…can’t wait to share my love of crafting resumes with you (my 1st live training)
Hi, I’m Debra Ann. I spend most of my time learning. Some of my favorite days were spent on the hill at UT, that’s the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, (that is for my Texas supporters) siting in English Literature classes, dissecting and divulging the meanings of words, concepts; justifying my own interpretation of famous and not-so-famous literary artists including… Oh I can’t remember those old folks names now, but I loved learning about Malcolm X, Paula Giddens, Alex Hailey, and of course Nikki Giovonni and other local Tennessee writers and artists. I later learned the value of all of those speech, communications, rhetoric classes is just what I am able to do right now= Read, Research, and Write Resumes. I absolutely love taking my clients experiences and showing them how I can help them target them in a way that hiring managers and recruiters can see their value.
Send me a message with any resume questions to be answered in class on my National Resume Writers Association link @ https://bit.ly/2Y669yH
I invite you join me in my first Live training. You are invited. Come get a powerpack 7 Minutes of Resume Best. Not only will you get 7 of the Best resume tips to transform your dull resume and give it life, you will get to take part in a BONUS live one on one session with me, finalizing your updated resume and cover letter. DM me so that I can let you know when my 1st Master RESUME Class will happen and you can sign up. This will be the best 7 Minutes of Your life! Gauranteed~
When you register, you will get your BONUS materials immediatety.
Debra Ann uses her extroverted personality to help reach her clients who feel passionate about their jobs and careers but can’t express the difference they make. Ms. Matthews has extensive experience with not for profit community service projects including President Clinton’s AmeriCorps, Up With People, and Job Corps. She combines her love for service and her passion for sharing knowledge with job seekers and career changers by offering to train (adjunct college professor or public speaker) or participate in interviews. She has served as the New Business Owner Representative/Military Group for the National Resume Writers Association Board. She is also a member of Forbes Coaches Council, and is a Career Affiliate with Career Thought Leaders. She has trained with Richard Knowdell of the Career Development Network, earning her certifications as a Job and Career Transition Coach and Job and Career Development Coach. Send your email to register for What’s Right With Your Resume course at https://bit.ly/2Y669yH.
If you are currently receiving unemployment, here are some tips to help you get ready to enter the workforce. First and foremost, it goes without saying, that you need a job-winning résumé.
Use these tips to help you in land your next professional position:
#1 Look for jobs on the Virtual American Job Center. Use this link: Home | TN Virtual American Job Center (tnvirtualajc.com). They are promoting that they will free services that help you find steady, good-paying jobs all over Tennessee. You can get training, job counseling, financial aid for education, and much more. TIP: If you add a résumé to your jobs for tn dot gov site, be sure to upload one résumé and build another résumé. It can be the same résumé and you call it different names. If you do not do this, employers won’t be able to see it.
#2 If you currently receive food stamps, there is a career counselor specially hired to help you with your job search. Connect with your local career center, formally called America’s Job Center. Tip: Read about all of the support services for those who are SNAP benefit recipients here: SNAP Employment and Training | USDA-FNS . TIP: When you speak with your SNAP counselor, ask him or her to refer to you to a career center counselor to help you with employment and training.
#3 Pay attention to companies who are offering sign on bonuses! YIKES YEP! Look into it – Don’t be shy! The Corrections Industry, McDonalds and many others are offering $500 to $5000 sign on bonuses! TIP: Pay Attention and check out all options for employment. Check out this source for sign on and retention bonuses: https://bit.ly/3coSY3R
#5 Spend some time at the career centers, attending hiring sessions, classes, and networkingwith the staff. TIP: Locate your local Americas Job Center by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3tAZZo4 .
