There are so many suggestions our there: use bulleted sentences, use action words, use #s, $s and %s, list your strengths, use buzzwords, accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, highlight your breadth of knowledge, show what you know, show who you are ...
WAIT!!!
Show who you are ...
What if we REALLY showed who we are on our resumes? How would we look to the world?
Kittie Beletic
1409. S. Lamar
NY, NY 10009
___________________________________________________________kittie@kittiebgoods.com T 917-646-972
Communications expert with broad experience in parenting, cooking and making a home. Entrepreneurial initiative ranging from creative concept through completion. Excellent people skills extensive exposure to family environment including schoolwork, scraped knees and goodnight kisses. Expertise includes:
* Building public relations through interaction with teachers,
plumbers, dance instructors, baseball coaches.
* Ability to multi-task and prioritize, within the home and for
special events
* Effective communication in the kitchen, from creative concept
through fulfillment and distribution
* Working knowledge of compassion, creativity, energy distribution,
anger management, animal husbandry and nutrition.
* Relationship building, storytelling, self-esteem restoration
* Building public relations through interaction with teachers,
plumbers, dance instructors, baseball coaches.
* Ability to multi-task and prioritize, within the home and for
special events
* Effective communication in the kitchen, from creative concept
through fulfillment and distribution
* Working knowledge of compassion, creativity, energy distribution,
anger management, animal husbandry and nutrition.
* Relationship building, storytelling, self-esteem restoration
Getting the picture?
What if resumes were not about tasks we have done, but how we made our way and what we learned as we went along?
Kittie Beletic
1409 S. lamar
1409 S. lamar
NY, NY 10009
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
kittie@kittiebgoods.com T 917-646-972
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
KITTIEBGOODS.COM IN, MI, OH, MA, CO, NY, TX 1950-Present
President/Owner
I was raised in a loving home, used my frame of reference and learned skills to create a family of my own. I wasn't fully prepared for everything that happened (including divorce) and although I did my best, I can honestly say I might have done a few things differently. I gained knowledge and expertise (and on and off, a little weight) in a diverse range of abilities including theatre, parenting, arts & crafts, friendship, carpooling, songwriting, real estate and public relations. I aged appropriately.
Is the picture getting clearer?
I left a few things out but in writing that first paragraph I could see it wasn't going to fit on just one page. I'm not just a wife and mother. I am a sister and a daughter, a neighbor and a friend. I am a teacher and at the same time a student. I dig deep for love at times and I know both anger and gratitude. I am flexible and persistent and I like the feeling I have when it pays off. I rip out my knitting over and over because I believe in excellence. When I do this, I learn more than just how to get the pattern right. I'm the kind of person who needs down time so I can let my creativity germinate and explore. I love working with others and my kindergarten report card said that I share well and I do. From practicing singing and typing, I know that I get better by doing. Going to the gym 6 days/week was a hard choice and now I know the feeling of true discipline which feels nothing like punishment. I also know I can achieve anything to which I apply my focus.
I have, of course, worked outside the home and those jobs gave me incredible experiences I could bring home to my family and into my next work adventure. I gained insight and increased skills in technology, in confidence, in self-esteem. I took risks, paid the price and basked in the glory. But what if our resumes were filled with the kind of historical honesty of the previous paragraph? How much more would my employer know about me if I told about the times I tried and missed the mark and kept trying until I made it work? What if I could paint the picture showing the imperfections of my character and how I strive to become better not just for myself, but for the people I love, my clients and my fellow man? How would the picture look?
Refreshingly clear.
Photo by Lucy Boody, Telluride, CO
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