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Create A Job Winning Virtual Assistant Resume and Website
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Are you guilty of sabotaging your own virtual assistant job search ?
Traditional resumes that include a standard objective and list daily responsibilities of past jobs will *NOT* help you land a virtual assistant project. In this job market, you need something cutting edge that highlights your unique accomplishments and your ability to independently perform work from home if you want to gain the attention of a hiring manager. Without fail, the first job seekers to complain about "never hearing anything" after they apply for a job are almost always the ones with the absolute worst resumes. Their VOT Resume Profile is either completely empty or looks as if it were thrown together without thought or care. If there is one thing we know for sure it is that hiring managers have no patience for short and sloppy virtual assistant resumes. To them, a potential virtual employee who cannot take the time to prepare a sophisticated document must also lack the professionalism to provide solid and reliable work from home. Bottom line: Your resume matters ! Start With Improving On The Old Resume Objective. Most experts agree that these types of throw-away statements are no longer viable and should be replaced with something that better highlights your particular brand of virtual brilliance. Example: Objective: To Work As A Virtual Assistant This one sentence will get your resume rejected time and again. Why? Because it SCREAMS to the employer that you EXPECT them to hire you based on the fact that you want to work at home as a virtual assistant. That's great, but it doesn't SHOW the employer that you are capable or qualified. Remember, thousands of job seekers want exactly the same thing and many of them are more qualified than you (or just have better resumes). Worse is when your Resume Objective contains wordy, filler statements that attempt to beef up your importance and professionalism without evidence. Anyone can say they are a great employee - but few can QUANTIFY that they are. For instance: Objective: Challenging work as a virtual assistant with a progressive company where I can utilize my excellent office skills. This objective makes it sound like you are doing the employer a favor by showing interest in their job opening. Essentially, this and most other objectives are nothing more than a waste of prime, front and center resume space that could be used for better purposes - like working to land you a great virtual job! Remember, hiring managers do not care what you want. They only care about what you CAN DO - regardless of the circumstances. In fact, they would probably rather read that you are willing to work for ANY company "progressive" or not. The trick here is to stop thinking in terms of what the employer can do for you and start thinking about what YOU have to offer the employer. Virtual Branding Headlines: A Virtual Job Winning Approach Ask just about any employer and they will tell you that they consistently ignore Resume Objectives. So, what can you do to bring this prime piece of resume real estate back to life? Try a Virtual Branding Headline. Think of your Virtual Branding Headline as the advertising slogan for your home based virtual services. What is it that you do best? Customer Service? Computer Programming? Accounting? Whatever your particular area of specialty, make sure that you have a Virtual Branding Headline that highlights it. Resume Headlines work particularly well on virtual assistant WEBSITES Virtual Branding Website Headline Examples You have about 10 seconds to catch the employers attention so create a resume that beats this "10 Second Rule" by using a dynamic Website/Resume Headline. A Resume or Virtual Assistant Website Headline is an eye popping title that sums up your main career purpose in a short but sweet marketing statement. Not only can you use a Resume Headline in place of the Objective on your resume, but it is also useful in online resume databases and as the title of your VOT resume profile. (Sometimes, such as is the case with your VOT Resume Profile, your short headline is the ONLY thing an employer will read if it does not entice him to click further). - Certified Virtual Paralegal * Wills, Estates, Real Estate * LexisNexis Qualified - Web & Computer Programmer with 15 Years of Experience - SQL, PHP, HTML - Award Winning Virtual Assistant. Project Management. Customer Service Excellence.
To Create Your Virtual Resume Headline: Must-Have, Job Winning Resources The Virtual Assistant's Guide to Marketing, 2nd Edition  Resume Advice with Job Winning Examples That Will Get You Hired  Fearless Resumes for Getting a Great Job Fast  Posted On April 24, 2012 | ||||||
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