Personalize Your Job Search Documents

Personalize your job search documents to ensure you have an excellent resume and cover letter, an essential step to a successful job hunt. An important factor in determining your job search success is how personalized your documents are toward each job posting.

Don’t Be Generic

Don’t create a generic resume. Use a solid accomplishment-based resume that you can change to adhere to whatever position you are applying for. By doing this, you can move items around and add to or subtract from sections to bring the skills and attributes that apply to this position to the employer’s attention.

Showcase Skills and Achievements

An essential function of a resume is to showcase your skills and achievements. A resume should contain all the reasons why the employer should hire you. When you apply for a specific position, focus on the skills you have for that particular position.

For instance, if you are applying for a position as an office administrator, you will probably focus on your previous administration experience, your office administration diploma, and any other relevant experience you may have in that field. It would mean nothing to the employer if you included your ability to work in sales or retail because that’s not what they’re looking for.

Don’t Forget the Cover Letter.

Avoid generic cover letters as well. Personalized cover letters work much better for providing an outstanding first impression. “To whom it may concern” is not a catchy way to open a marketing letter about your qualifications. It would be equivalent to how successful marketing attempts have come in your mail, addressed “dear occupant.”

This is not an effective form of marketing, as it doesn’t make you feel connected with the advertised service. However, when you receive mail with your name, it’s more appealing from a marketing standpoint. The same holds with your cover letter—research to find out the hiring person’s name and address the application letter to them. Small steps like this will go a long way in your application process.

Present a more appealing marketing strategy than the other job candidates. Personalize your documents to target the position of interest; this step will allow your skills and qualifications to be marketed effectively.

Are you happy with how your resume and cover letter look and the content? If you are a leader in your industry, you must portray this in your resume and cover letter.

The resumes we create get results, even in a tough job market.

Review our resume samples, and feel free to contact Candace to learn more via email or call 780 513 0010.