WRITING AN ACCOMPLISHMENT DRIVEN RÉSUMÉ

Written by Heather Eagar, CPRW


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Your résumé is your own personal sales pitch. Keywords are an integral part of that pitch. While you are describing your accomplishments, be sure to use powerful keywords to signifyrepparttar importance and magnitude of those feats. It is notrepparttar 129232 time to be modest. Use strong action verbs that really drive home what you’re trying to say. Use industry terms, where appropriate, if you are seeking a job similar to your current position. The company will understand this terminology and be relieved to know that you are competent enough to comprehend them as well.

Another significant part of an accomplishment driven résumé isrepparttar 129233 format. Do not clump your achievements and responsibilities together. You can write an overview of your responsibilities in a paragraph and then highlight your accomplishments with bullets. You don’t want to have everything in a paragraph, and likewise, not everything in a bullet format. You must drawrepparttar 129234 reader’s eye torepparttar 129235 important parts that you really want to sell. If everything looksrepparttar 129236 same, nothing will stand out.

Using these techniques, you are on your way to writing an accomplishment driven, extremely effective résumé. Your potential employers will not only see what you have achieved inrepparttar 129237 past, but what you could offer them inrepparttar 129238 future.

by Heather Eagar, CPRW - Founder and President of Professional Approach, which offers expert résumé and cover letter writing, résumé posting and distribution, and interview training for all career levels. Free résumé critique. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! Member of Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches and Career Masters Institute. www.professionalapproach.com.


Touching One's Soul ... The Ultimate Inspiration for a Writer

Written by Edward B. Toupin


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Many books have been written aboutrepparttar act of keeping journals or writing pages inrepparttar 129230 mornings to describerepparttar 129231 first things that are in your mind to clearrepparttar 129232 way forrepparttar 129233 remainder ofrepparttar 129234 day. The idea behind such practice writings is to begin to dig through years of muck and mire to touchrepparttar 129235 ultimate writer within us. However, it is much more than that. It isrepparttar 129236 release of our creative self that we all have inside and provides us with guidance and direction through our lives.

---Writing to Touchrepparttar 129237 Soul---

The soul is that energy that keeps is alive and connected torepparttar 129238 Universe. It isrepparttar 129239 most basic part of our existence, but containsrepparttar 129240 knowledge and emotion ofrepparttar 129241 Universe. When you touch your soul, your fingers take on a life of their own and you "feel"repparttar 129242 things that you must write. Whether you feel it as inspiration or some divine message, it doesn't matter. It all boils down torepparttar 129243 fact that you are connected to your inner self and have punctured a hole through whichrepparttar 129244 inspiration can flow.

Once you touch your soul, your life will change. It's like a chain-reaction that changes your outlook and your direction. You feel what you are truly made of and find that you are capable of everything. All ofrepparttar 129245 challenges you've encountered throughout your life suddenly transform into lessons.

The easiest way to beginrepparttar 129246 journey of self-discovery is to begin writing. Don't write aboutrepparttar 129247 fly onrepparttar 129248 wall orrepparttar 129249 sunset. Write what you feel. What isrepparttar 129250 first feeling that comes to you.

While your first few attempts will appear, perhaps, embarrassing, they are simply a representation as torepparttar 129251 wayrepparttar 129252 soul's message is translated throughrepparttar 129253 years of experience piled on top of it. The objective is to dig throughrepparttar 129254 layers to reach your core. Just keep writing. Every time you write, you'll find thatrepparttar 129255 feeling you're documenting becomes clearer and more intelligible.

---What's next?---

Whether your objective in life is to be a writer or not,repparttar 129256 idea behind writing is simply to touch your soul. It's no wonder so many people live their lives in spiritual destitution. The creativity that ought to fuel every thing in life is stifled. Don't starve your spirit. Learn what creative giftrepparttar 129257 Universe has given you. Love it and care for it. It's as important asrepparttar 129258 food you eat andrepparttar 129259 air you breathe as it is what supports your life.

Edward B. Toupin is an author, life-strategy coach, counselor, and technical writer living in Las Vegas, NV. Among other things, he authors books and articles on topics ranging from career success through life organization and fulfillment. For more information, e-mail Edward at etoupin@toupin.com or visit his sites at http://www.toupin.com or http://www.make-life-great.com.


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