How Much Can You Control

How Much Can You Control I saw an article on Twitter talking about trauma and PTSD, two topics Im interested in. Its a great article, especially if you or someone you know might be struggling with either (I bet everyone knows someone). The article is titled FIVE LIES WE TELL OURSELVES ABOUT TRAUMA. Heres just one snippet that really jumped out at me: Jason:  Early on, my therapist at the V.A. asked me what percentage of my daily life I believed I could control. My answer was 85 percent. He said that the average person will answer somewhere around 50 percent, and that trauma survivors often choose a much higher number, like 80-90 percent. In reality, he said, the truth is actually about three percent. THREE PERCENT. Makes me think that every bit of what has happened to me, good and bad, has little to do with what Ive done, or me. Makes me question how much control we have in our job search (or marriage, or anything). I have always believed that I have had a lot to do with the success of my career, relationships, etc. But THREE PERCENT? Im sure theres a reason for that number. Im not sure that every therapist would agree with it. Years ago I blogged about locus of control, which is the idea that we believe we have control over, or have a part in dictating, outcome. I could imagine an argument that we have very little control over our daily life, where the emphasis is that we dont control much of what happens, but we control how we react to it. I can see that side of the argument, and I agree that we need to react well, and thats on us. But if we dont control more than 3%, why try? Why get out of bed? Why pick up the phone, why do your job, why not just life come at you? I have now talked myself out of the 3%. We have control over more than 3%. Sure, there is luck, circumstance, environment, etc. But the people who want more control take control by making decisions. Go to school. Start a business. Go to the networking meeting. Move to a safer neighborhood. Use better language. Groom yourself. Do something. Be smart about it. And dont sit there and remain a victim. Control the 3% the therapist gives you. Then go out and find 3% more you can impact and then control. And another 3%. Grow into your control. How Much Can You Control I saw an article on Twitter talking about trauma and PTSD, two topics Im interested in. Its a great article, especially if you or someone you know might be struggling with either (I bet everyone knows someone). The article is titled FIVE LIES WE TELL OURSELVES ABOUT TRAUMA. Heres just one snippet that really jumped out at me: Jason:  Early on, my therapist at the V.A. asked me what percentage of my daily life I believed I could control. My answer was 85 percent. He said that the average person will answer somewhere around 50 percent, and that trauma survivors often choose a much higher number, like 80-90 percent. In reality, he said, the truth is actually about three percent. THREE PERCENT. Makes me think that every bit of what has happened to me, good and bad, has little to do with what Ive done, or me. Makes me question how much control we have in our job search (or marriage, or anything). I have always believed that I have had a lot to do with the success of my career, relationships, etc. But THREE PERCENT? Im sure theres a reason for that number. Im not sure that every therapist would agree with it. Years ago I blogged about locus of control, which is the idea that we believe we have control over, or have a part in dictating, outcome. I could imagine an argument that we have very little control over our daily life, where the emphasis is that we dont control much of what happens, but we control how we react to it. I can see that side of the argument, and I agree that we need to react well, and thats on us. But if we dont control more than 3%, why try? Why get out of bed? Why pick up the phone, why do your job, why not just life come at you? I have now talked myself out of the 3%. We have control over more than 3%. Sure, there is luck, circumstance, environment, etc. But the people who want more control take control by making decisions. Go to school. Start a business. Go to the networking meeting. Move to a safer neighborhood. Use better language. Groom yourself. Do something. Be smart about it. And dont sit there and remain a victim. Control the 3% the therapist gives you. Then go out and find 3% more you can impact and then control. And another 3%. Grow into your control.

New Generations Bap Rap In Workplace Is Undeserved - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

