Resumes Template - How To Create Resume Template For Your Job Search

Resumes Template - How To Create Resume Template For Your Job SearchResumes template is one of the best resources to choose for use. Resumes templates are created based on the guidelines and requirements for specific organizations. They are not the same as the custom-made resumes created by the hiring agency, but they serve the same purpose of making the job application more organized.When you are looking to create your resume template, it is a good idea to consider the kind of work experience you have. If you have specialized work experience related to your resume, then you can include it in your resume, since employers will consider it as relevant information for their decision. If you have less work experience and a simple resume, it is suggested that you not include it in your resume.The best way to create a resume template is to learn from the professionals. Professional resume template builders have the expertise to make the templates according to the job requirement. You can d ownload their software and customize your resume according to the job requirement.If you want to create a resume template with an eye towards your own needs, then you can do so by using a professional template builder. There are free templates available, but they are not very attractive and they are very short on information. Since this is a formal document, a well-written resume template will be vital. You can get a custom-made resume template from them, based on your requirements.Besides making a resume template, the best thing you can do is to create a cover letter to send with your resume. A cover letter is written after your resume and it serves the purpose of covering any mistakes in your resume. It acts as an introduction to your resume, a proofreading, and an introduction to the company. It is the only document that you need to send before you submit your resume.In order to avoid delays, the most important documents for preparing your resume should be its cover letter and re sume. It is also important to create a cover letter, since the resume may be mailed with your resume. You can ask a friend or family member to help you with this task. The role of a cover letter is essential, since it is the primary basis of your resume.Although creating a resume and cover letter takes less time than applying for a position, it is still the most effective method of career development and building your network. Just think how much more effective your resume will be if it is based on your strong personality. To conclude, a career strategy and strong resume are the two most important things that you need to have when applying for a job.

Deutsche Bank Co-CEO John Cryan Says Banker Pay Is Too High

Deutsche Bank Co-CEO John Cryan Says Banker Pay Is Too High The co-CEO of Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, said Monday that bankers are paid too much and bonuses need to be restructured to encourage sound, long-term investing strategies over short term growth. “Many people in the sector still believe they should be paid entrepreneurial wages for turning up to work with a regular salary, a pension and probably a health-care scheme and playing with other people’s money,” co-CEO John Cryan said at a conference in Frankfurt. “There doesn’t seem to be anything entrepreneurial about that except the compensation structures.” Cryan said he’s skeptical that giving more money to already very wealthy people motivates them to work harder. “I don’t fully empathize with anyone who says they turn up to work and work harder because they can be paid a little bit more,” he said, “but that may be a personal view. I’ve never been able to understand the way additional excess riches drive people to behave differently.” Cryan even took a shot at his own compensation package, which hasn’t been disclosed, saying he promised not to work any more or less because of his bonus offerings, Bloomberg Business reports. The comments come just weeks after Cryan, now five months into his job, said staff bonuses need to also reflect the cost of the fines levied on the firm for misconduct rather than mere short-term success. [Bloomberg Business]

