If you have some time before the BBQs start this weekend, I’ve collected three worthwhile career-related reads from over the past week for you:
1. JobDig: Boring Old Resume Objective VS. Interview-Winning Branding Statement – You Decide Who Wins
Jessica Holbrook gives an effective example to show how it’s best to start off your resume with a compelling, branded summary section and ditch the outdated objective statement mentality of “what’s in it for me.”
2. AOL Find a Job: Answers to Common Resume Questions
Barbara Safani does a great job of answering the gamut of standard questions about resume format, content, and strategy. If you’re trying to write your resume and you’ve run into a problem, chances are Barbara addresses your question in this post.
3. Tim’s Strategy: The Elevator Pitch You Are Not Ready To Deliver
Tim Tyrell-Smith gives a three-step strategy for preparing that theoretical elevator pitch that most of us wouldn’t be ready to deliver today and gives three great tips for taking advantage of the opportunity when it presents itself, and the five scenarios that might result from the brief encounter (two of which are pretty cool and worth taking the chance.)