#6 Apprenticeship jobs are the best ever! TIP: Look for them here: 220 French Landing Dr. Nashville, TN 37243 (423) 715-8027 or via this website: ApprenticeshipTN
Let Me Write It For You: Job-Winning Resumes and Career Services offers coaching and writing services to motivated career changers and small businesses, since 2009. Debra Ann Matthews, a Forbes Coaches Council, Career Thought Leaders, and National Resume Writers Association (Past Board) member, loves to cheer on and champion those seeking new jobs, promotions, and transitioning to diverse career fields. She has been featured in Forbes Magazine, MODERNIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH LETTERS: Get Noticed … Get Hired, Nashville/Clarksville Career Examiner, Local Job Network, Ezine Articles, Black Career Women’s Network, Career Builder, Canada’s Calgary Sun, Channel 5 NBC Chicago, Jennings Wire: The World of Success, 3 Ladies on the Radio, Monster Working, Money Mix, Liberty Voice, Online College.org, and Monster dot com Latina.
Nashville, Clarksville, Springfield, Ashland City Get ready to go back to work with a job-winning resume.
Witth over 200,000 jobs available in Tennessee, job seekers and career changers will need two things to get ready to meet that need:
#1 A Job-Winning Résumé
#2 Updated skills to meet the workforce load
If you are not sure that your resume is up to par, get a résumé evaluation from professional résumé writer and Forbes Coaches Council member, Debra Ann Matthews, M.A., JCDC, JCTC, who works with hundreds of motivated job-seekers and career changers each year. Debra Ann recommends that each job-seeker check their résumé for best practices that help interviewers and recruiters see your value.
For example:
Be sure that your resume has a clearly defined heading which showcases your industry.
HealthCare Human Resources | Business-Driven Information Technology Executive | Chef Specializing in Desserts
Nashville, Clarksville, Springfield, Ashland City Get ready to go back to work with a job-winning resume.
Witth over 200,000 jobs available in Tennessee, job seekers and career changers will need two things to get ready to meet that need:
#1 A Job-Winning Résumé
#2 Updated skills to meet the workforce load
If you are not sure that your resume is up to par, get a résumé evaluation from professional résumé writer and Forbes Coaches Council member, Debra Ann Matthews, M.A., JCDC, JCTC, who works with hundreds of motivated job-seekers and career changers each year. Debra Ann recommends that each job-seeker check their résumé for best practices that help interviewers and recruiters see your value.
For example:
Be sure that your resume has a clearly defined heading which showcases your industry.
HealthCare Human Resources | Business-Driven Information Technology Executive | Chef Specializing in Desserts
Add 3 to 5 lines of high-level values, accomplishments, or brand.
Shifted team from mediocre performance to innovative, top-of-the-line production output, resulted in each teammember earning 20% bonus quarterly.
Beef up on your skills with free training that can be assessed from any America’s Job Service’s site.
Claimants have access to free online training courses through the state’s partnership with Coursera. There are over 4,000 courses from 200 businesses and universities that can prepare an individual to earn a certificate in many programs. www.tn.gov/workforce/coursera
Your résumé is no longer focused on stating your duties at work. Résumés are now expected to market your unique skills. They are a Career Marketing Campaign.
And if you can’t say it, Let Me Write It for You. Ask her for a résumé evaluation and help with your résumé if you are not able to do-it-yourself.
#1 Assume that a résuméwill become a part of an applicant tracking system if you upload it or attach it to an email message. Typically, if a company has four to five open positions per month consistently, they should be using an ATS. In fact, 100% of Fortune 1000 companies and 80% of small/medium businesses use them. Resumes are being read underneath the format. Content is critical. Your experience needs to be crystal clear, hyperlinks are ok to be included on a resume, bold, and underlines are fine too! White space and consistency is a must on today’s resume!
#2 ATS Systems can read any resume format be it MS Word doc or docx, Rich Text Files (rft), DOS/ASCII Text(txt), Open Document Format (odf), LinkedIn, Adobe Acrobat (pdf) with just a few exceptions.
#3 Keywords are King! What are they? Buzzwords, nouns, adjectives, or short phrases for your industry…
#1 Remember your résumé is not an obituary that lists every job you’ve ever had. It’s a marketing document whose content should support the job target you are seeking..
# 2 Keywords are King! What are they? Buzzwords, nouns, adjectives, or short phrases for your industry. They usually describe your unique knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and experience? They are used to “Score” or “rank” résumé. Do not add keywords tha you can’t justify.
