Validate Your Value Presentation
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This document discusses ways for job candidates to validate the information on their resumes. It notes that 58% of hiring managers have caught candidates lying on their resumes, with common embellishments including skills, responsibilities, dates of employment, job titles, and degrees. To stand out from dishonest candidates, the document recommends that job seekers 1) develop a reference sheet with contacts that validate their work experience, 2) create a "Prove It" manual with documentation to back up resume claims, and 3) build an impactful LinkedIn profile with skills endorsements and recommendations from connections. The presentation aims to help candidates differentiate themselves by substantiating the details on their resumes.
Validate Your Value Presentation
- 1. Presented by Bob Nealon, Career Coach North Campus Career Center Validate Your Value
- 2. Do candidates lie on their resume?
- 4. 58% of hiring managers caught a candidate lying on their resume! Source: CareerBuilder 2014 Survey
- 5. 2014 CareerBuilder Study found: • 57% of candidates had embellished his/her skill set • 55% of candidates had embellished his/her responsibilities • 42% of candidates misrepresented dates of employment • 34% of candidates misrepresented his/her job title • 33% of candidates misrepresented his/her academic degree(s) • 26% of candidates misrepresented his/her employers • And more…
- 6. How can you be different from those candidates?
- 7. Validate Your Value 3 things to do
- 8. #1: • Develop a separate reference sheet document with professional references that match up with the jobs on your resume • Have it available at all times as it is powerful to inform a prospective employer you have references immediately available, here’s what they’ll say, and I have a reference sheet with this information
- 9. #2: • Develop a “Prove It” manual – this allows you to show proof for what you claim. • You could include copies of favorable performance reviews, degrees, reference letters, reports, licenses, transcripts, notes/letters/e-mails of appreciation, and much more
- 10. #3: • Develop an impactful LinkedIn presence with skills endorsements and recommendations • Ask connections to write a LinkedIn recommendation and endorse your skills. • It is no longer just your claim…someone else is validating your skill and success. That can be very powerful on your behalf
- 11. Questions?
- 12. Reminder: Broward College Resources • Your North Campus Career Center Staff • ResumeWriting, Interviewing, Job Search Strategy, and more • AssessmentTools including Career Coach and FOCUS 2 • Internship EDGE • Student job bank @ www.broward.edu/ccn
- 13. Contact me for an appointment My Contact Information: Bob Nealon Career Coach Specialist Broward College – North Campus Building 46, Room 238 (Career Center) Phone: (954) 201-2270 E-Mail: RNealon@broward.edu Connect with me through LinkedIn @ www.linkedin.com/in/BobNealon
- 14. Thank you for attending!