September Is International Update Your Resume Month - Here's What Executive Job Seekers Should Do Right Now

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The perfect career opportunity can show up when you least expect it.

"With September being 'International Update Your Résumé Month,' now is the best time for professionals to reflect on your career accomplishments over the past year and add them to your resume to ensure you won't be overlooked when that dream career unexpectedly becomes available," said Jessica Holbrook Hernandez, an award-winning executive resume writer and president of Great Resumes Fast, based in suburban Jacksonville.

"Update Your Résumé Month" is a reminder to everyone to take inventory of successes. Great questions to ask yourself as you update your resume include:

• What have you done at your current job that helped your employer make money, save money, or become more efficient and productive? Include quantifiable numbers in dollar signs or percentages.
• Did the company's revenue increase this year? How did you help impact (directly or indirectly) that increase?
• Did you propose ways to cut expenses in your team, department, branch, or company? Did your suggestions result in significant savings? If so, what percentage?

"Consider adding any major accounts you landed, customer service satisfaction ratings, mergers, acquisitions, capital improvement projects, positive publicity, promotions, or professional organizations joined," she said.

You can stand out from other candidates when you list these items:

• List conferences attended. Include workshop titles, dates, city, and name of sponsoring organization. Save certificates of attendance.
• New awards or honors.
• What computer skills did you acquire this year? Include names of proprietary software used in your industry.
• How did your performance this year compare to last year?

"Clarify your brand and clearly communicate how you add value. The more specific examples and metrics you cite, the stronger and more memorable impact your resume will make," she said.

If you need help updating your resume, refining your brand message or creating a resume for that ideal opportunity that's suddenly popped up, check out Great Resumes Fast's 30 Days of Resume Tips on Twitter and LinkedIn. We'll share resume writing tips every day for the whole month of September. Tips will be listed here:
http://www.twitter.com/greatresume 
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaholbrook

Also, for the month of September you can receive a free resume review. Contact Great Resumes Fast at 800-991-5187 or email your resume here with your resume review request.

About Jessica Holbrook Hernandez

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez is President and CEO of Great Resumes Fast, a top-rated, award-winning executive resume writing service for executives. A Certified Social Branding Analyst, executive resume writer, and former recruiter for Fortune 500 companies, Jessica and her team create expertly-targeted executive resumes and LinkedIn profiles for busy executives.

By staying at the forefront of current trends in personal branding, executive resume writing, and LinkedIn profile development, Jessica offers a true competitive advantage—more than 99% of her clients land job interviews within 60 days.

Jessica has been cited hundreds of times in major media outlets: The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Fast Company, and many others. Great Resumes Fast has received nearly a dozen awards for excellence, including five consecutive honors for Best Executive Resume Writing Service.

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