A buddy was just promoted to a position of vice-president of a company. I am pleased for him and the initial thing I informed him after congratulations was &quotupdate your resume&quot. He is now in a new league and if and when a headhunter should call or an chance to advance presents itself, he must be prepared with his paperwork. Ready now, not tomorrow. A potential employer’s initial impression of you should be 1 of preparedness.

How about you? When did you last update your resume?

&quotBe Prepared&quot is not just a motto for the Boy Scouts, and having your resume up-to-date is a main component of your preparation whether or not you are searching for an additional position right now or not. When an chance seems, are you heading to have the correct documentation prepared? Can you send or fax your resume at a moment’s discover?

Have you added your present position, abilities, or duties to your resume?

Modifications don’t even need to be big for them to nonetheless be essential enough for you to update your resume.

Has your task description altered? Have you attended any new seminars or workshops? Have you offered any speeches or been acknowledged in any way? Have you joined or been honored with awards from any organizations? Changed telephone numbers?

What about any continuing schooling classes or greater certification studies? Perhaps you published an article, or a book, or gave an interview to a newspaper, journal, radio station, or the local tv station?

Big modifications or small, the essential thing is to have your resume reflect your present standing accurately and represents you in as positive a manner as feasible.

Time is not always so short, and numerous, if not most, potential employers are most likely to give you time to prepare and submit your resume, but it is definitely better to have your updated resume prepared.

Okay, acquired these all added?

Now print out at least two copies on high quality paper.

Keep in mind Murphy’s law?

How about Ahern’s Law? &quotNothing poor waits for a great time to happen.&quot

Will your printer start acting up or run out of ink? Will your hard disk crash? Will the local duplicate shop be closed for remodeling?

As a last reminder, though you may not want to keep that updated resume lying around on top of your new desk, you truly should have it someplace handy.

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