Are You Still Falling for These Resume Myths

Are You Still Falling for These Resume Myths Are You Still Falling for These Resume Myths For example, you might have been told in the past to keep your resume to a specified length or to exclude certain types of information. Nowadays, however, many of these so-called rulesno longer apply.Take a look at these longstanding myths and misconceptions about resume writing to see how you can change your resume for the better1. The Single-Page Resume MythThis legend never seems to die. Back when resumes were handled in hard-copy form, employers and recruiters admonished job seekers to keep their documents to a single page. Perhaps this made it easier to keep track of all those pieces of paper, or maybe it was easier for job seekers to avoid typos in a shorterdocument.No matter the reason for its existence, the one-page resume can officially retire now, particularly for those of us who have more than 15 years of experience. Most employers today are using applicant tracking systems (ATSs) t o screen resumes, and these systems can process large amounts of data at once. Plus, organizations are accustomed to resumes that exceed one page, especially for executives.2. The Job-Description Resume MythIf youve ever read a job description, you know that supports user communities and department stakeholders is a dull and generic way to convey your duties. Unfortunately,too many job seekers from entry- to executive-level candidates rely on these canned descriptions to showcase the breadth of their work.Its time to stop this practicein its tracks with a reminder that employers dont hire your past job descriptions they hire your capabilities, skills, and work style, hoping to find a candidate who will dive into new challenges and solve their business problems. As demonstrated in this exampleCEO resume,a list of core competencies (under the heading Areas of Expertise) can convey relevant skills, while the Executive Performance Benchmarks section highlights theattention-getting spe cifics of career achievements.Your achievements, competencies, and career wins need to take center stage on your resume. Dont give the spotlight to stock phrases that could apply to anyone. Qualify your accomplishments with metrics that show just how much your work has impacted the bottom line, rescued a critical project, or saved costs at previous employers.3. The Formatting MythNothing is harder to skim in the digital age than a black-and-white, lackluster document that does little to distinguish one candidate from all the rest. Even worse, too many candidates use stock resume templates, making their resume formatting look like a last-minute decision.Your best bet is to take some time and care with the presentation of your resume, just as you would with any other high-profile business document. While a tremendous amount of color is elend necessary, a touch of flair and emphasis on keywords (shown in these resume examples for a CFO and Program Manager) can help set off important da ta.If you want to push the envelope a bit further, consider giving your resume a powerful dose of graphics that showcase achievements. By honing in on the most valuable parts of your experience, your resume can direct employers to take note of these career wins.4. The I Cant Put That on My Resume MythThe truth is, anything goes as long as it qualifies you and gets the type of attention you deserve in your job search.In years past, job seekers often left out the context of their achievements, fearing their resumes would be too long otherwise. Now, youll benefit more from explaining exactly how you motivated the sale team or negotiated a new vendor discount, since these examples will reinforce your personal brand message.To get in the right frame of mind for writing about your background, think in terms of the C-A-R (Challenge-Action-Result) format. By describing the situation you inherited (the challenge), the steps you took to improve or resolve a problem (your actions), and the ou tcome that benefited the company (the result), youll present a stronger picture of your leadership competency and agility.Consider that feedback from others, particularly notable leaders in your field, will also underscore your message. By pulling in a quote or accolade, youcan give employers a quick view of the reasons your contributions will be valuable in a new role. You can even explain a reason for leaving a past job (long considered taboo on a resume) by noting, Completed XYZ project prior to company spin-off as a new division.The bottom line Rather than adhering to the old myths that hold you back, write your resume in a way that fits your unique situation.Award-winning executive resume writer Laura Smith-Proulx, CCMC, CPRW, CIC, TCCS, CPBA, COPNS, CTTCC, of An Expert Resume partners with executives and rising leaders to help them land choice jobs through powerful personal branding.Master the art of closing deals and making placements. Take our Recruiter Certification Program today. Were SHRM certified. Learn at your own pace during this 12-week program. Access over 20 courses. Great for those who want to break into recruiting, or recruiters who want to further their career.