New Generations Bap Rap In Workplace Is Undeserved - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career There is a lot of scuttlebutt about managing multi-generations in the workforce today. Yet, I wonder if it’s any different, or more challenging than previous eras. I mean, hiring and managing the flower children of the 60s that transitioned into the workplace in the early 70s couldn’t have been a picnic for traditional business owners, right? Yes, this younger generation may have shorter attention spans, a greater need to be stroked, expect bigger opportunities earlier than they are earned, but I don’t believe this is the norm, or has to be an employers’ experience. In my work, coaching owners of small businesses to improve attitudes, motivation and performance in the workplace I’ve heard my share of “it’s hard to find good, hard working employees today. Everyone has an entitlement mentality.” If that’s ones experience, I believe it may be a self-fulfilling prophecy created by the approach to the hiring process. Recently two of my clients hired young generation employees, ages 24 and 19, respectively. They have great attitudes, work hard, want to learn and get better to earn their opportunity. Most of all, they appreciate the present opportunity they’ve been provided. It has been my experience that most of the trouble with underperforming employees stems from the business owners’ poor communication, plus their failure to develop and then articulate clear performance standards and expectations. Whoever joins the staff, regardless of the generation they represent, needs these clear, specific job performance standards and expectations. In many small businesses (under 250 employees), these are severely lacking. No wonder most employers complain about underperforming personnel. Yet, it is not the employees’ fault. In too many organizations I find employers, mostly the small business owners I coach, abdicating the responsibility of performance management, mainly because they don’t know how to do it right and are uncomfortable with it. So, they do it on the fly hoping things will change next time. It never does. They eventually find me to help them. In both of these clients, we did extensive work last year creating a new approach to leading the company, designing the desired culture and what it looks and feels like, and communicating with employees prior to, during, and after the hiring process. Today, they are reaping the benefits of new, young employees eager to learn, contribute, and grow with the company. But, they didn’t just get lucky; they changed how they were communicating. There is something funny about this new generation in the workplace, though, that is being ignored by the older generations in charge of managing and leading them. They are human beings, not space aliens. They are motivated by the traditional human motivation strategies I wrote about in this blog a couple of weeks ago (Human Motivation Equation). If business owners believe that and take it to heart, they will start treating the new hires of the youngest generation in the workplace in a way that will tap into their strengths and interests. Then, they will have dedicated, hard working, creative team members long into the future. Give it a shot. If you need help you know where to find me. Author: Skip Weisman,  The Leadership Workplace Communication Expert, has worked with business leaders and their teams to transform both individual and organizational performance in industries from banks to plumbers since 2001. Skip’s experience helping his clients has shown that the biggest problems in workplaces today can be directly traced to interpersonal communication between people in the work environment. Having spent 20 years in professional baseball management, his first career in which he served as CEO for five different franchises, has given Skip tremendous insights and skills for build high-performing teams. Learn more about Skip at  www.WorkplaceCommunicationExpert.com  and  www.SkipWeismanSpeaks.com

