the resume is not dead...racing toward the future

Racing Towards the Future

@RobinSchooling!

A View From HR

The National Resume Writers’ Association2015 Conference

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“Robin…get in the car”

1482

1987

2015

“the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”

the resume

“What are they REALLY looking at?”

Best of breed

Go-getter

Think outside of the box

Synergy

Go-to person

Thought leadership

Value add

Results-driven

Team player

Worst Words to Use on Resume

2014!

Bottom-line

Hard worker

Strategic thinker

Dynamic

Self-motivate

Detail-oriented

Proactively

Track record

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What about unconscious bias?

“What hath social wrought?”

Infinite monkey theorem?

Well…no.

Everyone’s a star!

even this guy

“Hold on. Transferable skills?”

Communicate

Creative

AdaptableForecast

Energetic

Helpful

Delegate

Precise

“The cover letter. Yay or nay?”

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“And if any of the above-named things seem to anyone to be impossible

or not feasible, I am most ready to make the experiment in your park, or

in whatever place may please your Excellency – to whom I comment

myself with the utmost humility, etc.”

Leonardo Da Vinci

“I increased annual sales in my territory by

25% which resulted in an additional $1.2m

in revenue.”Joe SalesGuy

These days are gone…

This day is here…

@RobinSchooling

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Questions?