The art of writing a powerful resume and getting the job you want.
Have you seen the awesome website/resume that girl created to get her dream job at Airbnb?
In 2015, Nina Mufleh made a job application that got her half a million hits and a lot of free advertising (including interviews with Business Insider, The Huffington Post and many others).
Well, as someone that coach job seekers into writing very effective resumes, I can say that Nina’s idea is part of a job search strategy that was really new in 1937 and its called: "The Crystalization of desire into action".
This strategy was described by Napoleon Hill, in his book “Think and Grow Rich” on Chapter 7: "Organized Planning - The Crystalization of desire into action". (If you’ve never heard of Napoleon Hill, rest assure you have heard his ideas on other people's mouth). He was one of the fathers of the self-improvement concept. “Think and Grow Rich” only has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
This is to say that Nina's results confirm that despite being almost a century old, the principles she followed remain as true and effective now as they were in 1937 and the main lesson there is: IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU!
It is not about you. It is not about your credentials. Not about what you’ve studied. Not about your visa, your gender or where you came from. It's about solving other people's problems. Is about WHAT CAN YOU GIVE.
What can you give to the companies you want to work for, what can you give that would make them more profitable, will help them to attract and retain more satisfied clients, will lead them to grow and succeed, etc. You get the idea!
Maybe you don’t need to go all the way Nina went but you sure will have to change your focus and point it to the market.
This approach will lead you to start by understanding the market, identifying what is the role you could be assuming, what companies you could be working for and what exactly they need, what would be the requirements to get the position in the first place, the tasks you should be doing and what would be the results that you will be delivering.
Everything else will come after that. Your resume, your online profile, everything should be an answer to what the industry needs.
Keep in mind a job offer is a problem a company needs to solve, show that you will be the solution to their problems and you will be a huge step closer to get the job you want!
Do you wanna learn how to do it? We can help!