MODERN & FUTURE
TRENDS IN
RESUME WRITING
Presented by:
John H. Silver, D.C.G.
Employment & Career Consultant,
Speaker, Trainer.
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Seconds!
Resume Review
“Penny wise but pound foolish!” A little
knowledge of wiring can burn down your
house. A little knowledge of the tax laws
can put you in jail. And a little knowledge of
resume writing can sabotage your career
 You’ve already invested heavily in your
education. You’ve paid your dues, built key
business relationships, and fended off
competitors. So why blow off that investment on
a crappy, half-baked, cheapskate resume
that turns off readers and buries your
chances for an interview?
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Donald Burns, National Resume award
winner
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance
polymath. Legend has it that Leonardo Da Vinci invented
the first professional profile in 1482 which we call as the
résumé.
Ken Georgie Mathew
Who invented the resume?
What is the
purpose of a resume?
A:
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Get a job?
Create referrals?
Generate curiosity?
Generate a job interview?
1: A?
2: A & B?
3: B & D?
4: B?
5: C?
6: D?
Purpose of a resume …
The Bad & The Ugly
MS. T. BLACK
155 North Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90210
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 777, Beverly Hills, CA 90213
1.424.200.1234 .1.213.805.45678
Email: xxxxxxlady@aol. com
PROFILE OBJECTIVE: Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, Executive Secretary,
Administrative Assistant, Corporate Receptionist, Administrative Secretary,
Marketing/Adv. Coordinator
SPECIAL SKILLS, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS:
• Microsoft Office Programs/Suite/XP; Access, SAP, Quicken, QuickBooks, Quicken, Quark Express
• Superior Inter-personal communication, creative critical thinking, innovative, problem solving
• Strong organizational/judgment; takes the initiative, proactive follow-up, scanning and imaging
EDUCATIONAL PROFILE:
Los Angeles ORT Technical Institute, Los Angeles, CA 2008 - (18 units)
Computer Graphics and Computer Design
Butte-Glenn College, Oroville and Chico campuses, CA Graduated 2001 (18 units)
• Business Administration, Communications, Teambuilding & Leadership, Social Science
• Microsoft Office Programs,’ Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Access, Internet Email
• Business Management, Accounting (10- key-touchy, Business English, Social Science
Yuba College, Marysville & Live Oak campuses, CA Graduated 1999
• Microsoft Office Programs: Excel, Word (Intermediate & Advanced)
Catherine Business College, Burbank, CA 18 units
• Business Management, Real Estate, Business Law, Communications, Keyboarding, Accounting
Lawton Medical College, Van Nuys, CA 18 units
• Medical Transcription, Medical Data En fry, Medical Terminology, Medical Front and Back Office
Procedure
The American Academy of Theatre Arts, Los Angeles, CA
• Professional Acting, Improvisational Courses, Professional Modeling, Speech, Live Theatre (Plays.)
EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY:
2009-Present Meet-a-Spouse, Los Angeles, CA
(Part-time Private Sales, Marketing, Advertising and Promotions Representative
Contractor) Los Angeles Professional Match Making Services
Television: Honolulu Hawaii Television Cable: The Learning Channel’s Mysteries of Mating, The
Learning Channel’s A Personal Story; Major Network: MTV Documentary - Rob & Big Black, E
Networks - Dr.90210, The WB - The Greg Berendt Show, NBC’s The Other Half, NBC’s Life
Moments ABC’s Extreme Makeover, Radio: Honolulu Hawaii FM Radio, KABC 710 AM Talk
Radio Los Angeles: The former KIEV 870 Talk Radio Los Angeles, 97.1 The FM Talk Radio Los
Angeles; The former KRLA 1110 Talk Radio Los Angeles, KOGO 600 AM Talk Radio Los
Angeles; KFI 640 AM Talk Radio Los Angeles, Independent Films: Divan - Jewish American
Princess. Responsible for research, setting up and attending VIP events, online
marketing, secretarial, clerical and social network marketing, etc.
