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Resumes: 5 More Mistakes IT Executives Make CIO. CIO — When I screened résumés for CIO.com's résumé makeover, I observed a variety of mistakes IT professionals repeatedly made. They included not emphasizing relevant work experience, failing to explain the business benefits derived from their work, and including too much information. Howard Seidel, a career coach and partner with outplacement consulting firm Essex Partners, has also noted his share of mistakes that executives make on their résumés.
Here he shares the five most common missteps he sees. 1. The résumé lacks an overarching brand. A résumé is a vehicle for communicating an individual's . Every element of a CIO's résumé, from the executive summary to specific work experiences and accomplishments, has to back up his or her brand. "The purpose of the résumé is primarily to enable people to identify what kind of leader you are, based on the accomplishments and skillsets you have," says Seidel. 2. Continue Reading.
3 Critical Elements of an Executive Job Search CIO. CIO — More than a few worker bees figure top executives simply sail from one six-figure job to the next, whisked along by suave executive recruiters who coach them on secret job interview tricks and help them negotiate lush compensation packages. Right. Executive-level IT job searches aren't nearly that easy. For most IT executives, the job search is a lonely slog. It's an endless cycle of searching for openings on sites like TheLadders and ExecuNet, updating and submitting résumés, cold-calling executive recruiters, and pumping their networks for leads. "These are the three must-haves," says Macpherson, president of CareerQuest. An IT executive's résumé, LinkedIn profile and professional bio also represent the core building blocks of his or her personal brand, adds Macpherson.
"You're not competing with the unqualified and unwashed," says Macpherson. Your Résumé Why it's important: "The résumé is still the number one job search currency out there," says Macpherson. Continue Reading.
Policy. Fed News. Best Places to Work > Overall Index Scores - Partnership for Public Service. Resumes: Compare Yours to the Cream of the Crop CIO. CIO — If you've recently begun to update your résumé, you've probably encountered conflicting opinions on how to write a résumé for a CIO position so as to attract an executive recruiter's attention. For example, you may have heard or read that your résumé needs to tell a story about your work experience, and thus needs to include specific details about your professional accomplishments.
Yet you've probably also read that a résumé, by nature, should be brief, and that the goal of your résumé is to give the executive recruiter just enough information to make him want to call you to find out more. Such contradictory advice can curse even the most effective communicators with writer's block when they have to re-write their résumés. So forget everything you've ever heard or read about writing a CIO résumé. In this article, CIO.com presents six best practices for writing a CIO résumé that will get executive recruiters to call you. To continue reading, register here to become an Insider 1. Resume Builder.