Before & After: Early Career The first ten years of work experience are an exciting time of experimentation, triumphs, mistakes, and growth. For most, important early-career activity is the basis for the second stage of a career. But sometimes making it make sense can pose a challenge. These resume makeovers helped clients triumph over hours they'd lost trying to write their own. DO YOUR OWN 10 SECOND TEST: Print out these samples and lay them side-by-side. Glance through each resume for just 10 seconds. Can you remember who the resume's owner was in the "Before" sample? How about the "After" sample? Now read a bit deeper to find out how headlines are substantiated with quantitative data. Think you don't have quantitative data? You do. Before & After I BEFORE -- Executive Assistant: Jason had fallen into a "good job" pretty quickly out of college, working for a prestigious firm. In time, he lost sight of his goals in the day to day. The days turned into years and soon his desire to move into publishing / editing was difficult to spin. Although he had a great deal of this work in his job description, his title still said "Executive Assistant." It was time to move on. But how? AFTER -- Copywriter / Marketing Associate: Jared played down the obvious "assistant" pieces of Jason's background and played up the copywriting, authoring, and editing work he had done. Jared left it for the hiring manager to deduce the drudgery at will, while being drawn to the skills that would be of most interest in the publishing world. This section of the Web site is being edited. Click "more samples" below for additional "After" examples of early career resumes. More samples. Seen enough? Get a free quote and find out how The Resume Studio can help you.
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