#3 #1 Assume that a résuméwill become a part of an applicant tracking system if you upload it or attach it to an email message. Typically, if a company has four to five open positions per month consistently, they should be using an ATS. In fact, 100% of Fortune 1000 companies and 80% of small/medium businesses use them. Resumes are being read underneath the format. Content is critical. Your experience needs to be crystal clear…
#1 Remember your résumé is not an obituary that lists every job you’ve ever had. It’s a marketing document whose content should support the job target you are seeking..
# 2 Keywords are King! What are they? Buzzwords, nouns, adjectives, or short phrases for your industry. They usually describe your unique knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and experience? They are used to “Score” or “rank” résumé. Do not add keywords tha you can’t justify.
#3 #1 Assume that a résuméwill become a part of an applicant tracking system if you upload it or attach it to an email message. Typically, if a company has four to five open positions per month consistently, they should be using an ATS. In fact, 100% of Fortune 1000 companies and 80% of small/medium businesses use them. Resumes are being read underneath the format. Content is critical. Your experience needs to be crystal clear, hyperlinks are ok to be included on a resume, bold, and underlines are fine too! White space and consistency is a must on today’s resume!
#4 ATS Systems can read any resume format be it MS Word doc or docx, Rich Text Files (rft), DOS/ASCII Text(txt), Open Document Format (odf), LinkedIn, Adobe Acrobat (pdf) with just a few exceptions.
#BONUS TIP: 65% of jobs today are filled or in the process of being filled before they are listed. Your resume isn’t enough. Leverage social platforms as talent databases or for advertising and connecting with hiring officials. Use your resume on LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Instagram, and Google, etc.
Looking for a job now is not simply about stating your duties at work, it’s about marketing your unique skills: It’s a Career Marketing Campaign!
Let Me Write It For You: Job-Winning Resumes and Career Services by Debra Ann. We offer:
Coaching and writing services to motivated career changers and small businesses, since 2009.
Member in Job and Career Transition Coach, Job and Career Development Coach via Career Network, Forbes Coaches Council, Career Thought Leaders, Career Directors International, and the National Resume Writers Association (5 Years Past Board Member).
Written over 100 articles on resumes, job search, careers, professional development, English/Grammar/Technical Writing, and Public Speaking.
Featured articles include Forbes Magazine, MODERNIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH LETTERS: Get Noticed … Get Hired, Nashville/Clarksville Career Examiner, Local Job Network, Ezine Articles, Black Career Women’s Network, Career Builder, Canada’s Calgary Sun, Channel 5 NBC Chicago, Jennings Wire: The World of Success, 3 Ladies on the Radio, Monster Working, Money Mix, Liberty Voice, Online College.org, and Monster dot com Latina.
And if you can’t say it, Let Me Write It for You!
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Erin, Springfield, and Ashland City, Tennessee, Let us Help You Get A Job-Winning Resume
#1 Use this Salary Table to understand ranges for each interested position of interest. Clicking Herehttps://bit.ly/3n0IxaF. Be prepared to negotiate your salary for the best possible offer.
#1 Assume that a résuméwill become a part of an applicant tracking system if you upload it or attach it to an email message. Typically, if a company has four to five open positions per month consistently, they should be using an ATS. In fact, 100% of Fortune 1000 companies and 80% of small/medium businesses use them. Resumes are being read underneath the format. Content is critical. Your experience needs to be crystal clear, hyperlinks are ok to be included on a resume, bold, and underlines are fine too! White space and consistency is a must on today’s resume!
#2 ATS Systems can read any resume format be it MS Word doc or docx, Rich Text Files (rft), DOS/ASCII Text(txt), Open Document Format (odf), LinkedIn, Adobe Acrobat (pdf) with just a few exceptions.
#3 Keywords are King! What are they? Buzzwords, nouns, adjectives, or short phrases for your industry. They usually describe your unique knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and experience? They are used to “Score” or “rank” résumé. Do not add keywords tha you can’t justify.
