The document discusses resume writing and job searching best practices. It recommends including specific details in resumes and job applications like names, titles, relationships, vendors, locations, dates, choices made, and skills applied. It also lists common recruiting, job searching, and career development organizations and groups.

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5.  It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
 Blunts Skills & Experiences
 Lacks Granularity & Specificity

10.  Who
 What
 Where
 When
 Why
 How

11.  Names of people
 Their Job Titles
 Reporting Relationships
 Vendors Involved
 Who Cared the Most
 Who Cared the Least

12.  …industries
 …customers
 …vendors
 …outcomes
 …tools

13.  Company
 Boardroom
 Classroom
 City
 State
 Region
 Country
 Continent

14.  History Yields Context
 “Trends-Then” Yields Credibility

15.  Choices Made
 Decisions Taken
 Anyone Cared
 Original Goal Changed
 Actual End-Game Worked

16.  Processes
 Best Practices
 Skills Applied
 Communications
 Funding

20.  Definitions: Vague
 Risk: Lack of Credibility
 Technically: We never search on the words
◦ All
◦ Other
◦ Every
◦ Any

21.  Relationship
 Consultative
 Spin
 Strategy
 Solution
 Partnership
 VITO
 Challenger

22.  Waterfall
 PMBOK / BABOK
 Gate Reviews
 RAD/JAD
 Rational Unified Process
 Use Cases
 Object Oriented
 Six Sigma / Lean Six Sigma
 Scrum
 Agile

23.  Cold Calling / Reverse Phone Books
 Entertainment Venues
 Billboards / Newspaper Ads
 Bulletin Boards / Company Web Sites
 Job Boards / Niche Boards
 Search Engines
 Social Media
 On-line Communities
 New Media

24.  Etymology
 Jargon
 Acronyms
 Definitions
 Glossaries
 Synonyms
 Industry Dictionaries

25. Questions?
Questions?

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He is the creator of "Resume Psychology – Get the
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27.  Information Technology  Finance
 Executive Leadership  Supply Chain
 Telecomm  Engineering
 Networking  Software
 Project Management Development
 Aviation  Fast Moving
 Defense Consumer Goods
 Accounting  International

29. • Dallas Fort Worth Texas Recruiter Network (DFWTRN)
• Executive Search Owners Association (ESOA)
• Inter-City Personnel Associates (IPA) Associates Food &
Beverage
• Pikes Peak Recruiter Network (PPRN)
• Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference
• The Rick Gillis Radio Show in Houston, Texas ESPN Radio
• CareerRocketeer “The 150+ Experts on Twitter All Job
Seekers Must Follow
• The Fort-Worth Star-Telegram

30. • Colorado Association Healthcare Executives (CAHE)
Annual Conference
• Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce Breakfast
of Champions
• North Texas Small Business Summit
• TalentNet Live Social Recruiting Conference
• Frisco Connect Job Seeker Strategy Summit
• Texas Small Business Summit
• Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference

31.  St. Jude Career Alliance a Chapter of the Catholic Career Development
Community (CCDC)
 Career Counseling Group (CCG) of DFW Islamic Association of North
Texas (IANT)
 Career Counseling Group (CCG) of DFW Islamic Center of Irving (ICI)
 Crossroads Bible Church (CBC) Career Transition Workshop (CTW)
 Jewish Family Service (JFS)
 Career Jump Start - First United Methodist Church Richardson (FUMCR)
 Carrollton Career Focus Group (CFG)
 Carrollton City Job Hunt 101
 Custer Rd Church Job Net Plano
 Fort Worth Career Search Network (FWCSN)
 MacArthur Blvd Baptist Church (MBBC) Career Transition Network (CTN)
 McKinney Trinity Presbyterian Church Career Transition Network (CTN)
 McKinney Workforce Networking
 Preston Trail Job Network (PTJN),
 Saint Philip's Episcopal of Frisco Job Ministry
 Southlake Focus Group (SFG)
 St. Andrew UMC Sales Group with Dennis O’Hagan