The Power of Words

Just got off my sorry ass to update my resume. The failure rate of my jobs applications with the current resume was almost 100%, and had decided long ago to update my resume. Besides, since the last update, I have done more things in my present job, got a promotion, gained more experience and done work for more clients.

Anyway, after trying to dress up my resume, I sort of got the hang of things. Using certain words in place of some words, though they mean the same thing, the look after seems different. For example, I added the words 'local and regional' in front of 'clients' to show I worked in projects that were not just restricted to local clients, even though previously I just dump 'local and regional clients' as just 'clients'. My friend suggested using the word 'operationalise' somewhere, which I did. It basically means 'to define concepts and ideas, and then put it into operation so it can be measured and expressed quantitatively', something that I do everyday, designing solutions to fit clients' requirements and then proceed to develop it. Such is the power of words.

Now hope my success rate with my resume begins to pick up.