Creating a Value Based Resume
- Host – Michele Heyward, Founder, PositiveHire
- Guest – Lekisha Middleton, Founder, The Good Success Network
What is a resume?
Most people when you say resume, consist of their skills, accomplishments, and background. Talking about the “value-based” resume goes with those things as well. But what’s the goal? The goal of a value-based resume is just that it is to show the value that you bring to the table and that you can bring to the organization that you’re applying to.
What if your resume is two pages read?
That doesn’t matter. No matter what profession, you can usually keep it to two pages. Sometimes it’s where we have too many tasks under each position, we aren’t using the whitespace and sometimes the font is too big. Now, you do not want a resume that’s cluttered, and you can take four pages into two. There’s a way to work around it either with the real estate on the page, or some of the tasks you have that you may not need, and there’s a way to summarize your experience and your value without being very wordy.
Chronological versus functional function skills-based resume?
For any kind of career switch, you want to put at the top, what matters is the role that you’re applying to.
For example, if you’re switching from food to tech, things like project management process improvement, you want to have probably your skills at the top. Now, use a mix of chronological and functional because you want the viewer to see exactly what you bring to the table in that top.
The recommendation is usually some sort of header, a quick summary of what you bring to the table. For that particular situation, I would list your areas of expertise listed at the top, then you can get into your work experience and how that work experience could add value to the role you’re applying for.
So chronologically In general, going to go from the most recent to the oldest either way. So then you have more of a mix of functional and chronological.
We all have greatness. You can make your resume simple but impactful without having those eight long wordy pages, you can put things all together and make an impact.
Lekisha Middleton
As the Founder of The Good Success Network, Lekisha leverages her passion for empowering people with over 20 years of expertise in management consulting, technology and coaching to provide her clients with the tools and strategies necessary to achieve success in their respective organizations and in life. Lekisha is particularly passionate about equipping individuals with the leadership and computational thinking skills necessary to have a successful career in the current and future workforce. She holds a Master of Science in Information Technology Management (MSIT) degree from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management Information Systems from the University of South Carolina.
Michele Heyward
Michele Heyward is founder and CEO of PositiveHire, a tech company engineered to bridge the gap between enterprises and underrepresented women in STEM professions. Michele is a civil engineer who is an experienced project manager in the energy sector armed with technical sales and technology transfer experience.
Michele’s vision is to not only help black, Latina and indigenous women find inclusive workplaces, but to prepare enterprises to receive them, and help those enterprises recruit them. This approach makes PositiveHire the premiere recruiting platform for black, Latina and indigenous women professionals.
Michele has a B.S. degree in civil engineering and a M.S. degree in industrial management, both from Clemson University. A South Carolina native, Michele enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, Toastmasters, and making connections personally and professionally. Michele has a passion for engaging with others on social media.
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