#BONUS TIP: 65% of jobs today are filled or in the process of being filled before they are listed. Your resume isn’t enough. Leverage social platforms as talent databases or for advertising and connecting with hiring officials. Use your resume on LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Instagram, and Google, etc.
Looking for a job now is not simply about stating your duties at work, it’s about marketing your unique skills: It’s a Career Marketing Campaign!
Let Me Write It For You: Job-Winning Resumes and Career Services by Debra Ann. We offer:
Coaching and writing services to motivated career changers and small businesses, since 2009.
Member in Job and Career Transition Coach, Job and Career Development Coach via Career Network, Forbes Coaches Council, Career Thought Leaders, Career Directors International, and the National Resume Writers Association (5 Years Past Board Member).
Written over 100 articles on resumes, job search, careers, professional development, English/Grammar/Technical Writing, and Public Speaking.
Featured articles include Forbes Magazine, MODERNIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH LETTERS: Get Noticed … Get Hired, Nashville/Clarksville Career Examiner, Local Job Network, Ezine Articles, Black Career Women’s Network, Career Builder, Canada’s Calgary Sun, Channel 5 NBC Chicago, Jennings Wire: The World of Success, 3 Ladies on the Radio, Monster Working, Money Mix, Liberty Voice, Online College.org, and Monster dot com Latina.
And if you can’t say it, Let Me Write It for You!
Nashville, Gallatin, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Tennessee, Let us Help You Get A Job-Winning Resume
#1 Use this Salary Table to understand ranges for each interested position of interest. Clicking Herehttps://bit.ly/3n0IxaF. Be prepared to negotiate your salary for the best possible offer.
#2 Send over your resume and ask me to complete an8-page resume critique to help you with your job search.
Speaking to professionals at the National APA Conference, Washington, DC
#1 Understand that as candidate surplus goes up, tolerance for resumes with poor messaging and “user experience” goes down. In other words, tap into employer needs with content that you place on your resume.
#2 Dig deep into your skills sets and note the challenges that you solve based on industry challenges. What problems does your skills help companies solve?
For example, I am an expert ______. Safety champion: OSHA10, OSHA30, Hazmat. Skills based worker: Forklift certificate including cherry pick and stand up. Team lead and Supervision experience that leverages talent pool to meet company daily productivity goals.
#3 65% of jobs today are filled or in the process of being filled before they are listed. Your resume isn’t enough. Leverage social platforms as talent databases or for advertising and connecting with hiring officials. Use your resume on LinkedIn, FB, Twitter, Instagram, and Google, etc.
#BONUS TIP: Optimize Industry Keywords on your resume from the job description and also from the noted problems. For example, sales, business development, operations, human resources, training, distribution, loyalty, sales retention, team leadership, inventory, warehouse.
Looking for a job now is not simply about stating your duties at work, it’s about marketing your unique skills: It’s a Career Marketing Campaign!
Let Me Write It For You: Job-Winning Resumes and Career Services by Debra Ann. We offer:
Coaching and writing services to motivated career changers and small businesses, since 2009.
Member in Job and Career Transition Coach, Job and Career Development Coach via Career Network, Forbes Coaches Council, Career Thought Leaders, Career Directors International, and the National Resume Writers Association (5 Years Past Board Member).
Written over 100 articles on resumes, job search, careers, professional development, English/Grammar/Technical Writing, and Public Speaking.
Featured articles include Forbes Magazine, MODERNIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH LETTERS: Get Noticed … Get Hired, Nashville/Clarksville Career Examiner, Local Job Network, Ezine Articles, Black Career Women’s Network, Career Builder, Canada’s Calgary Sun, Channel 5 NBC Chicago, Jennings Wire: The World of Success, 3 Ladies on the Radio, Monster Working, Money Mix, Liberty Voice, Online College.org, and Monster dot com Latina.
And if you can’t say it, Let Me Write It for You!
Bowling Green, Russellville, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Let us Help You Get A Job-Winning Resume
#1 Use this Salary Table to understand ranges for each interested position of interest. Clicking Herehttps://bit.ly/3n0IxaF. Be prepared to negotiate your salary for the best possible offer.
