Ineffective resumes can also negatively impact your self-confidence. So, take to heart the examples in this website, and in my book or booklets, then tweak your resume whenever it will help you look more qualified. Each time I give a presentation using the concepts in this and the next two workshops, I see stress, worry and anxiety leave the audience because they have begun to understand why and how resumes really work. Arms that were folded are moved to an open position. Shoulders that were tense become relaxed.
People begin to smile.
And, I see even more physical and mental changes occur once people finish their resumes and begin landing more interviews and higher salary offers. One of my favorite memories is of Tom, a truck driver, who practically heckled me during one of my presentations. He felt this stuff was too fancy, schmancy - that he was just a truck driver and that's all employers wanted to know about him. That was wonderful but what really made me feel good was to see how differently he felt about himself. Before, he had been anxious, his shoulders were hunched, he avoided eye contact and he was a little angry at the world.