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The City Lights Reporter

 Online News Journal

November 2002 -Volume 6 Issue 4

Two Good Posts On
The Do's And Don'ts  Of Resumes

Here are two good posts on the do's and don'ts of resumes. It is our stated corporate goal to assist African Americans and people of color in the achievement of social and economic equality on the Net. Our strategy in achieving that goal is to regularly cross-post articles of interest as they relate to positive, proactive and educational information that may help someone of color get a leg up in life.

Here are just two examples of the kind of knowledge

PS: Don't forget to send the originators a shout out

Over the years as a recruiter, career coach and resume

The most effective resumes have focus, leaving no

The second resume mistake is the most common: lack of   Translating your career history into an effective marketing piece means that your first consideration is

the reader's buying motives. Every word on the page

Once you understand your resume as a marketing piece, you are a long way toward solving the third resume mistake: absence of accomplishment statements.  For any 100 resume posted on any major job board, it's a fair bet that 90 of them are completely lacking in accomplishment statements. Accomplishments are what allow a prospective employer to visualize you working in their organization. Accomplishments motivate employers to call you before their competition finds you.  For top effectiveness, accomplishments must be stated quantifiably as dollars, percents or raw

numbers. Quantified statements are more credible, concrete and objective. Investing time in writing out your accomplishments yields more bargaining power at salary negotiation because you have dollarized your worth.

Resume mistake #four, incorrect format, is easy to The Chronological is not the most effective for

showcasing transferable skills. If you wish to cross

Once your resume is focused with marketing strategy

As promised, here is another job tip for those looking

Lying

A recent study revealed that:

9% of job applicants falsely claimed they had a college degree, listed false employers, or identified jobs that didn't exist

Nearly 33% listed dates of employment that were off by more than three months.

Employers have always been free to fire employees who   

The emerging tactic even has a name: the After-Acquired Evidence Theory. Conduct that has been

held sufficiently serious to be admitted as after-acquired evidence has included: 150 instances of falsifying company records failing to list a previous employer on a resume failing to admit being terminated for cheating on timecards failing to reveal a prior conviction for a felony lying about education and experience on a job application fabricating a college degree during an interview, and removing and copying the company's confidential financial statements.

If you did lie on your job application or resume,

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