AHEAD CONFERENCE 2014 Linda Fitzpatrick, Director Successful Resumes America successfulresumesamerica.com
Founded in 1992 by entrepreneur and wheelchair user John Little in Sydney, Australia. Successful Resumes has served tens of thousands of satisfied clients around the world with a network of highly trained consultants on five continents. successfulresumesamerica.com
HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM THIS WORKSHOP Learn the importance of a Successful Resume Distinguish between hard skills and personal attributes Define your personal attributes Describe your ideal work situation Present yourself on your Strategic Resume and on LINKEDIN Engage with the world through virtual communities like LINKEDIN Visualize your ideal outcome successfulresumesamerica.com
Use your workbook during and after this workshop Let it be your roadmap Stay tuned for upcoming virtual workshops successfulresumesamerica.com
FIRST - LEAD WITH YOUR STRENGTHS What are your skills? What are your personal attributes? successfulresumesamerica.com
Hard skills or competencies like clinical skills, administrative, program delivery and more Find these in your job description and/or by describing your day to day activities Use your SRA Vision Workbook™ to capture your comprehensive list successfulresumesamerica.com
This is what’s most important because it’s what distinguishes you from others Your personal attributes warrant exploration What are YOUR stand out attributes? LET’S PLAY! successfulresumesamerica.com
Job title? Type of organization? Culture? Where you’re looking is where you’re going! successfulresumesamerica.com
Liking what you do every day Valuing relationships at work Economic sufficiency Environment promotes health and energy Community that’s nurturing and respectful successfulresumesamerica.com
RESUME ADVICE FROM FOUNDER JOHN LITTLE successfulresumesamerica.com
YOUR STRATEGIC RESUME ◦ USES A HEADLINE AND HIGH LEVEL BULLETS ◦ CONVEYS THE MAIN MESSAGE IN 15 SECONDS ◦ AVOIDS LISTING TASKS ◦ DESCRIBES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUTCOMES successfulresumesamerica.com
YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE ◦ INCLUDES A PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT ◦ USES THE HEADLINE AND BULLET POINTS FROM YOUR RESUME ◦ BUILD OUT YOUR PROFILE OVER TIME ◦ JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN GROUPS successfulresumesamerica.com
LINKEDIN – your portal to the world! ◦ Learn about Disability Student Services Professionals A LINKEDIN group with more than 8000 members successfulresumesamerica.com
LINKEDIN – your portal to the world! ◦ Learn about state of the art inclusive learning from The Viscardi Center successfulresumesamerica.com
LINKEDIN – your portal to the world! ◦ Learn about a new service in support of students with print disabilities successfulresumesamerica.com
Commit to developing a Successful Resume Clarify the skills and attributes you offer Visualize your path Engage with the world successfulresumesamerica.com
Learn about professional resume preparation, upcoming workshops, how to become a professional resume writer…… Contact Linda Fitzpatrick at Successful Resumes America in New York at or by at successfulresumesamerica.com