Keep your resume up to date, always. Success really is when opportunity and preparedness meet! Since recruitment efforts have and continue to become more present on-line, keep a copy of your information such as work history, experience, skill set, reference list, in a document on your computer. When opportunities present themselves, you’ll simply need to cut and paste and spend just a few moments on customization for the position and you’re ready to be considered. Another tool to include in your “preparedness box” is an on-line digital portfolio, digital resume or curriculum vitae. You can do this yourself and host in on a web page, even a blog could be set up with all the same info, or you can utilize a host of online services that provide that, such as VisualCV.

Resumes show up in many unusual places- even on the back of t-shirts as shown here on this picture by Blackbird Tees. As they stated, “if you’re hired in this fashion, at least you know that you’re employer has a sense of humor.”

Yet , we do know that on-line presence in resumes is definitely on the rise! Keep your information up to date. Remember, to look at the skill set you gain at every turn, keep a listing of ALL TRAINING that you participate in, keep a listing of every volunteer activity that you’ve ever done ( better yet - instead of or in addition to a plaque of appreciation get a “letter of appreciation” and include that in your portfolio or employee file); keep a listing of any leadership role that you’re ever doing even if it’s only on a temporary or a one-time basis.

Get really good at documenting your efforts. An on-line resume fashioned more like a bio is a great tool to do that with. In fact, to have it online as a bio is less threatening to an employer. It doesn’t give the “look or feel” that you’re looking.

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