How to Include Writing Skills in Resume Narrative

How to Include Writing Skills in Resume NarrativeIn the modern world of writing resumes, the question on how to include writing skills in resume storytelling narrative is a hot topic. As in every new skill, learning how to use writing in resume narrative includes practice. Every resume writer is self-taught. But the same rule applies to resume narratives.During the time when resume writing was considered as an art, resume writers used to include writing skills in resume narratives. However, this skill can now be learned by applying a few important tips in making your resume more unique and compelling. The first thing that should be noted is that you must remember that this technique is not a novel written with a creative intention but instead it is a resume story that is crafted for your particular needs.After getting familiar with this technique, you need to work on putting it in practice in your resume to make it more informative and catchy. This can be done through choosing a part icular job that suits your needs. Although a job like employee of a restaurant might sound simple and boring, it can still be used to include writing skills in resume narrative.Do you think writing skills can be developed with just one specific job? Probably not. You have to consider that there are many other jobs where you can include writing skills in resume narrative to add even more captivating point to your resume. This is why a job like an intern in a hospital can be more expressive than a job in an accounting firm.When you know what is most suitable for your job, then you need to find a way to make the resume story interesting. One great tip is to always put on your resume what is special about you and what you excel at. Always remember that you should always write a resume story that reflects the personal attributes of the candidate.Thow to include writing skills in resume storytelling narrative How can you do this? The very first thing that you need to remember is that you should always write from the heart. To give an example, you should never include the name of the hospital or the city in your resume writing. You should focus on what you can do for the employer and on what you can bring to the organization.Another way on how to include writing skills in resume narrative is to come up with a job description and cover letter. Add a paragraph on your previous work experience that can highlight your abilities. You can include a few testimonials on the company as well. This way, you will really include writing skills in resume narrative to make it more effective.

