By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
FROM THE ARCHIVES.
NOTE: I no longer do recruiting so the reference to a podcast about jobs I am recruiting for is no longer valid.
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter offers a simple piece of resume and interview advice that make you stand out.
Hi, I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, and I’m called The Big Game Hunter because I’ve been hunting down leaders and staff for organizations for more than 40 years now.
I want to talk with you today about marketing yourself and to think of yourself from an employer’s perspective. That’s whether we’re talking about your resume or job interviewing.
Often, when people go on interviews, often when they send out resumes, they’re all skill-focused: “I have done this, I have done that, I have experience with this, I have experience with that.” All the resumes kind of look the same. The trick for making your resume stand out is really very simple: What have you done that’s helped an organization make money or save money?
That’s really what’s going to differentiate you from the average individual. How did you help them make money? How did you help them save money? Quantify with numbers.
Now, I learned this technique real simply from internet marketing people. When we see all those blasts that internet marketing people do, you know, they all basically say, “Hey, Joe Blow made $50,000 with my great product. So-and-so has become a millionaire from buying my info products.” Well, there’s no real difference. We all are kind of curious, but what I realized is that job hunters have the same opportunity to sell their successes and how they’ve affected an organization as the information product people do.
So when you interview, when you craft your resume, don’t just simply talk about what you’ve done. Talk about the impact on an organization, how you helped them make more money, how you helped them save money.
Now, if you liked today’s video, I’m going to suggest just coming over to my website, which is JeffAltman.com. There’s a lot of good information that you can read there. You can sign up for a complimentary subscription to No BS Job Search Advice. You can read previous articles that I’ve written for it. There are places that you can post your resume, like more than 50 sites I make available for people. There are easy-to-work-with CareerBuilder links, information about my books and guides to job hunting. You can search the jobs I’m recruiting for. You can find out about other people’s books that I recommend that are available through Amazon.
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