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Katie Yeakle Reveals What Never to Put in Your Resume
Written by: AWAI’s The Golden ThreadArticle Overview: AWAI Executive Director, Katie Yeakle, shares top five resume tips to help job seekers find work fast.
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Katie Yeakle Reveals What Never to Put in Your Resume
Katie Yeakle, the executive director of American Writers & Artists, Inc. (AWAI), announced today AWAI’s top five resume-writing tips to help secure job interviews and obtain new clients quickly.
“As the competition for jobs rises in today’s economy, it’s essential to present a resume that gets noticed by targeted employers and potential clients,” says Katie Yeakle.
With over 20 years of experience in the world of direct marketing and publishing, Katie Yeakle shares her top five tips for writing a winning resume:
1. Know your prospect.
Don’t focus on a career objective or a formal experience summary. Instead tailor your resume to match the needs of the person reading it. Find out what his most pressing business problem is and offer to solve it. Katie Yeakle says, “Your resume should not be about ‘you,’ as strange as that sounds, but about how you’re going to help the person reading it accomplish his goals.”
2. Provide samples.
Include links to successful sales packages, articles, website copy, pro bono work, and more. Try to focus on samples pertinent to the potential employer’s industry, and give specifics on how you have helped other business owners reach their goals.
Make it easy to contact you.
3. Place your name, address, and phone/fax/email numbers at the top of the page where it is easy to find.
4. Leave these items off your resume.
Avoid including salary expectations, personal data (social security number, age, sex, marital status, etc.), cutesy gimmicks, photos, and reasons for leaving your previous job.
Show your prospect exactly what you can do.
5. Offer to do a small, “get-to-know-you” project on a freelance basis. This is a great way to get your foot in the door and show what you have to offer without much of a risk to your potential employer. It’s a win-win.”
“Experience is not a must to land a job,” says Katie Yeakle. “Write a resume that is eye-catching, easy-to-read, and effective in selling the benefits of hiring you, and you’ll definitely increase your chances of landing a job interview.”
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In order for a bank to even consider financing for a business loan such as a pizza restaurant, the first step is to have good personal credit. If you have previous credit issues that have lowered your credit scores, make sure you are prepared to either hear, “No”, or “Please explain this (these) credit marks.” If you have not demonstrated the ability to manage your own personal finances then most likely you will not have the opportunity to manage the financing from a bank for a business. When you make the initial contact with a bank, ask to speak to a commercial loan officer.
Other types of loan officers include consumer (think car loans) and mortgage (think home purchases and home equity loans). The commercial loan officer will be able to provide a list of things you will need to give him/her in order to consider the restaurant financing. Information required for a new business most likely will include the following:
Personal financial statement (Assets – Liabilities = Net Worth)
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Business Plan
If leasing property, copy of the lease agreement
If purchasing property, copy of the sales contract
Personal History / Resume (may not be required but is very
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Business tax returns (two years)
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Copy of Operating Agreement (if partnership)
One common mistake a new business owner often makes with regard to financing is that one loan will cover all the financing needs. This is typically not the case and can lead to cash flow problems that could result in default on the loan, which is not what the lender or borrower want. In most cases, either two or sometimes three separate loans would be appropriate. For instance, if one is purchasing real estate then a long-term mortgage loan would be appropriate to finance that purchase.
However, the pizza restaurant may need to purchase equipment and have cash available monthly to meet payroll and purchase rolling inventory.
An equipment loan could take the form of a five or seven year loan with a fixed monthly payment much like a car loan. A line of credit, on which one would pay interest monthly on the outstanding balance, may be prudent for short-term cash flow purposes. All three should be addressed in the business plan and discussed with the commercial loan officer.
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