Don#039;t Buy Into the Retirement Gloom

Don#039;t Buy Into the Retirement Gloom This story was originally published at Next Avenue. Gray wave. Age wave. Geezer tsunami. (Pick your favorite â€" or most hated â€" euphemism.) Catchphrases like these capture the realization that we’re living longer and that older Americans make up a growing share of the population. As economist Laurence Kotlikoff and columnist Scott Burns say in The Coming Generational Storm: “The aging of America isn’t a temporary event. We are well into a change that is permanent, irreversible, and very long term.” Living longer should be a trend worth celebrating. But many people believe that America’s boomers can’t afford retirement, let alone a decent retirement. They fear that aging boomers are inevitably hurtling toward a lower standard of living. And here’s their evidence: We’ve just been through the worst downturn since the 1930s, decimating jobs and pensions. Retirement savings are slim. Surveys show that boomers aren’t spending much time planning for retirement. The prediction that the swelling tab for Social Security and other old-age entitlements will push the U.S. government and economy into a Greece-like collapse seems almost routine. The Unretirement Movement Don’t buy into the retirement gloom. I’m not. Here’s why: The signs of a grassroots push to reinvent the last third of life are unmistakable. Call it the “Unretirement” movement â€" and it is a movement. Unretirement starts with the insight that earning a paycheck well into the traditional retirement years will make a huge difference in our future living standards. You â€" and your skills and talents â€" are your best retirement investment. What’s more, if society taps into the talents and abilities of sixty-somethings and seventy-somethings, employers will benefit, the economy will be wealthier and funding entitlements will be much easier. The Unretirement movement is built off a series of broad, mutually reinforcing changes in the economy and society that are transforming an aging workforce into a powerful economic asset. Boomers are the most educated generation in U.S. history and they’re healthier, on average, than previous generations. A century-long trend toward a declining average age of retirement has already reversed itself and â€" it’s safe to say â€" you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. “Many people aren’t slowing down in their 60s and 70s,” says Ross Levin, a certified financial planner and president of Accredited Investors in Edina, Minn. Adds Nicole Maestas, economist at the Rand Corp., the Santa Monica, Calif.-based think tank: “Yes, America has an aging population. The upside of that is a whole generation of people who are interested in anything but retirement.” Your ‘Next Big Thing‘ Just ask Luanne Mullin, 60. She has done marketing for a dance company, opened a theater company and run a recording studio. These days, Mullin is a project manager at the University of California, San Francisco, overseeing the construction of scientific laboratories (she does mediation at the school on the side). “I think there’s more and more of us at 60 who are saying, ‘OK, what’s my next career? What do I want to do that’s fulfilling?’” Mullin told me. “I’m all for what’s my next big thing.”Mullin loves her work, but she’s also wrestling with the same questions as many of her peers. “What is this aging thing?” she wonders. “Am I living fully? Is this the second half of life I dreamed of, or if not, how do I pull it together?” When Unretirement is Tougher For many in their 50s and 60s, the transition to Unretirement is much tougher â€" especially for those who are involuntarily unemployed, like Debbie Nowak. She didn’t see the layoff coming. Nowak worked for more than 30 years in customer relations for the pensions and benefits department at Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., In November 2011, at 58, she lost her job there. Nowak, who has a high school diploma, let herself grieve until the holidays were over. In the New Year, she got her severance, went on unemployment and began thinking about embracing something completely different from her old job. “I never thought of myself as a risk taker,” she says. “After 30 years, I thought I should take a risk.” Nowak had a stained glass hobby, making window panes, mosaic trays, and other objects. That led her to the idea of working in the wood finishing and furniture-restoring business. Last year, she got a certificate from The National Institute for Wood Finishing at Dakota Community Technical College in Rosemount, Minn. To pay for it, Nowak took out a loan and the state chipped in from its displaced workers fund. Today, she has a part-time job at small furniture-restoration company. “It’s a crap shoot, a risk I was willing to take,” says Nowak. “This is also a way to produce additional income in retirement.” As Mullin and Nowak demonstrate, we’re living though a period of experimentation while redefining retirement. Many people are stumbling about, searching for an encore career, a part-time job or contract work that offers them meaning and an income. Some find it extremely tough to get hired, cobbling together a job here and a contract there, assuming they’re healthy. Especially vulnerable are less-educated workers who never made much money or never had jobs with employer-sponsored retirement and health benefits. How Society Will Change The rise of Unretirement calls for a whole cluster of changes in how society rewards work, creates jobs, shares the wealth and deals with old age. Unretirement will affect where Americans live out their lives, too, as they seek communities and services equipped for them. Taken altogether, boomers will construct a new vision of their retirement years, which will impact how younger generations will think about their careers. “People tend to learn from examples or stories handed down from previous generations â€" but there are few stories to navigate the new context of old age and retirement for the baby boomers,” writes Joseph Coughlin, the infectiously enthusiastic head of MIT’s AgeLab, a multi-disciplinary center. “When there are no set rules you make them up. The future of old age will be improvised.” Send Your Unretirement Questions This blog aims to take a first draft at the Unretirement improv act. I’ll particularly focus on the personal finance and entrepreneurial start-up implications of the movement. I’ll talk about successes and failures, the impediments of age discrimination and the lessons people learn as they search for meaning and income in their next chapters. Most of all, I hope to hear from you and find out about your experiences so I can address your questions in future columns. Send your queries to me at cfarrell@mpr.org. My twitter address is @cfarrellecon. Peter Drucker, the late philosopher of management, noted that every once in a while, society crosses a major divide. “Within a few short decades, society rearranges itself â€" its worldview; its basic values; its social and political structure; its arts; its key institutions,” Drucker wrote in Post-Capitalist Society. “Fifty years later there is a new world.” The transformation of retirement into Unretirement marks such a divide. Welcome to a revolution in the making. Chris Farrell is economics editor for APM’s Marketplace Money, a syndicated personal finance program, and author of the forthcoming Unretirement: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community, and The Good Life. He will be writing on Unretirement twice a month. Related Links: ‘Partial Retirement’ Is On the Rise A Manual for Encore Careers

The Terrible Job Search Advice You Are Getting By Accident - Work It Daily

The Terrible Job Search Advice You Are Getting By Accident - Work It Daily If you’re in the middle of a job search, you probably have lots of well-meaning family members and friends giving you advice on how to find a job as fast as you can. Unfortunately, these people could be giving you TERRIBLE job search advice without even realizing it. Do you ever hear people telling you to be “open to any opportunity” that comes along? Or do they advise you to “take anything that’s available”? This might surprise you, but these are actually the WORST things you can do for your career. Here’s why… Back in the day, employers were looking for hardworking people who could do everything. They wanted generalists. So, if you could do something, even if you weren’t the best at it and even if it didn’t relate to the job you wanted, you would put that thing on your resume. While this might have been sought after years ago, it’s not what employers want anymore. Employers are looking for specialists in their fields. They want to know that the people they hire know everything there is to know about the thing they were hired to do. Unfortunately, there are still lots of professionals out there who still brand themselves as “Jack- or Jills-of-all-trades.” They can do it all. They know everything. They’re generalists. And employers aren’t impressed. That's why it's important to showcase your specialty. What specific problem do you solve? How? That's what you want to focus on during your job search. So, before you take Aunt Hilde’s (accidentally) terrible job search advice from 20 years ago, think about how job search is being done today. What are employers looking for NOW? Related Posts: Use This Simple Trick To Get A Job When You Don’t Have Any Experience 5 Minutes To A Faster Job Search What School Forgot To Teach You About Job Search   Have you joined our career growth club?Join For Free!