Professional Executive Resume Writing Complexity

Professional Executive Resume Writing Complexity Executive Resume Story: Building the case for complexity in a keep-it-simple world jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#googleplus-before-9756').sharrre({ share: { googlePlus: true }, urlCurl: 'https://careertrend.net/wp-content/plugins/genesis-simple-share/assets/js/sharrre/sharrre.php', enableHover: false, enableTracking: true, buttons: { }, click: function(api, options){ api.simulateClick(); api.openPopup('googlePlus'); } }); $('#facebook-before-9756').sharrre({ share: { facebook: true }, urlCurl: 'https://careertrend.net/wp-content/plugins/genesis-simple-share/assets/js/sharrre/sharrre.php', enableHover: false, enableTracking: true, disableCount: true, buttons: { }, click: function(api, options){ api.simulateClick(); api.openPopup('facebook'); } }); $('#twitter-before-9756').sharrre({ share: { twitter: true }, urlCurl: 'https://careertrend.net/wp-content/plugins/genesis-simple-share/assets/js/sharrre/sharrre.php', enableHover: false, enableTracking: true, buttons: { }, click: function(api, options){ api.simulateClick(); api.openPopup('twitter'); } }); $('#pinterest-before-9756').sharrre({ share: { pinterest: true }, urlCurl: 'https://careertrend.net/wp-content/plugins/genesis-simple-share/assets/js/sharrre/sharrre.php', enableHover: false, enableTracking: true, buttons: { pinterest: { media: 'https://careertrend.net/wp-content/uploads/complexity-dreamstime.jpg', description: 'Executive Resume Story: Building the case for complexity in a keep-it-simple world' } }, click: function(api, options){ api.simulateClick(); api.openPopup('pinterest'); } }); $('#linkedin-before-9756').sharrre({ share: { linkedin: true }, urlCurl: 'https://careertrend.net/wp-content/plugins/genesis-simple-share/assets/js/sharrre/sharrre.php', enableHover: false, enableTracking: true, buttons: { }, click: function(api, options){ api.simulateClick(); api.openPopup('linkedin'); } }); $('#stumbleupon-before-9756').sharrre({ share: { stumbleupon: true }, urlCurl: 'https://careertrend.net/wp-content/plugins/genesis-simple-share/assets/js/sharrre/sharrre.php', enableHover: false, enableTracking: true, buttons: { }, click: function(api, options){ api.simulateClick(); api.openPopup('stumbleupon'); } }); from Amy Miller, recruiter for Google and owner / author at Recruiting in Yoga Pants blog:I havent thought about page length since the last time I printed a resume which was probably 2007.Has anyone ever had a hiring manager reject a candidate purely because of how many pages a resume was? More importantly WOULD YOU LET THEM? (note: Opinions are Amys + dont necessarily represent those of Google.)Another recruiter made the case that I regularly profess with my clients, articulating the value of expounding on a candidates level (and depth) of experience in the resume. She explained that using super short resumes just makes her job harder. This is because matching the muscular position requirements to an anemic resume simply falls short. Moreover, Ive had many an executive referred to me for executive resume writing by recruiters seeking out more robust detail to market the candidates value, which brings me to Writing a Leadership Story Requires Detailed ContextTrying to contain years of specific and varied leadership experience and enterprise wide initiatives relevant to the role for which a recruiter is sourcing into such limited real estate is like trying to tell a 400-page novel in 50 pages. You must build muscular foundational narrative around the core outcomes. You frame the leaders initiatives with detailed context and collateral behaviors that insinuate themselves into the actionable outcomes.In a similar vein, I ran across this Fast Company article through my colleague, Hannah Morgans twitter stream recently, Why longer responses to So, tell me about yourself are better. The author, Joseph Liu, a personal branding consultant, strongly disagrees with the advice that a job seeker contain their response to the tell me about yourself question to 30-60 seconds.Liu writes, One minute isnt enough time to deliver a meaningful response that benefits you as a candidate. He goes on to explain four points of value in responding more deeply, including the opportunit y to reveal motivations behind career decisions, relevant to the hiring managers hiring decisions.Correspondingly, a longer resume can provide contextual leadership traits that underpinned the executive careerists decision making as they pioneered new products, broadened market share, rapidly scaled a startup operation. What were the pushback signals they received from the front lines? How did they influence other leaders who may have been reticent about a particular decision? What change management strategies, in particular, did they employ to go from negative profits to best-ever EBITDA?Chipping Away at the Value Proposition May Be at the Expense of the MessageAn article, When Hiring Execs, Context Matters Most, from Harvard Business Review, further reinforces the need for articulating the executive leaders value in a more tailored way. In the article, research and advisory firm CEB suggests that companies will be more successful if they consider the particular leadership context when hiring for every level.Olympic Gold Medalist and Performance Coach, Joe Jacobi additionally drives the overall point home that less is not always more in a recent LinkedIn post, of which Im sharing just a snippet:Do ideas that ask you to reduce the message at the core   help you better connect with the needed people, resources, and ideas to make it happen? Or, do such ideas create more hysteria and continue to chip away more at what matters most?Follow this link to read Joes full message, which provides encouragement that is counterintuitive to many experts advice in regard to richer, deeper messaging beyond the 15-word sound-bites we are being pressed to whittle our social networking interactions down to.The Value of Words in the Executive ResumeSo, I think to bottom line this message that I am so ardently seeking to share with those who will take a few moments to read, to really internalize and consider, is that less is not always more. While brevity has its place, longer fo rm writing and communicating still provides value. In fact, to engage in more intimate, sustainable conversations and to build chaptered, relevant detail around the information gathering and decision-making process, you must use words, sometimes a lot of them.###About the  author: I am a master  resume writer  with 20 years’ experience in the resume writing trenches. No insta-resume service here. I built my story from ground up, living and breathing resumes, full time, self-supporting, and not as a side gig. My clients hire me for the highly consultative, thoughtful approach to resume writing. Contact me at jacqui@careertrend.net to discuss how I can help shape the stories (executive resume, bio, LinkedIn, elevator pitch, etc.) that will accompany you through your next career evolvement.