Before & After: Executives & Senior Professionals Design and content expectations change for senior level professionals. Plus, how do you cover more ground using less words?
DO THE 10 SECOND TEST. Print a "Before & After" set below and give each a 10 second glance. What do you remember about the candidate from the "before" version vs. the "after" version. Now read a bit deeper. Does it hold up under closer scrutiny? Would your own resume win in a line up against the "after" sample?
Before & After I
BEFORE -- COO: Cynthia had built a huge career, but in doing so, neglected her own professional documents. Her original document was a far cry from the seasoned professional she had become. Because she had been recruited into nearly every position, there were missing dates and discrepancies, unfocused non-executive details, zero direction, and no easy-to-identify path from point A to point Z.
AFTER -- COO:I spent hours with Cynthia extracting 25+ years of work experience, which is rarely easy for a client at this level. She wanted the flexibility to keep building her fantastic career, or to power things down, and she needed a resume that would allow her to do both with equal ease. At the end of the day, ALL of that was possible with a simple, cohesive presentation of fact-based data. Without that information pinned down, she would never get out of the gates in the first place.
After II
AFTER -- MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT:
Jack made a name as an independent healthcare management consultant after shutting down his medical practice because of a sports injury. He wanted a resume that contoured his entrepreneurial activities of the past 25 years, as he explored a move in-house at a mid-tier consulting firm. Taking a less-is-more approach, we defined and focused on the two primary areas of his background, and chose to avoid entirely his real estate investing activities. The resume achieved high praise from recruiters, colleagues, and C-level peers.
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