$100,000+ earners spend 87% of their workweek typing

$100,000+ earners spend 87% of their workweek typing$100,000+ earners spend 87% of their workweek typingLike it or not, we spend our working lives in our own typing pool, without a Gal Friday to help us out. And with more reasons to type than ever email, instant messaging people are getting up to speed faster than previous generations.Typing.com surveyed and tested the typing speed of 980 workers who jobs revolved around the keyboard.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreWho types the most?Those in telecommunications and tech fields, in a tie. They spend 82.2% of their workweek typing. Theyre followed byFinance and insurance, spending 78.6% of their workweekInformation services and data processing, which spends 72.7% of their workweek typingThe scientific field, spending 70.6% of their workweek typingWhile legal eagles spend 61.6% of their workweek typing, they typed faster than any one in any field 60.6 words per minute. You know what they say in the law document everything.Typing is no longer a job for the low-paid, like the all-female secretarial typing pools of yore. According to this chart of the percentage of the workweek spent typing by annual income, employees earning $100,000 or more spent the most time over 87% of their workweek pecking at the keyboard. A small but measurable trend is evident type more, earn more. Or maybe its the other way around.You probably type faster than your parentsEach generation types faster and learns younger. Baby Boomers typically learned to type at age 17, while Gen X learned to type at age 14, and Millennials at age 11.While Baby Boomers typed the least, over 8,200 words every day, Gen Xers typed 10,209 an extra 24.3% more. percent more. Millennials typed 11,100% increase over Gen X.While your average female Baby Boomer types 43.5 words per minute, your average female Millennial types 55 words per minute.Typing and s tressTyping speed is also linked to stress. Have you ever rage-typed? Chances are you have. Employees who felt extremely relaxed typed at 51.1 words per minute, and those feeling slightly relaxed typed at 54.3 words per minute. However, those who felt extremely stressed typed at 55.4 words per minute.Typing speed is related to your mood in other areas of your work-life. Workers who took no lunch break, for example, typed a speedy 58.9 words per minute. Those who took a 21-30 minute break, however, typed a slower 52.6 words per minute.When youre off the clock, make sure to take care of your wrists and arms after all that typing here are some exercises to undo the damage of repetitive motion. And if you dare check out what typos mean about your mental health.

Fully Autonomous Drone Helps Gold Miners

Fully Autonomous Drone Helps Gold Miners Fully Autonomous Drone Helps Gold Miners Fully Autonomous Drone Helps Gold Miners Deep under the old Balkan Mountains, quite ordinary looking drones are exploring a gold mine in a most unordinary waywithout a prior map, without a human pilot, without any communications. There are no beacons, no markers, and no GPS to guide them.Advanced Autonomous Aerial Robot, or A3R, developed by Exyn Technologies, takes off from the dimly lit mine shaft entrance and drifts with determination down the pitch dark stope. It returns in 10 minutes with a 3D map of the active cavity.Dundee Precious Metals, a Canadian-based international mining company, is the first to take advantage of this fully autonomous aerial system for data collection in GPS-denied environments. Its Chelopech underground mine in Bulgaria has been in development since the 1950s. Dundee took over the bankrupt state-run mine in the early 2000s and now extracts more than 2 million metric tons o f mixed copper-silver-gold ore from it each year. Read ASMEs Top Story Air hallo taxi Aces Test FlightTodays mining operations are becoming more digitized and automated and the A3Rs are part of that trend.The Exyn A3Rs allow frequent and high-resolution mapping of underground environments while reducing risks to personnel, said Theophile Yameogo, vice president of digital innovation at Dundee Precious Metals. We are very excited at the results of the maps we are seeing. The Exyn A3Rs allows hi-resolution mapping of underground environments while reducing risks to personnel. Image ExynAt Chelopech, gold is extracted using something called the long-hole open stoping fill method. It involves blasting and creating holes as deep as 100 meters. New stopes, or active cavities, are created daily, posing a challenge for mining engineers who have to continuously map and survey these areas.Instead of exposing flesh-and-blood engineers to the dangers of exploring and mapping mines, Exyns aerial robots can do a lot of that work for them. They are also improving data quality and efficiency.A3Rs come with a number of onboard sensors, including 3D Lidar, high-resolution cameras, lighting, and inertial sensors, to generate an understanding of itself and the surrounding environment. The true power of the A3Rs come from its onboard processor software, exynAI, said Nader Elm, Exyns CEO.The robot is made entirely with COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) components, he said. We can put our technology onto vehicles with two-hour mission life or smaller ones with 10-minute mission life, depending on the mission requirements.Read about other Robots Going to Areas Where Humans CantWith so much on-board technology, the robot only needs human involvement to define the mission before flight. The robot takes care of the rest.This is higher order level of thinking and sophistication of robots, Elm said.Elm explained that A3R understands its location just like humans do when blindfolded By explo ring the area around it, it starts to sense the environment and its relationship to it. As it moves arounds it builds a 3D map, and it makes decisions about an optimal and safe path to complete its mission, figuring it out as it flies. It gets a feedback loop and adapts and optimizes, just as humans do unconsciously when walking. The drones can safely avoid collisions with both stationary and moving obstacles, while simultaneously localizing and mapping in real-time.Once human operators send A3Rs on a mission, giving them a general direction and distance to travel, drones can do the rest themselves, establishing map points along the way. As a precaution, a human operator has to include a contingency policy, a preset decision whether the aerial robot should return home, hover in place, skip exploring somewhere it cant get to, or land.Read about a Drone that Deploys in Just Minutes but Flies for HoursWhen the A3R is within communication range, it shares collected data and can export h igh-fidelity maps to mine-planning software. The A3R also uses those sensors to perform in real time.Theres no reason why we cant adapt a mission to what the robot finds out, like in a first responders situation, he said. It can map a mission, track surroundings, and react to that data in real timeautonomous vehicle and edge computing in one.Exyn and the University of Pennsylvania, where the project was initially developed, have been chosen to compete in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, a contest designed to develop innovative technologies that augment underground operations. Penn and Exyn are among nine teams chosen to develop new approaches to rapidly map, navigate, and search underground environments, all for a grand prize of $2 million.Daria Merkusheva is a technology writer based in New York City.Read Latest Exclusive Stories from ASME.org Lighter Axle Reinvents Drivetrain. Does Detroit Care?Engineers Making Waves in AquacultureSolving World Hunger with 3D-Printed Food This is higher order level of thinking and sophistication of robots.Nader Elm, Exyn CEO

