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The Thing About Resumes

by Kassandra McGhee on August 24th, 2010

Your resume is a marketing tool that presents your qualifications to a prospective employer. The thing about resumes is they must "speak" to an employer's needs and how you are the right person to meet them!

Here are a few tips about making your resume a winning one:

1-  Know Yourself

Review the job description and highlight how you qualify for the position. Assess your skills, experience and training/education and why they make you valuable to the employer. Focus on key contributions you have made to previous employers and organizations. 

 2-  Know The Employer

Research the company to obtain information regarding their product(s), location, leadership, etc. This will help you further tailor your resume to include how you are a good fit for the company.  

3-  Pay Attention To Detail

Review your resume for formatting, grammar, punctuation, content and overall presentation. Have another person evaluate your resume and compare it to the qualifications in the job description. 

4-  Sell, Sell, Sell

Make your case for hire!  Your resume should tell an employer why you are qualified and how you can help the company excel!

 

Remember these resume tips and you are sure to be heading towards your career goal!

Project management communication tools

by Donna Russell on August 23rd, 2010

TOPIC:   Virtual Teams and Project Management tools

Recently, the Project Management Institute-Chicagoland chapter had a dinner meeting regarding the use of Skype in regards to enhancing communication in virtual teams.  Having the capability to see someone that you are talking with and communicating with helps project managers assess understanding of expectations and can signal other aspects of team members needs like over allocation. 

Skype is getting more and more popular.  I was first introduced to Skype’s capabilities when my nephew was in IRAQ and we could talk to him on Sunday’s via a small inexpensive camera attached to our home computer with the use of Skype software.   Since that time, you may have seen me show the film, THE FUTURE OF WORK, on Youtube. 

Have you had practical use of Skype and what can you share regarding this fascinating team communication tool?  What other tools have you used to enhance Project team communications?

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