200: Is It Time to Update Your Resume?

If you've ever wondered why resumes are important, what will get yours thrown out of the running for a particular position, or how often you should dust yours off and make updates, then you’re in luck!

We’re joined by Desiree Lyon, talent acquisition specialist with Rea, who is here to help us celebrate International Update Your Resume Month – along with our 200th episode of unsuitable – with some hot tips for getting hired.

Best Practices for Keeping an Up-to-Date Resume

• Keep track of new skills or responsibilities as they come up in your job, or as you realize they exist, and add anything that might be applicable to another job to your resume. If you were trained how to use a CRM tool, for example, that’s something you can add to your resume. There are probably things you take for granted that will be meaningful for future employers.
• Don’t wait until you are looking for a job to update your resume. It’s going to stress you out, for one, and you might not remember everything you should add to it. So make a plan and keep a list like the one suggested above. Then, every six months or so, reflect on your list and update your resume where appropriate.

Listen to this episode for even more great resume tips - regardless of where you are in your career. You'll learn:

• Why resumes are necessary?
• What will get a resume thrown out?
• Whether job boards and job sites useful?

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