4 keys to success in todays rapidly changing business climate

4 keys to success in todays rapidly changing business climate4 keys to success in todays rapidly changing business climateGeoff Tuffis a Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP and a senior leader of the Innovation and Applied Design practices.Steven Goldbachis also aPrincipal at Deloitte, where he serves as Chief Strategy Officer. The two recently sat down to discuss why the old business playbooks arent working anymora, and offer more insights from their new book,Detonate Why- and How- Corporations Must Blow Up Best Practices (and Bring a Beginners Mind) to Survive.This conversation has been edited and condensed. To watch the full version, click the video.GeoffYouve been a strategist for a long time, and youve talked about sources of advantage. Whats happening these days with advantage?Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreStevenWell, the long-standing advantages are getting disrupted b y new technologies that make possible businesses that are an order of magnitude better quality, or an order of magnitude lower cost. For example, in the world of radio, you used to have to spend a lot of money to erect radio towers, and now with a few lines of code, youve basically got radios business model in Spotify, which is cheaper to distribute.Or if you wanted to get a custom-made suit, you used to have to go to a tailor, right? That welches your only option. And now you can use an app like MTailor to take a 3D image of your body and upload it, and then theyll send you the same custom-made suit at a lower cost.Technological advances are driving this movement from the known to the unknown. And how are organizations responding? Theyre trying to apply the playbooks from the known world to the unknown world- and thats the dicke bretter bohren mssen were trying to solve.Remember the first day that you started your job? You probably sat down with your career advisor, and they said s omething like, If you want to be successful at this organization, here are all the things that I did when I was in your shoes. That was the recipe for success- Do what my forebears did, and you, too, can be successful.The problem is, as we transition into a world of uncertainty, we start to get system failure. Were seeing this vicious cycle where you put a business model out into the world and, all of a sudden, consumers dont like it- it fails. And then the boss comes in and says, Well, did you do what I told you to do? Did you follow the playbook?And then they start to do all the predictable things from the world of the known. They examine the data, they analyze, they try to understand what went wrong in their risk models. Then they put it back into the marketplace and, lo and behold, it fails again.Now someone more senior comes in, and all of a sudden, youre going towards a world where youre like Blockbuster video, defining your business model as, Were in thestorebusiness, elend t he DVD-to-home business.GeoffNo ones going to change their company overnight, but you do need to instill a different mindset. There were four key principles that we identified in the course of our research, two of which have to do with thinking differently.One is that at the heart of systemic change and getting rid of old playbooks is the notion that, in everything you do, focus on menschlich behavior. No matter how digital companies become, the most basic economic unit of analysis is still human behavior. And I dont just mean customers- it can be customers, employees, regulators, suppliers, or partners, but someone somewhere has to change their behavior in order for a performance curve to change.And the advanced version of that is understanding what is the accumulation of human behaviors that creates economic value for you? From the beginning of your value to the end, who are the human beings involved? And then say, If we look at the entire system, which one behavioral change would have disproportionate value for us?If we spent our time saying, What are the human behaviors were trying to drive?, and then focusing our resources on actually achieving that behavioral change, that would lead to a completely different way of doing business.The second think differently principle is about bringing a beginners mind,a well-known concept from Zen Buddhism.My favorite quote about that comes from D.T. Suzuki, and its something like, In the beginners mind, there are many possibilities. In the experts mind, there are few.One of the ways you increase efficiency is to find people who have been there, done that, or lived through that experience before, and have them bring their expertise to the table in order to make a