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8/2007-3/2008 Law Offices of Richard Anybody, Beverly Hills, CA FULL-TIME Front Office
Coordinator/Manager, Legal Secretary, Legal, Corporate, Executive
Assistant, Corporate Receptionist, to Mr. Richard Anybody
Reasonable for responding to all of his daily emails; personal and business, composing daily
correspondence, detailed, oriented documents, litigation filings, completing coordination of court
calendar, and multiple calendars and schedules with various clients, heavy computer and scanning legal
and non-legal documents daily, ordering and monitoring office supplies, case management, general file
storage and retrieval, formal shorthand, liaison with clients and heavy client services, coordinating his
television appearances, legal and technical computer work bulk mailings, conferences, meetings, and
seminar appearances, developing marketing, and promotional research to promote his legal firm, heavy
telephones, personal duties and functions for his home and spouse, reservation, travel accommodations
internationally and nationally, his firm is in the practice of law in the areas of Student Visas, Exchange,
Visitors Visa, Temporary Work Visa, 0 Visas & P Visa, Treaty Traders & Investors, B-i Visa — Business,
Ministers or Workers-R Visa, B-2 Visa (Tourist Visa), I Visa-Members of the Media, Working on an F-2/M2 visa, F-2/M-2 verses F-I, Nonacadernic (M-i) Visa, Academic (F-i) Visa. Specializing in immigration
issues for the entertainment industry, representing foreign celebrities from all over the world. Extensive
experience in business immigration matters, including immigration compliance audits and providing
clients with long-term corporate immigration strategies, family-based immigration petitions, as well as
waiver and deportation cases. Assisting the trans-national migration of entertainment industry
personnel. Front Office Coordinating, ordering office supplies &maintaining equiptment.
2009-2009 Talent, Entertainment and Music Ltd. Chatsworth, CA
(Private Human Resources Generalist, Administrative Assistant
Contractor) Responsible for implantation of W-2 documents, editing W-2, proofreading. and final
distribution
for mailing to respective clients, administrative, coordinated distribution of mailing W-2 forms to
clients, preformed various administrative, secretarial, and clerical duties and functions.
2005-2007 Disney Studios; Disney Corporate Communications, Disney Consumer Products,
(Private Disney/ABC Cable Network, Inc., Disney Corporate Credit and Collections, STARZ
Contractor) Entertainment, Inc./Anchor Bay Entertainment, IDT, Film Roman, Inc., Imagine
Entertainment, Inc., Federal Emergency Management Association (F.E.M.A.)/Teletech
Government solutions, Inc., Richard Ziman Real Estate Investments, D. Wong and
Associates, Fowler law firm, Quinn, Emanual, Urguhart, Olive & Hedge law firm, Wells
Fargo Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs
Executive Offices, Screen Actors Guild Insurance and Pension
Plans Glendale, Burbank, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, CA
Executive Assistant to C Level Executives (Senior VP and Executive Vice President’s)
Handled heavy travel accommodations, T&E. budgets, reports. projections, proposals, confidential
correspondence and memorandum, internet research, Outlook emails, extensive detailed emails,
coordinating multiple conference calls, seminars. synergies, and meetings.
2008-Present Chris Consultant, Los Angeles, CA
2003-2 005 Executive Assistant, Legal Secretary, Legal Typist (2nd job)
1998-2001 Prepared legal documents for clients; unlawful detainer, civil litigation, trusts, wills, letters,
dissertations, thesis, college papers, newsletters, general and corporate documents, charts, marketing
and advertising designs, mottos. proofreader, dissolution of marriage, criminal litigation, wills, trusts,
unlawful detainers, summons and complaints, palimony agreements.
J. R. Cast
1364 Main Street
Los angeles, C.A. 90333
(323) 123-4567
Job Objective:
Career Services Specialist
Experience:
Sperion/Pasadenal4-08,2-09/Bin Filler. Put boxes in bins.
Stock clerk.
Jarrow Indus/Santa Fe Springs/7-07,3-08/Powder worker.
Helpmates/Los angeles/i 2-06,6-7/Office Clerk,Customer Service.
Reference:
Available on request.
Is the traditional resume
becoming obsolete?