3 Resume Best Tips for Jobseekers in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Resumes are a sales document that helps a hiring official understand and appreciate the value you bring to the industry focused on your achievements, accomplishments, and unique successes. No better reason for job seekers and career changers in Nashville, Davidson County to need job-winning resumes than this fact.
First Tip: The Kentucky Career Center is currently closed and although services are available virtually, there is no touch like the personal touch – one on one assistance for nervous and anxious jobseekers. One good practice prior to uploading your resume. Do not forget to add and build the same resume on the portal to ensure that recruiters will see your resume.
Debra Ann Matthews, Forbes Coaches Council, M. A., JCTC, JCDC, National Resume Writers Association, Career Thought Leaders – Presenting in Washington, DC at the APA National Conference
Second Tip: If you are a part of any specialized group including youth and young adult, ages 14 to 24, single parent with children in the Welfare to Work Program, senior seeking a less demanding job after retirement, disabled person seeking to work with the Ticket To Work Program, veteran seeking work after military service, or recent college graduate seeking your first job be sure to write out your top five accomplishments prior to writing your resume to really look at the impact that you’ve made in the various work, intern, hobby events that you have participated. When you write out your accomplishments, be sure to start with action verbs. For example, accelerate, adapt, apply, build, calculate, centralize, command, control, coordinate, collaborate, craft, crate, critique……
Final tip: Be sure that your job-winning resume is readable, easy to skim, and easy to read both on paper and online.
And if you can’t say it, Let Me Write It for You!
Bowling Green, Russellville, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Let us Help You Get A Job-Winning Resume
#1 Use this Salary Table to understand ranges for each interested position of interest. Clicking Herehttps://bit.ly/3n0IxaF. Be prepared to negotiate your salary for the best possible offer.
#2 Send over your resume and ask me to complete an 8-page resume critiqueto help you with your job search.
Let Me Write It For You: Job-Winning Resumes and Career Services offers coaching and writing services to motivated career changers and small businesses, since 2009. Debra Ann Matthews, a Forbes Coaches Council, Career Thought Leaders, and National Resume Writers Association (Past Board) member, loves to cheer on and champion those seeking new jobs, promotions, and transitioning to diverse career fields to put their best talents forward in writing. She has trained, taught, and presented to various audiences nationwide, facilitating enthusiastically that YES, we can help you to achieve that goal—be it land an interview, a job, join a membership, or solicit services or fundraising. She is delighted to have written over 100 articles on resumes, job search, career communications, professional development, English/Grammar/Technical Writing, and Public Speaking. Her feature articles include Forbes Magazine, MODERNIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH LETTERS: Get Noticed … Get Hired, Nashville/Clarksville Career Examiner, Local Job Network, Ezine Articles, Black Career Women’s Network, Career Builder, Canada’s Calgary Sun, Channel 5 NBC Chicago, Jennings Wire: The World of Success, 3 Ladies on the Radio, Monster Working, Money Mix, Liberty Voice, Online College.org, and Monster dot com Latina.
Resumes are a sales document that helps a hiring official understand and appreciate the value you bring to the industry focused on your achievements, accomplishments, and unique successes. No better reason for job seekers and career changers in Nashville, Davidson County to need job-winning resumes than this fact.
Do you remember when the New York Times called Nashville, the New “It CITY”? Middle Tennessee, has been it for quite a while and for more reasons than one! Noted to be the Greece of the South due to the number of colleges and universities in its areas – more than any area of the South! Also, home to the state of Tennessee capital makes It noteworthy. And do not forget home of the renowned African American Schools include Tennessee State (did you know TSU is a combination of UT Nashville and another school? YEP), Meharry Dental School, home of the leading black dental school educating people from all walks of life, and Fisk University, home of the famous Fisk Singers! Did someone say Tennessee Titans? Now you see why job seekers in Nashville and Middle Tennessee need resumes that capture attention! Yes, indeed!