decision. Although when you bring expertise to the table, you narrow the aperture in terms of possible solutions. But not if you bring a beginner to the table and say, Go try to do this.Imagine the average startup entrepreneur, the digital disrupter- when they come to a challenge, they dont say, Jeeze, how do I execute on this using my legacy business system? No, they say, How would I do this better? How would I better achieve the behavioral change that Im after?StevenRight. If you think differently, youve also got to be willing to act differently. The thing that professionals need to do the most is focus on minimum viable moves. We took that idea from the world of product design, which often starts with mindestens viable products, and extended it to almost any business decision that you can make How could you do something in a small manner that would help you learn about the human behaviors youre trying to cause?GeoffAnd you have to do it super quickly- just go out and try it.Steven Super quickly and super cheaply. Particularly if youre in that uncertain world, you want to figure out to what extent you can change the behavior that you need to change. Can you do it? How much will it cost? Youre going out and constantly testing, consistent ly making minimally viable moves.When I was atForbesmagazine, we wanted to corner the market on the CueCat, a device that allowed you to scan a barcode on a print advertising page, and it would take you to a webpage. We wanted to know if we could create more value for advertisers by creating more engagement, so we were going to be bold and send out a million CueCats to our subscribers. But the issue was the cost of the devices and mailing it to them- it was a good chunk of money.This was the year 2000, and the CueCat was a wired device. You had to use it while you were plugged in to your desktop computer, and as it turns out, people dont always read theirForbesmagazine sitting in front of their desktop. They like to read it, say, on a plane, or a train, or the subway.So it turned out our hypothesis was wrong- we couldnt change the behavior. But that doesnt mean that it wasnt worth testing- it just means we didnt need to send the CueCat to a million people.We could have sent it to ju st thirty,watched what they were doing, and figured it out.GeoffIt sounds like the opposite of the old world, which is all about analysis. Dont get rid of data completely, because youll still have some opportunities where its going to work. But these minimally viable moves are all about, Lets not spend time analyzing- lets just go try it.StevenExactly. And to clarify, when we say that the data is no good, we mean the historical, syndicated data that already exists. We want to create new data by going out and giving our customers something to respond to in the real world.So if the third principle is about making minimal viable moves, the fourth one is embracing impermanence. If you make a move today, you cant be so wedded to it that you wont be willing to blow it up later. The world is moving really fast, so that move is not likely to last forever.Its silly when people ask questions like, If I stay in this organization, where will I be in 15 years? Wed have to assume that we can pred ict the steps of an organizations evolution, and thats just no longer a relevant conversation. We have to be willing to embrace that we dont know what might happen, and therefore, we should be more focused on the things that are working today, and what we can learn about the future.What advice would you give to people who want to apply some of these ideas?GeoffThe first thing to do, especially if youre in a position of authority, is to ask different, better questions. Dont ask about the return on investment,ask about return on behavior.We should care about financials, but forecasts should be based on observable outcomes in the market. So if I were to ask you, Can you figure out what the return of driving this behavior versus that behavior would be?, I bet youd see significant change throughout the entire system.What advice would you give?StevenI think youve just got to pick something and try it. Dont overanalyze it. Whatever problem youre facing, go figure out how you could design a test, or design something to try in the real world. Were spending way more time trying to learn about something before we make a choice- instead, lets decide today and see the response. Thats the best way to study something.This article first appeared on Heleo.

The Resumes Builder Cover Up

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Why Everybody Is Talking About Programmer Resume...The Simple Truth Revealed

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