Get Hired: Launch your Stand-Out Resume & LinkedIn Profile

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The Soul of Work is a think tank and not for profit learning lab with a focus to help professionals get hired, and feel more energized, engaged and empowered in both work and life.  The mission & intention of the Soul of Work project is to bring best practices, tools, and practical insights from thought leaders to help professionals get hired, build more sustainable economic fulfillment in both work & life, and do their best work.  

As part of this mission, the Soul of Work project is dedicated to donate a portion of proceeds quarterly to organizations who offer training and job placement services to individuals affected by homelessness and poverty.  

Become a supporting member through a small donation today: http://soulofwork.org/giving/

One such organization is the non-profit: The Cara Program, based in Chicago, Illinois.  The Cara Program has evolved as not only a best-in-class job training and placement provider for individuals affected by homelessness and poverty, but also a vehicle for true life transformation. http://www.thecaraprogram.org/what-we-do.  Kara spent time volunteering with the Cara Program while she lived in Chicago and was blown away with the program design, leadership, the students, and the impact on individual lives.

This is an overview of Discover Self Phase.  This course specifically covers Module 5 - Showcase Your BEST You - Resume & LinkedIn.  The full curriculum is available in the course titled: "The Art of the Job Search".  

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your resume is your opportunity to showcase your BEST stuff to recruiters and hiring mangers. Yet, most resumes have one of these issues: 1) Poor formatting 2) Lacking accomplishments 3) Reads like a job description.

Your LinkedIn profile focuses on your BEST highlights from your resume.

Learn how to REALLY stand out with your resume and LinkedIn ...

Day 1: 
Watch this 5 minute video  (note: this module is part of the larger curriculum.  Previous modules are mentioned in this video yet they are not required to complete this course).  

Day 1: 
Watch the 13 minute video 

Day 1: Pull as much language that you can find that helps describe what you currently do in your work.  You will find this language in post job descriptions in your field (doesn't matter the location), and you will find this language in 'people similar to you' on LinkedIn.  Leverage technology to your advantage and borrow wording from people who do similar work as you do currently.  This should be a draft brainstorm exercise in your 'draft resume' version.  

Day 2-4: 
Update your resume into a new draft version, this should be a draft with edits, inputs, ideas based on the video lesson.  Share your draft resume with a friend, trusted co-worker, or mentor.  Review feedback, and complete edits to finalize resume.  

Day 5: Watch video 

Day 6-7:  Make updates and changes directly in your LinkedIn profile based on tips.  Decide if you want to notify connections or not (its easy to turn off notifications while you are making updates to profile - see in video how to).