Sell Yourself through Your Resume and Increase Your Salary 50%

Does your resume look like your grandfather put it together in about 15 minutes? If you were a hiring manager, would you be impressed with your own resume? Does your resume still have an objective that says something like, "to get an exciting job in my field?" And does your resume still have the last line that says References available upon request?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, it is time to change to that worn out resume. When you begin looking for a new job, you have to put together a marketing package that could sell ice to Eskimos. One large part of that marketing package is you but another large part is your resume.

Make some changes

If you want to use your resume to increase your salary 10%, 15%, even 20%, then make some minor changes and hope for the best. If you want to increase your salary 40% or 50%, then make some drastic changes and even consider hiring a professional to help you with your resume.

In today's flooded job market, your resume is your one and only chance to get noticed by a company and get your foot in the door for the interview. So, you had better be targeting that audience with the most aggressive and effective language possible. Just like a marketing brochure, your resume needs to catch the customer's interest, it needs to carry them through from start to finish and it needs to entice them to call you for an interview.

Here are a few simple changes that will help your resume considerably. First, dump that career objective for a professional profile. Everyone wants to find an exciting job in their field. Also dump the references line at the end of your resume. Everyone knows that you will provide references and you can be fairly sure that almost all companies will ask for them.

Another simple change that can have positive effects on the response to your resume is to break out of the standard resume format from the 80's. Start using some of the powerful publishing tools availabl
About the Author

Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook (http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com). As editor of the HireSites.com weekly newsletter on job searching, Scott has written many articles on the subject. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekers with a complete yet easy to use guide to finding a job effectively.
Written by: Scott Brown