
Welcome to Unlocking Resumes! This is the world's first fully animated digital resume writing guide, designed by HR professionals. The segments of this section cover:
Introductions
Common Themes for Resume and Candidate Rejections
The Truth About Resume Writing Services and Companies
My Experiment with Resumes
The Genesis of This Guide
Topic Overviews and Experience
To begin crafting an effective resume, it's important to start with the basics.
This section covers:
The Resume as a Tool
Candidate Pools
Basic Elements of a Resume
Extraneous Elements You Can Disregard
Section Order and Importance
Easily the most misunderstood concept in Recruiting and Job Hunting - the ATS is a technical platform between you as an applicant and the company you are applying to. Writing a resume that is ATS Compliant is the first step, but the section also covers the overview of ATS and how to write a resume that excels within it.
This section covers:
What ATS is and what it does
The history of job applications and job searching that led to ATS
ATS as a recruiting tool
ATS primary features: Keyword, Keyword Strings and Conditional Logic
Writing a Resume to Be ATS Compliant
Thinking about Optimization for an ATS
Getting past the ATS is just the first step. This next section covers how the tenets to a resume that impress the human being:
Why it's important for a Resume to be more than just ATS Compliant
Writing a Career Story
Focusing on Achievements vs Responsibilities
Proactive vs Reactive Language
The Formula for Strong Bullet Points
This section covers the power of words in creating compelling resume content. The segments are as follows:
The Power of Words to Create Impact
Using Dynamic Verbs
Examples of Passive Language
Examples of Intermediate Language
Examples of Active/Strong Language
Common Mistakes in Updating Language
Using Market and Industry Terms
Numbers can be a strategic asset in building a resume that stands out.
This section covers:
Numbers/Data as a secret weapon
Raw Data vs Percentages
Qualifying Data without Empirical Evidence
How to Use Data Effectively
Elements of Smart Quantification
This section covers all of those additional elements of resumes that were not long enough to have their own segment.
Topics Include:
Answering FAQS on Resume Design, Styles, Format and Content
Cover Letters and Cover Letter Businesses
Hiring Resume Writers
This is the additional section of FAQ and Miscellaneous Topics and covers:
Using LinkedIn vs Resume Content
Different Resumes for Different Applications
Covering Carer Gaps of Employment
Writing a Resume for Career Changes
This section shows a version of my own resume incorporating all of the tools, techniques, guides and strategies as well as my personal thank you!
Thank you for your interest in this course!
After 17 years of working in HR and 5 years doing resume-writing as a freelancer, I decided to create the world's first animated resume guide!
In this course, I explain all of the techniques, secrets and strategies to writing resumes that lead to interviews.
The segments and sections include the following - all with the purpose of explaining the concepts at an easy to understand and fundamental level, while also being visually entertaining and engaging.
Section 1: Introduction, My Experience, "Resume Shops", Value of Resume Writing
Section 2: How to Use a Resume As a Tool
Section 3: The Components of a Resume
Section 4: ATS and How to Use it
Section 5: The Power of Language within a Resume
Section 6: Numbers, Data and Quantification
Section 7: Miscellaneous Topics and Questions (Cover Letters, Career Gaps, Changing Careers, Design and Format, Resumes vs LinkedIn)
Section 8: My Resume and Conclusion