Refresh Your Resume With These Tips

@Frank C thanks for the comment. Yes, using your former positions can certainly help. What employers are looking for are quantifiable results such as created a widget that is saving the company $xxx per year. Leave your bachelor's degree on there. If it's more than 10 years old, take the completion date if you can. As for work experience that is greater than 10 yrs old - that depends. If you are applying for a position like one that you had prior to 10 years ago, I would keep it on there because that's what they are looking for. Measurable experience. I realize that not everyone can use quantifiable measures but, if you can, include them. Best of luck.

very useful tips for interviews, thank you

As of July 1, 2014, my Resume was fully updated. It was about 3/4 page long, because I was told by PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYERS, DO NOT LIST JOBS MORE THAN 10 YEARS OLD. My Resume is based on my EDUACTIONAL BACKGROUND. I did not earn my Bachelor's Degree for nothing, but now find out that it is not worth the paper it is written on. I use that background to showcase my talents in what I bring to the table for potential interviews.

thanks alots...you have helped this old person get motivated!

Thank you for the "head-off" of an unnecessary long resume; although my resume is very interesting, I guess I will have to reduce it a little ; ). The advice given is WONDERFUL!

I was terminated for age discrimination prior to knowing my age all was fine. They introduced me to the patients as their newest family member and told them I would be there for the long haul, then after my age I was 86'd.

@Irene thanks for your comment. Yours is a sad story that we hear all of the time. It is truly unfortunate that many companies will only see your age and will go no further - regardless of your qualifications. Yes, companies want that piece of paper - whether a certificate or a degree. Hiring a new paralegal right out of college is cheaper for them, too - and then they can groom the new hires the way they want. You would come to them with baggage from previous companies. You could try self-employment by advertising your skills as a paralegal and having folks come to you instead of being hired by a company. It's tough to live on social security alone so maybe self-employment would work for you. We wish you all the best.

Some good comments and tips, but how do you finesse a Resume when you have worked over 46 years in the same vocation. At the end I began to do contract part-time work for a period of 3 years which then ended. Since that time I have not worked at all. How do I approach this gap now that I need to return back to work in that same profession? Incidentally, in the years I worked I was "grandfathered" in as a "paralegal" with my employers who saw no need for me to get my certification. Now it is a whole different ballgame. You have young millenials coming into the workforce as "Paralegals" not knowing a thing, constantly peppering you with questions, and yet you are "not qualified." I just don't get it but I am willing to help them and step back so that they can move ahead. I still need a part-time job, but where are they? How do I now present myself with all of the qualifications that I have in working in the various legal fields over those years? I am 76 years of age, on social security and need to earn mone

thank you good info

I used these tips to update my resume and CL and I've already had a couple of job interviews!! Wish me luck

It's time hiring managers woke up. As a former employer, the last thing I wanted was an immature worker.

Thanks for the comments. Today's resume has really changed. Ten years ago a hiring manager would read through all of the resumes and then pick the ones that he/she felt were the most qualified to bring in for interviews. Today, your resume is screened by a computer program known as ATS. If your resume does not contain the right keywords it gets rejected. So, be realistic when you create your resume. You don't need to include ALL of your work history on every resume but just the previous work that is applicable to the job for which you are applying. You can always add additional information in the cover letter if you feel that the hiring manager needs to know. For instance, if my background was a technical support analyst but I am now applying for a sales position - why would I ever include the technical support analyst tasks when they do nothing to help me get the sales job. The rule of thumb today is that you have 6 seconds to make a good first impression. If your resume gets through the ATS to the hiring manager, he is not going to read through your entire resume but take a quick glance to see if you might be the one to get interviewed. So yes, use some imagination and creativity because those are two skills that an employer is looking for. So it is possible to get your resume down to one page by only including pertinent information. Just consider the position for which you are applying and what the company needs for the position and modify your resume accordingly. Wishing you all the best.

Actually it should be a young worker and a mature professional stating it the reverse way shows a tendency towards diminishing someone who's worked awhile and has not just experience in work but also in life.

Thanks

I just need a job and fed up of either being over qualified or under qualified! And sick of potential recruiters not looking at my resume and the types of jobs in applying for abd assume I'm interested in a sales position!!!

Why does all this sound like the advice one would give to an aspiring con artist? It is why I tossed the Dale Carnegie book after reading the first chapter.

One page for an (experienced) Professional is not enough to truly show your knowledge, talent or achievements.

"For most employers one page is fine." Really!? Seriously!? In what universe? Any kind of professional discipline with any degree of history is going require 2 pages. Especially to showcase technical skills, accomplishments, work experience and education. Otherwise (This comes from hiring mgrs and career counselors) the applicant will look unqualified. In some cicumstanes, even a thee page resume (Strange but apparently true) OK.

3 add of the type of job you want and incorporate as word as you can by rewrite a few key points in the resume

However don't change your resume for every add but read 2 or t

I have done this and I am getting 6-7 interviews for every 20 resumes sent

Many employers are not looking for a resume that follows the same old cookie cutter style. Keep it up-to-date and add a little touch of yourself to it. Black and white is still boring.

I am a mature worker. I carry this with pride. I outperformed "immature workers" that I hde working in my office last year. Many of them had poor work ethics -easily distracted from their assigned tasks. Even when they were offered bonuses, they took the easy road.

I object to the negative characterization IMPLIED BY "signals to the hiring manager you are a mature worker".

"If you obtained a college degree or new qualification or learned a new skill that makes you more adept at your profession, place it on your resume to gain an edge." Ya think?! Really?? Gosh, what great advice!! That would have never occurred to me.