If you find yourself seeking a new career path or even just a new role in your current career, brushing up your resume is a great place to start. Looking back over the years, you’ll be able to get the big picture of how your career has grown and it will help set the course for what’s ahead. To begin the process how about taking a cue from a career-based social network like LinkedIn to understand the importance of sharing your work experience. Rather than updating your resume to simply include your daily tasks, give potential employers a well-rounded look at who you are. From accomplishments to outside interests and passions, to share your work experience is more than a list of job duties. Take a look below for some ideas for what you can include to paint a picture of what type of employee you are.
- Connect the dots between the accomplishments you’ve made and the skills you’ve acquired.
- Share small-scale and large-scale successes.
- Talk about how your outside passions play a role in your day-to-day.
- Reflect on the type of role you play within a team.
- Make volunteer work and other charitable experiences a reflection of your well-rounded self.
- Highlight extracurricular experiences (like running a marathon or world travels) as contributions to who you are today.
How about you? Have you updated your resume to show off a more well-rounded look at who you are?