Entrepreneurship the alternative career path

Entrepreneurship the alternative career path Warwick graduate Mahdi Shariff talks about the (career) path less travelled entrepreneurship With a tough job market and tuition fee rises for higher education, the options for a fresh graduate seem to be narrowing; dont assume, however, that your options are confined to Milkround.com. An alternative but frequently overlooked career path is entrepreneurship. Whether or not you have ever considered starting your own company, or even if you are dead set on joining the corporate ranks, by developing an  entrepreneurial mindset  you can determine your own success in whichever path you choose to follow. What are your options? Whether youre still studying or freshly graduated, securing entrepreneurial experiences will help develop the key skills and attributes that employers are looking for. These can come from a range of formal and informal experiences, so here are a few suggestions to get you started: University societies competitions Entrepreneurial societies, such as  Warwick Entrepreneurs  and  SIFE  (Students In Free Enterprise), are great at nurturing entrepreneurial talent. By getting involved with these projects early in your university career, not only will it get you in the right mindset, but you will be given the opportunity to gain experiences outside of your comfort zone as well as introducing you to potential employers. The  Warwick Apprentice competition  (run byWarwick Entrepreneurs) is a perfect example of this. With over 100 students involved and teams being fired at each round, it is a fiercely competitive challenge and a high pressure environment. Each team were given a new task each day for a week, ranging from sales and negotiation to investment and marketing, with the final teams pitching to four Managing Directors of Credit Suisse. Not only did they gain a unique networking opportunity, the winners (Yaw Okyere,  Lexie Titterington    Mahdi Shariff) shared £1200 prize money and developed the mselves personally through their involvement in the competiton. Getting involved with these activities early on in your university career will ensure you have the right kind of experience to help you establish your own business, secure further work experience and may even make the difference between graduate employment and the job centre. Internships start-up experience Entrepreneurial internships and working in startups are great sources of experience for both graduates and undergraduates. Sites such as  Enternships  and  Workinstartups  have made the process of finding these startup opportunities even easier, and with positions across a range of functions and industries, you can now strategically plot your career path. Working in a startup not only gives you the chance to demonstrate your initiative and drive, but offers you highly differentiated and relevant experience, and exposure to roles and responsibilites beyond that of a normal entry-level graduate position. Even if you find that the path of the entrepreneur is not for you, your time will have been well spent gaining a valuable network of contacts in your industry, developing new skills and a better understanding of the career you wish to pursue, or at the very least, a set of perfect competency based examples that every graduate dreams of. An internship in a startup is a great way to gain experience and learn about business. It can also end up as a permanent position, as many startups use internships as a way to find graduate talent  Rajeeb Dey, CEO Founder, Enternships.com Entrepreneur First So graduation day comes and your heart is now set on becoming the next Richard Branson but where do you go next? Your first port of call should be  Entrepreneur First.This is a great government-backed initiative which is the first scheme of its kind to truly offer an estabished route to entrepreneurship for young entrepreneurs straight after graduation. The scheme works by equipping you with the skills, training and environment you need to succeed. They help to build startups that lead to economic growth and job creation by focussing on three things: Supporting people who have the ambition to build scalable businesses Only supporting startups that want to innovate Selecting people who have the skills (either technical or business-related) to make the first two things a reality This highly sought after scheme also provides mentoring, office space, introductions to investor networks, and a warm welcome to a group of ambitious, dynamic young entrepreneurs. This could just be the place to find your next cofounder, discover an exciting business venture or even befriend the next Steve Jobs. So why do we think EF is different? EF is designed to help build the type of startups that do lead to economic growth and job creation.    So, if you have the ambition and the skill, EF is a great place to get started Matt Clifford, Entrepreneurs First Supporting partners of the scheme include McKinseyCompany, Microsoft and Silicon Valley Bank, so even if things dont quite work out as planned, in true entrepreneurial form you can bounce back and use this experience to convince employers that youre creative, enterprising and prepared to take a risk. With applications opening from September, you can find out more at  Entrepreneur First  or get in touch with two of  Warwicks  own top grads  @IsaacLewis  @evidetta  who are currently on the scheme. Watch out for the band wagon Although entrepreneurship offers a wealth of opportunity, it can be a rocky road, with success some way in the future. And thats before we mention the hard graft palatable to some, but not for the faint-hearted. So at this pivotal stage of your career, before you quit the job search and begin working on a start-up, think carefully have you got the makings of an entrepreneur, or do you value security and certainty? The entrepreneurial lifestyle can be exciting and rewarding, but its not for the risk averse. High-growth entrepreneurship should be viewed as a high-skill profession. Initiatives that present founding a business as an accessible alternative to employment, particularly in a difficult economic climate, will tend to produce in aggregate a group of new firms that are not well equipped to scale    Peter Tufano, Dean of Oxfords Said Business School and Founder of the Harvard Innovation Lab Schemes This is why schemes like Entrepreneur First are highly selective and prestigious they only support individuals making a  conscious  decision to pursue entrepreneurship. And it works  some of the first graduates to complete the Entrepreneur First scheme are turning their backs on city jobs to pursue their ambitions instead. Being able to make these decisions requires a high level of confidence and assertion about your future goals and objectives. This is why gaining entrepreneurial experiences early on in your career gives you the grounding and confidence to make a measured and educated decision on which path is right for you. The balls in your court. With your goal in mind, whether working in a corporate or with plans for entrepreneurial world domination entrepreneurship offers a viable alternative route for those hungry for success. Get those skills out on the court and you might just find employers are more than willing to play ball. Mahdi Shariff is a Warwick graduate, former winner of the Warwick Apprentice Competition and now works as a Corporate Finance Analyst at Ernst Young. Read Mahdis  blog  for further thoughts on life, work and social media.  