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Chronological:
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Functional:
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Composite:
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Electronic:
◦ Documenting work experience, duties/responsibilities beginning
with the most recent.
◦ Collection of your qualifications categorized in skills areas or
functions.
◦ These areas are organized in order of relevance and/or
importance.
◦ Combination of the chronological and functional formats.
◦ Documents functional skills and related qualifications.
◦ Followed by a reverse-chronological employment history.
◦ Companies require the applicant to complete on-line forms with
education, experience, work history and skills.
◦ Proof read carefully – no capacity to spell check.
Resume Styles
What is the Reader looking for in
the Resume
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Attractiveness
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Easiness to scan – read
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Objective - Profile
Buzz words - relating to Skill Competency
Education level
Employment History
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Review remaining resume information.
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Refer to Linked-In, FaceBook, Instrigram & other
SM sites.
Screening….
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Objective Vs. Profile
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Qualifying Skills:
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Education:
◦ Document 8 - 10 relevant skills in support the objective – profile.
◦ Reverse Chronological Dates?
◦ Document high school?
◦ College – University = Name, City and State.
 Indicate major and/or areas of specializations.
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Professional Experience - Accomplishments – Achievements
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Work Experience:
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Quantify, Qualify & Results.
Use action verbs and emphasize skill competency.
Bullets for drawing attention.
The most important/relevant accomplishments for the beginning
and end statements.
◦ Organize in reverse chronological order.
◦ Job Title, Organization, City?, State? & Dates vs Years?
Resume Components
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Today’s Resume should be a fluid document.
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Able to be modified, adjusted & customized.
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Resume Package:
◦ Cover-Letter
◦ Resume (One page if possible)
◦ Addendum (Optional) (additional support material)
Resume Package
Could you respond to a job vacancy by
sending?
 A: resume only?
 B: resume and cover-letter?
 C: cover-letter & addendum?
 D: cover-letter, resume & addendum?
 E: resume & addendum?
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Any of the above.
True or False
New Innovations
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Video Resume = Visual
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Graphic Resume = Flow chart
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Auctor Vitae = Written -Past, Present
& Future
New Innovations
Da Vinci authored and actualized many achievements in his life time and
also authored and left many of his aspirations to future generations to
actualize. Your past is linked to your career path, and reaches out to the
future. Don’t just record the past (résumé “to summarize”). Be the author of
life events. Auctor Vitae.
Definitions
Graphic Resume
Graphic Resume
Graphic Resume
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1980’s and 1990’s
Video resumes were recorded and distributed on VHS tapes. Because of limited availability
of resources, production time and value were difficult to attain. As a result, video resumes
during this span were not as prevalent.
2000’s
Video resumes were beginning to pick up in popularity once the Internet became ingrained
into everyday life. During this time, online video creation and sharing became much easier
with tools like webcams and YouTube.
2012
Platforms, like Spark Hire, catered to creating and sharing video resumes easily and
efficiently now make it possible for anyone in any field to apply with their own Profile
Video.
Why should I use one?
Video resumes are an enhancement, not a replacement, to the traditional resume. As such,
they offer the chance to expand and show the skills you have to offer, not just to recite
what’s already on your resume. In fact, your 60 second video resume can give you a better
chance to get noticed by employers, as paper resumes are only looked by recruiters for up
to six seconds before a decision is made.
What do employers get from it?
Aside from finding out what skills and work you’ve accomplished, video resumes also
reveal facets of your personality a paper resume simply can’t communicate. Employers
often use it as a pre-screening tool to evaluate your “fit” into their company, or if you’re
aligned with their attitudes, values, and mission.
History of the Video Resume
By the time the resume is finalized, it may have
been written several times & have different
versions, this is OK.
Make sure the resume has been proof
read by several people = NO Mistakes.
Always have an updated resume!
After all the work,
what is the purpose of the Resume?
“To generate curiosity so
someone will want to speak with you!”
Resume
John H. Silver, D.C.G.
Employment & Career Consultant,
Speaker, Trainer
Email: john@jhowardandassociates.com
Telephone: 661.803.1072
Fax: 661.298.8630
www.jhowardandassociates.com