Your Resume is Mostly Useless - Work It Daily

Your Resume is Mostly Useless - Work It Daily Many job-seekers spend time, worry and money on their resume, trying very hard to make them perfect. They agonize over each line and each word. What makes it worse is everyone thinks they are a resume expert. Headhunters say one thing. HR professionals say something else. Your brother-in-law thinks he has the perfect resume style. There are thousands of templates on the Internet, in bookstores, and even on MS Word. How can you know which one is right? A dirty little secret that nobody wants you to know is that your resume is mostly a waste of time. Very few positions are obtained with resumes. Most of my clients very rarely even pull their resume out of their briefcases. And this is how it should be if one is looking for the very best jobs. Now, at some point in the job search process, the HR people are going to need a resume, so you’d better have one. They, being the ticky little linear thinkers that they are, want to have a resume nicely arranged in standard reverse chronological order. Have a copy of that ready to give to HR. But don’t use it for real people. In fact, if you’re an executive, you should very rarely give out a resume to anyone but the HR people. Here is why you should very rarely use a resume in ten easy lessons. Using a resume gives an employer a chance to reject you before they’ve even seen you. A resume is very rarely a good reflection of you as a person. Many very good people are rejected on their resume. Your resume cannot give a good picture of your professional career. A resume is a snapshot, not a video. It only concentrates on certain areas of your skills and knowledge. It goes to the personnel people. HR is your worst enemy. For more explanation as to why, read my post in ColoradoBiz Magazine. HR isn’t happy when I say this, and I’ll get nasty emails and comments, but it is true. If you can bypass HR until after you’ve spoken with the person who will be your boss, you’re going to be much better off and have a much better chance of getting the job! Sending out resumes gives you the illusion that you’re doing something about your job search. This will often keep you from doing things that are actually useful for your job search. Posting your resume everywhere is a really good way to lower your offer. You will get to be known as someone who is desperate for a job, and will take any money that you are offered. You get to be known as someone desperate for a job. In addition to the above, being known as a desperado does not help you get a job. People rarely want to hire people who are desperate for a job. You waste time fiddling with it. I know executives who have spent whole days messin’ with their resume. These are wasted days! You have tons of competition for any job you have to send in a resume for. And there are a thousand other people just like you, who have the illusion that they have the “perfect” resume. It’s like playing the lottery. Too many people count on winning the lottery to “make them rich.” If they put as much energy into learning and practicing the tools for creating wealth, they’d be wealthy other ways that don’t count on buying a little ticket and competing with millions of others to chase a state-sponsored gambling racket. It is the same with sending resumes. You’re gambling and hoping that you’ll be the lucky one. A resume lets companies bypass human beings. All they often do is feed your resume into a document scanner and search for keywords. If you haven’t happened to put the right keywords in the right place on your resume…you’re dead. Your resume then goes to line a birdcage or be shredded for hamster bedding or some other useful function. A hiring authority will probably never see it. Even if you address it to a hiring authority, it is likely to be either sent to a) HR (see above) or b) discarded by an admin. The chances of a hiring authority seeing it if you email it to him or her is even lower. In other words, your resume is one, big, fat waste of time and effort! You need to have one, of course. Our group even has a resume guide for just that reason (e-mail me at jheckers@heckersdev.com if you want a free copy). But you don’t use it to fish for a job. You use it after you’re in conversation with an actual hiring authority. But even then, a “bio” is becoming the gold standard, not a resume. Writing a good bio is actually more important than writing a good resume. Here’s one more reason not to spend time on your resume. Most companies see them as old fashioned and outmoded. Especially if you’re an older employee, you want to look up-to-date and cutting edge. The typical chronological resume belongs in the Dark Ages… say, 1979, which my daughter tells me was before the birth of Jesus... or, at least, her, and, thus, unimportant. Networking is your ticket to a very good job. It is, truly, the only thing that works in today’s executive world. Now, the fact is, most job seekers go about networking in entirely the wrong way and wind up wasting their time there, too. (More on that here.) But that, as they say, is a whole other Oprah. My advice on resumes? Chill on your resume. You didn’t hire someone off of a piece of paper when you were hiring. Neither will your next employer. Stop being so superstitious about it. Carry a rabbit’s foot if you must. But just remember that the rabbit’s foot wasn’t very luck for the rabbit, now was it? Resumes are so last century! Do the things that work in this century, which are networking, including LinkedIn (invite me and join my “Getting Employed” LinkedIn Group if job-hunting) and becoming well connected. Spend your time joining LinkedIn Groups, attending valuable groups (though be careful about which ones) and actually getting yourself, as opposed to a piece of paper, out there in the job hunt. John Heckers has over 30 years of successfully helping people with their careers. He has consulted to executives from Fortune 500 companies, five-person companies, and everything in-between. Photo credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!