Tips for coping when your startup is out of cash

Tips for coping when your startup is out of cash My company is running out of money again. Well, really, it already happened. But its happened so many times that I am sort of used to it. Its a routine. You may recall that part of the routine is not paying my electric bill. But there is more. 1. Focus on something you can control. You might have noticed that my blog posts are very frequent right now. Its a way to cope with the funding drama. I have so much control over my blog. And if I obsess over the traffic statistics then I have that crack-head feeling of immediate feedback, and it feels good, and even if half the people are telling me how much they hate me: Traffic is traffic. Another part of the out-of-funding routine is fighting with Ryan. When I am totally focused on running the company, and Im not worried about payroll, then things go smoothly and Ryan and I have great conversations about the future of social media and the future of resumes and where we fit. When we run out of money, Ryan and I focus on our cycle of miscommunication: I say something rude that I dont know is rude. Ryan gets defensive because he isnt able to say, Thats rude. Please dont talk like that. I have no idea why he is defensive, he just sounds like hes up in arms about nothing to me, because if I knew I had been rude in the first place, I would not have been, so of course I dont know. And when he is up in arms, I yell back. And then he says that I am impossible to deal with because Im rude and I yell. So we did that fight routine last week at least twice. I lost count. But I know that the first time, Ryan said, You know what? Sometimes I hate you so much I have to restrain myself from punching you. My jaw dropped. I did not expect him to say that. And then I said, I feel the same way about you. The second time, Ryan Paugh yelled out from his office, Shut up! Both of you shut up! And we did. (Though I think Ryan Paugh felt like it was hopeless that we might actually stop, so he took a walk to the coffee shop.) 2. Take time to talk about whats still going well. So today I sort of kept to myself except that I had to go meet a board member to talk about the funding. The board member, Erik, is so fun to visit because he has this huge, stable company, and this gorgeous lair where he has an office and a secretary and a shiny deep-brown meeting table that my papers slide across while we figure out how to keep my company running. Erik is a great board member for a lot of reasons, but maybe the most important is that hes so stable. Brazen Careerist needs a lot of things, but really, it needs stability. But before I go into the board meeting, I remember that I have been named one of the top 30 women running Internet companies. I call Ryan Healy. He says, What is that site? Ive never heard of them. I have not heard of them either. But the women on the list are amazing. Arianna Huffington, Caterina Fake, Michelle Malkin. I am happy to be there. There is one more good thing about today. Flowers. Another bouquet. From a blog reader. I think he might be in love with me. But whatever. He leaves great comments, and now he sent flowers, and the flowers make me happy. They make me want to sit at my desk and write one more blog post. 3. Accept help, but continue to exhibit your strengths. After my meeting, its 2:30 p.m. Violin time. I leave to do school pickup, and Business Week calls. Its a conundrum. Should I talk to Business Week and be late? Or should I risk that Business Week uses a different source because I was unavailable? I take the call. I try to summarize all my ideas about intergenerational offices in five minutes, and I try to hide sort of out of the way of my sons view, but he sees me. The rest of the call is about me getting off the call. I buy my son his favorite after-school snack: Gatorade and KitKats. I tell myself its an example of optimistic spending that only a top-30 entrepreneur would do. We go to the violin lesson and I want to tell you I love violin, but I dont. I love the idea of the Suzuki program for violin. It teaches self-discipline, and perseverance, and working well in a group. I love that my son is getting all this, and hes so proud and works so hard, and I love the teacher. But look. Im out of money in my company and thats really all I have to think about for the half-hour they practice for his group recital. I am getting anxious about maybe not getting funding and Im biting my nails. Not biting sort-of-casually biting. But biting like I would imagine a serial killer does when he is trying to distract himself from thinking about the badness. Like, biting with way too much enthusiasm. And on top of this, I really really like my sons violin teacher and I worry that she is going to see me biting like a crazy person and not want to be my sons teacher. And then I dont have to worry about the biting anymore, because he is unfocused and too squirmy, so I scream at him: Put the violin under your arm and take a bow! Has that ever been yelled at a child? Its not normal. I know. And I know he is just anxious for his recital. The violin teacher gets very nice after that. To compensate for me being a psycho: This is how we are a team. There is an hour break before the dress rehearsal. We go to the bagel shop for a snack. I have already prepared myself mentally for this snack. Normally, if I am having a bad day, I will have four bagels. But then I would be fat. Really. Four bagels can do that to you. They are like sponges in your stomach. So I told myself no bagels. Not even one, which would be okay, if I could actually eat only one. To cope, I check my email. There is a note about me talking to CBS. I call them while my son is in the bathroom. They want to do a story about how Gen Y and Gen X dont get along. I tell the guy from CBS that I manage five people in their 20s and they would all be happy to talk about why Im annoying. The CBS guy is shocked. I give him Ryan Healys phone number. Things go very well, of course. I know what I can count on Ryan for. 4. Hold things together, of course. But be okay if you cant. After my son has eaten two bagels, he is not chatty. So I look through my purse for something to do. I find the form for signing him up for classes to help him stay organized. By the time I am done filling it out we are late for the rehearsal and he tells me that I am unorganized. I help him get his recital clothes on in the bagel bathroom, and we are not the last people to arrive. We wait. I take my son to get his violin tuned and his teacher says, Black bottom. I say, Huh? Then I say, Oh. Shit. I cant believe it. There are 100 kids ready to play their violins and only one of those kids is wearing khaki bottoms: My son. Luckily, the violin teacher reads my blog, so this is not a huge surprise to her. And we acknowledge that I do have a second chance to get it right since this is only the dress rehearsal. I almost cry. But I tell myself that if Im not going to cry about running out of money in two days, then Im not going to cry about khaki pants. I tell myself to focus on being a top-30 entrepreneur: Success does not come in a linear fashion. My son and I wait for the teacher to call his group. And I am trying hard to not get blood on his shirt. Because his shirt is actually the proper shirt to be wearing, and my fingers are actually bleeding from aggressive bites. So I am really overwhelmed now, between the violins and the fashion faux-pas and the blood, and then an investor calls. Yes. In the middle of violin even though I am certain that every investor I talk to knows that I am with the kids in the afternoon because they all bitch about it in a subtle way like, Oh, thats great, with body language like, She is fucked. So I ignore the investors call because on my death bed I dont want to remember the day I took a call during my kids dress rehearsal. The teacher calls groups to the stage by the piece of music they are playing: Allegro! Gavotte! Song of the Wind! It looks like The Price is Right for the cultural elite, and the kids are walking up, nodding to their teacher as they go. Each kid has a teacher there, except for my son, who has two. Because this program is really about the parent teaching the child and the teacher teaching the parent and the child and parent bonding through music. And that ended for us the time I got so frustrated that I broke my sons bow. Well, actually, the fourth time. So now we have two teachers. And when investors want to know why my salary is not the same as all those god-forsaken 22-year-old guys that Y Combinator funds, I want to say, You try running a startup and teaching your kid violin. Violin lessons cost way more when you are running a startup. Okay. So there are 100 kids together on the stage playing. And its stunning to see. For a minute I forget that I am running a company that is running out of money. All the parents in the audience are motionless; those tiny violins all together sound like a chorus of angels. My son comes back to me in the audience when hes done. I say, Im so proud of you for working so hard. He says, Are you proud of me for playing perfect notes? I say, No. You dont need to be perfect. You need to just keep trying every day to be your best. And you are doing that. You should be happy for yourself. And he says, You are trying to be your best every day, too, Mommy. You dont need to have everything be right. You should be happy for yourself. I cry.