Let Me Write It For You: Job-Winning Resumes and Career Services offers coaching and writing services to motivated career changers and small businesses, since 2009. Debra Ann Matthews, a Forbes Coaches Council, Career Thought Leaders, and National Resume Writers Association (Past Board) member, loves to cheer on and champion those seeking new jobs, promotions, and transitioning to diverse career fields to put their best talents forward in writing. She has trained, taught, and presented to various audiences nationwide, facilitating enthusiastically that YES, we can help you to achieve that goal—be it land an interview, a job, join a membership, or solicit services or fundraising. She is delighted to have written over 100 articles on resumes, job search, career communications, professional development, English/Grammar/Technical Writing, and Public Speaking. Her feature articles include Forbes Magazine, MODERNIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH LETTERS: Get Noticed … Get Hired, Nashville/Clarksville Career Examiner, Local Job Network, Ezine Articles, Black Career Women’s Network, Career Builder, Canada’s Calgary Sun, Channel 5 NBC Chicago, Jennings Wire: The World of Success, 3 Ladies on the Radio, Monster Working, Money Mix, Liberty Voice, Online College.org, and Monster dot com Latina.
Nashville, Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, Let us Help You Get A Job-Winning Resume in 3 Steps
Step 1 Get Your Salary Table by Clicking Herehttps://bit.ly/3n0IxaF. This way you can learn about salaries and have a good understanding of what is feasible for your family and lifestyle.
Step 2 Send over your resume and ask me to complete an 8-page resume critiqueto help you with your job search.
Middle Tennessee Job Seekers Needs Resumes That Capture Attention in A Flash
Resumes are a sales document that helps a hiring official understand and appreciate the value you bring to the industry focused on your achievements, accomplishments, and unique successes. No better reason for job seekers and career changers in Nashville, Davidson County to need job-winning resumes than this fact.
Do you remember when the New York Times called Nashville, the New “It CITY”? Middle Tennessee, has been it for quite a while and for more reasons than one! Noted to be the Greece of the South due to the number of colleges and universities in its areas – more than any area of the South! Also, home to the state of Tennessee capital makes It noteworthy. And do not forget home of the renowned African American Schools include Tennessee State (did you know TSU is a combination of UT Nashville and another school? YEP), Meharry Dental School, home of the leading black dental school educating people from all walks of life, and Fisk University, home of the famous Fisk Singers! Did someone say Tennessee Titans? Now you see why job seekers in Nashville and Middle Tennessee need resumes that capture attention! Yes, indeed!
Let Me Write It For You: Job-Winning Resumes and Career Services offers coaching and writing services to motivated career changers and small businesses, since 2009. Debra Ann Matthews, a Forbes Coaches Council, Career Thought Leaders, and National Resume Writers Association (Past Board) member, loves to cheer on and champion those seeking new jobs, promotions, and transitioning to diverse career fields to put their best talents forward in writing. She has trained, taught, and presented to various audiences nationwide, facilitating enthusiastically that YES, we can help you to achieve that goal—be it land an interview, a job, join a membership, or solicit services or fundraising. She is delighted to have written over 100 articles on resumes, job search, career communications, professional development, English/Grammar/Technical Writing, and Public Speaking. Her feature articles include Forbes Magazine, MODERNIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH LETTERS: Get Noticed … Get Hired, Nashville/Clarksville Career Examiner, Local Job Network, Ezine Articles, Black Career Women’s Network, Career Builder, Canada’s Calgary Sun, Channel 5 NBC Chicago, Jennings Wire: The World of Success, 3 Ladies on the Radio, Monster Working, Money Mix, Liberty Voice, Online College.org, and Monster dot com Latina.
Debra Ann Matthews, Forbes Coaches Council, M.A., JCTC, JCDC, NRWA Member, Career Thought Leaders
Nashville, Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, Let us Help You Get A Job-Winning Resume in 3 Steps
Step 1 Get Your Salary Table by Clicking Herehttps://bit.ly/3n0IxaF. This way you can learn about salaries and have a good understanding of what is feasible for your family and lifestyle.
Step 2 Send over your resume and ask me to complete an 8-page resume critiqueto help you with your job search.
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