has a relevant experience in that position, but it's a good start.
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