What Are the Common Resume Blunders

What Are the Common Resume Blunders Resume writing is a very important thing in everyone’s life because it is the initial step that they take to gain a job. We have got to write a premium resume in order to get a job in our dreams.A professionally written resume is essential if you would like to get a job in reputed companies.You can make a good first impression amid interviewers if you submit an exceptional resume.Today, there are many resume writing services accessible online that helps students and professionals to get hold of a superior resume. When people prepare resume their own, they may make some common mistakes on their resume and these common blunders can deny them good jobs.evalIt is not easy to fix the damage once an employer or interviewer gets your resume. Hence, ensure that your resume is excellently written especially by avoiding the common resume blunders.Following are some of the common resume mistakes that people make in their resumes:Too Short and Too LongWriting too short or too long is a common mist take many of the people make in their resume. Resume is not a place where you require writing a long essay about your qualifications, accomplishments and other features.However, it is important for you to mention your qualifications and accomplishments in your resume but it should be brief. Many job seekers used to remove their impressive achievements in order to make their resume short.You should try to avoid only irrelevant or redundant experiences and achievements from your resume. Include information that can draw the attention of interviewers and done make your resume boring by writing a long article. So, keep a balance in your resume.Spelling and Grammatical ErrorsSpelling and grammatical errors can take place during your writing phase. You should try to proofread and edit your resume once you complete writing. You may find it unnecessary but your resume needs to be grammatically perfect if you would like to get best result from your resume. If employers find spelling and grammatical errors, they will judge you accordingly and it can be a good reason for interviewers to reject your resume.Lack of InformationMany people try to write something and all in their resume but fail to include specific information that employers expect from their resume. Employers wish to understand the person who you are and you have to provide ample information about you in your resume.evalEmployers need to know what you have done and accomplished academically as well as non-academically. Thus, make sure to include your educational qualifications and other academic as well as non-academic achievements in your resume clearly.Avoiding SkillsAvoiding skills is another common blunder that students and professionals make in their resume. There are indeed a lot of factors that guide employers to hire you as their employee.Employers used to have a close look at skills column in your resume and it’s an important element that employers give priority to. Therefore, make sure to in clude your skills sop that employers can understand whether you are suitable to their workplace.Standard LanguageYou cannot write your resume in poor standard and employers always expect superior standard from you. Avoid jokes and clever language from your resume. Remember that the best parts of employers won’t appreciate puns and jokes in resume. Write your resume in a pure language so that employers will be interested to read your resume from the start to the end.Avoid VaguenessevalA lot of people try to write resume in unclear language. People try to prove that they know something about English language and try to make things more complicated with long sentences and tough words. It’s not expected from your resume at all and employers give priority to simple language, small sentences and simple words.Avoid RepetitionRepetition is another most common blunder that students as well as professionals make in their resume. Don’t repeat sentences, job experiences, academic qualific ations, accomplishments etc in your resume. Don’t overdo words, adjectives or business phrases in your resume.There are in fact a lot of things that you should take into consideration before and while writing your resume. You should know about the common errors that people make in their resume so that you can avoid it while writing your own resume.Write your resume in a simple way so that the interviewers or employers can speedily and effortlessly comprehend what you carry to the table.

