sell your skills not your degree

karthik.

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Since you graduated, you've probably developed skills beyond what you learned in college. Therefore, you may not have to go back to college if you want or need to change careers. In fact, if you're looking to make a career move, you might be more successful if you look more broadly at your set of skills and learn how to sell those to employers outside of your current career and education niche. see 4 Steps To Successfully Switching Financial Careers.

Step 1: List all jobs you've held.
Jot down at least five tasks you performed in each job. For instance, working in teams to create ad campaigns, helping customers find the right products within your company's product line, making travel arrangements for industry conventions or negotiating prices with suppliers.

Then, under each task, write down how you completed this task. Not only will you see one-word skills such as "organizing" or "problem solving", but you'll also find the expanded details you need for adding specifics to your resume. You will not copy your job listings into your resume, but this exercise will be the basis for step three.

Step 2: Browse career sites for your skills.
Select the new career fields in which you are interested. Then, enter descriptions of your skills one at a time into the search box.This will help you determine the specific position titles that could work with the skills you have. Pick five job listings to mull over and study the full descriptions.

Step 3: Showcase skills that fit descriptions of your desired positions.
Pick two skills you possess that match the job listings you selected. Create separate skills sections for your resume for each position. For instance, a resume for an event planning position could list travel planning and problem solving as skills. Skills you could use for a merchandising manager position might include organization, negotiation and/or market analysis.

After picking two of your skills per job, add five to 10 bullets under each skill with your accomplishments in this area. The bullets should be similar to the bullets in step two, but your accomplishment listings will be more detailed.

Step 4: Format your resume.

Put your name, address, and contact information at the top.
Objective - Limit your objective to one sentence that specifies an objective directed at the specific position to which you are applying. Don't write that you are looking for new experiences in a creative field. Specify what you want to do for that company.
Have a section for education below your skills. You want your skills to stand out more than your degree.
Summary of your experience. List all your post-college jobs, your dates of employment and the city and state. If you have a lengthy career history, limit your previous jobs section to where you developed the skills in your resume. Volunteer positions can be included.
Limit your entire resume to one page
 
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vardhanvishnug

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Re: sell u r skills not u r degree

but everybody will ask u for a certificate or a paper proof of what you have done most of the times
 

Paramjeet_1988

Par 100 posts (V.I.P)
Re: sell u r skills not u r degree

yaar Companies will not look the resume if you do not have degree you will be discouraged after some time. So MAKE sure that you have a valid degree.
 

Viictor

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Re: sell u r skills not u r degree

Hey karthik, Selling skills is not big deal, either this way or the other way around we have to do it. But to prove companies need a paper/ degree/ proof of our completed education, proof is the only criteria they look for.
 
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