Just What is a Resume?
A Resume is a Technical Based Sales Document
We’ve been discussing about how to write a Resume for quite a while and there’re many blog posts that I’ve published detailing how job seekers should structure their Resume to make it more effective in securing interviews.
However, I noticed that as time passes, there’s an increasing trend of people misunderstanding the purpose of a Resume. In their perspective, the Resume is nothing more than a sales document that sells themselves to prospective employers who, if interested, will call up the individual for interviews.
They’re not wrong when they think that the Resume is a Sales Document. But they’re not entirely correct either. In simple terms, the Resume comprised 2 main aspects – The Technical and the Sales Aspect. The Technical Aspect of a Resume is a document that contains your Credentials, your past Work Experiences, Education and other skills that you’ve acquired over time. The Sales Aspect of it is that this document is sent to prospective employers who, depending on their company’s need for different skills will decide whether or not to hire you. Continue Reading…