Why People Get Hired

Why People Get Hired Despite the doom and gloom being reported by the media and  the high unemployment rates, people are securing new jobs every day.   Not just jobs, but good jobs. However, this is not happening in the quantities we would all like to see. Lets take a look at some of those people to determine how they got hired. 1.   They were A players, stars in their field, best of the best. No, we cant all be A players.   Only a very small percentage of us are.   But what we do know is that A players stand out in the ocean of average job seekers.   Theyve had astonishing results, they know how to take credit for doing what theyve done and they usually are able to have an immediate impact in their new roles. 2.   They knew the right people or at least were masterful networkers. We can all learn how to network better, with more poise and efficiency.   It takes practice, not just sitting in seminars and reading books.   Practice.   Doing it and learning from our mistakes. 3.   They were passionate about what they do. If you cant be the best, you can at least have deep interest and knowledge and passion.   So many average employees just do their job.   It isnt enough in this competitive job market to just do your job.   Companies dont hand out paychecks for the fun of it.   If you arent sure what your passion is or worse, you dont think you have one, stop and figure it out.   You do have a passion, you just cant label it yet. 4.   They applied and were the perfect match. Yes, it can still happen.   You can apply to a job posting and you can get called for an interview because your resume is the perfect match for a job.   I list this last, because the odds of this happening are slim.   Hey, you never know, you have to buy a ticket to win the lottery.   (Im not endorsing the purchase of lottery tickets, in case youre wondering).   A warning here, however, how discerning was the employer in screening and interviewing the candidates?   What is their turnover?   If it seemed to easy to land the job, there could be a reason behind that. When I first started this blog, I developed a 6 step process to help summarize the steps to a successful job search.   One of the steps I believe is critical is conducting a SWOT analysis.   SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.   Recently, the use of this analysis has been written about a lot. I think it is because people are really struggling with job search and the length of time it is taking to find a job.   Assessing your search strategy and implementation each step of the way is very helpful.

How to Keep Your Focus and Attention When Creating Your Resume

How to Keep Your Focus and Attention When Creating Your ResumeYou can be quite successful in your resume writing if you just stay in the right perspective. The proper perspective is one that keeps your focus and attention. You want to keep your attention on the key points of your resume so you won't get lost in the sea of information on your resume. Here are some tips for you to keep your focus and attention when you're creating your resume.When you're creating your resume, you should consider the area that you're going to be using it for. If it's going to be for an employer to determine whether or not you are suitable for a position then you'll need to make sure that you have a good background. You'll also need to make sure that you have references and this will depend on the position that you're applying for.It is also important to remember that your resume is for someone to read and they are going to be looking for something that matches their needs and wants. So if you are listin g the things that you are good at then this should give them the impression that you have an ability to fulfill their needs and that you are going to fit in well with the company that you are applying for.Your resume should also be as professional as possible. This means that you should be able to put all of the relevant information onto your resume in such a way that it doesn't look like it was just made up. This means that you should not use gibberish when you're writing your resume, it should be grammatically correct and that all of the relevant information is included.Keep in mind that it is also important to write something that they will want to hire you for. You'll want to make sure that your resume is presented in such a way that it makes you stand out and is easy to read.If you are looking for something that is different then you want to make sure that you use these keywords on your resume. This is important because it will make your resume more interesting and more appeali ng to employers. You want to try to find a balance between too much information and not enough information.Lastly, remember that you don't want to be complacent with your resume. Make sure that you keep your resume updated and that you always check it for spelling and grammar mistakes. Any mistakes can cost you your job opportunity and it can also cost you your job if you take it to the human resources department.If you follow these steps you should be able to create a resume that you can use to land that job of your dreams. Keep your attention on the key points and you'll be able to create a great resume that you can use to get that interview!