While some people struggle to find better employment in today’s sluggish business environment, others who have mastered the little known strategies of writing a Killer Résumé are doing extraordinarily well.

While some people struggle to find better employment in today’s sluggish business environment, others who have mastered the little known strategies of writing a Killer Résumé are doing extraordinarily well.

That is the opinion of Don Pagan, an independent marketing consultant and author of the just-published booklet “7 Proven Steps for Writing a Killer Résumé: How to Recession Proof Your Future.”

Many people in the workplace fear the prospect of going after a better job even when they know they are capable of earning a great deal more money. They may not realize it, but they are using a résumé that is weak and puffed up and it reads like a Professional Obituary instead of a Marketing Document. No one wants to read a Professional Obituary so his or her resume hits the wastebasket within the first 10 seconds.

“You must master the marketing strategies of selling ‘YOURSELF’,” says Pagan. “To prosper in the marketplace today and continue to move up, you need to develop employment strategies that will recession proof your future.”

These are among the strategies Pagan outlines in his new booklet:

•    You must focus on filling the employer’s needs ---- not yours!
Whether you are changing careers, reentering the job market, seeking advancement, or making a lateral career move, focus on filling the employer’s needs.
•    One of the most important secrets to writing a superior résumé is the ‘Job Objective’. Your Job Objective must match the job requirement. If it does not, you are wasting your time and trying the interviewer’s patience. This is what quickly tells the interviewer whether your résumé is worth reading. If you do not capture the interviewer’s attention during that first 5-second scan, then it is good-bye Charlene and your résumé goes into the wastebasket.
•    The Manager Must Hear What They Want To Hear.
Back when you were in school, do you remember when the teacher was giving the class a test? If your answers were what the teacher wanted to hear, chances are you passed the test. If not --- well, you know. The same thing applies here.
•    The Manager is not interested in your life story or your hobbies, or your desires; they are looking for someone who fits the job description better than the 100 other people whose résumés are on their desk.
•    Distinguish your résumé from the ‘sea of sameness’.
If you do, that great new job might well be yours!

Recession Proof Your Future:
Download “7 Proven Steps for Writing a Killer Résumé” from http://tinyurl.com/33rwh