Back to work after retirement

Finding yourself in a position to return to work after retirement because you are in urgent need of some cash-flow can be intimidating and daunting. While preparing to return to work when you thought you had it all planned out is not what you were counting on, know there are career options for you!

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Open yourself to more career opportunities by 1. Being willing to accept part-time positions; 2. Remaining flexible with salary offers; 3. Brushing up on your computer skills (free courses available at your local library and Microsoft on line has free tutorials available), and 4. By preparing a resume that promotes your value over any negatives (gaps in employment for example). The first step toward employment can feel insurmountable, but know that whatever position you first attract may lead you to more rewarding employment — you never know!

Watch the following video embedded from WSJ.com (The Wall Street Journal):

Resume-writing tips to create a back-to-work resume:

• Don’t include salary on resume (nor any other personal information, please).
  
• Stay within the last 10 to 15 years tops. If your prior work experience is relevant, simply list the titles but not dates.
  
• Don’t include months along with dates. This will only bring attention to gaps.
  
• If you have been retired for more than a year, create a functional resume instead of a chronological. How? Before getting into your career chronology, list the top three to four skills that will position you as the best qualified candidate for the positions you are seeking. Then elaborate by listing achievements under each skill.
  
• Remember that achievements with quantifiable information add value and credibility.
  
• Do employ a more attractive and modern look for your resume — your resume is also part of your interview attire.

Network with friends and family. Let them know you are searching…ask for help from your loved ones! Also, this is a great site; check out Retirement jobs (mentioned in the video above). Additional relevant information I found: Returning to Work after Retirement: Social Security Benefit Reduction?

Do you have any advice to share with those that are returning to work? A story to share that can encourage them? Let’s join the job-search talk and comment today.

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Take a look at another aggressive, courageous, and creative job seeker and you be the judge! Is the normal job search tactic enough?

BETTER SIGN OF TIMES

Rosa E. Vargas

Certified Resume Writer

(No priority to list order).

1. The Linked-In Blog:  I enjoyed the practical and sound advice provided ”The Getting Back-to-Business Checklist for Job Hunters.” If you have not established a Linked-In account/ profile, what are you waiting for? An online presence is an absolute must!

2.  About.com: This page contains links to many online tutorials, articles, tips. I found the videos (lower right of your screen) entertaining  while they provided effective interview strategies that I agree with.

3. Personal Brand Blog: Being a believer in the power of personal branding myself, I strongly suggest you read this blog. As I often tell my customers “set yourself apart by allowing your passion, unique talent, and differentiating quality to spill onto your resume, branding you superiorly qualified.”

4. Marketing Diva: I always enjoy this blog. It takes a Diva to recognize a Diva? Perhaps I should have called my blog the Resume Diva? Nah! I’ll leave it as is — Diva is a really difficult brand to maintain! Marketing Diva lives up to her brand. Check it out.

5. Career Management Alliance Blog: This blog is written by the members of an organization I belong to. You will find useful and expert information here.

6. Job Search Debugged: I learned about this blog via one of my Twitter friends. No nonsense advice as to what you can do to improve your job search efforts.  

Those are it for this week. Will keep you posted on others as I pencil in some time to read through the many blogs out there that I find interesting and relevant to the information I wish to bring you.

Best,

Rosa

Rosa E. Vargas

Certified Resume Writer

1. Schedule Your Job Search Time: Decide how many hours a day you will devote to searching for jobs online or via any other source. Yes, schedule it. Just like you had a job before, well job searching is a job. Of course, I understand that it will be a full-time job and that if you are in desperate need, it is difficult to relax.  All I am saying is take some time off.

Set your own hours (that is a perk); but do standardize those hours, and take a lunch break. Believe me that taking a pragmatic, organized, and healthy approach to job searching will yield better results. Speaking of organized, take a look at Jibber Jobber for a great career management tool that will help you keep your job search campaign organized.

2. Track Your Household Expenses and Set a Budget: Many people are afraid to look at the facts and don’t write down their expenses so the truth is not staring back at them. I tell you though, you must write them down your budget plans. Once you get over your initial shock (or maybe a surprising relief), you will feel much more in control.

Scrutinize your spending habits. If perhaps there is only one household income now and you find that your expenses are way too high– it is time to say goodbye to some unnecessary expenses. Don’t let this cutting down of expenses get you down; It is temporary. Also, schedule this budgeting and tracking activity (perhaps once or twice a week). You decide how often you will jot down your expenses, but when it is not time to track and budget — don’t do it. Take a bit of time for yourself, friends, and your family.

3. Workout:I know. I have a hard time with this one myself. But, I tell you this: It truly does help release stress and bottled up frustration (not that I have much of it).  In addition, it helps to decrease depression since your body has natural chemical releases of endorphins that are initiated when you workout. A simple walk daily or a low-cost exercise video you can followat home (Yoga? Pilates?). I am positive  your local public library carries exercise videos/DVDs. If you can find a way to workout in front of your computer, there are tons of exercise videos on You Tube. Personally, I enjoy Yoga Weight loss for Dummies . (Yes, it has worked. Thank you very much.)

4. Nurture Your Spiritual Side:Whether it’s appreciating nature, reading positive self-help books, or participating in an organized religion, feed your spirit. I recently received this PDF by email. I am sharing it with you hoping you find it enlightening. It was written by Janet White. Download Your Layoff the Law of Attraction

5. Network Cards: And of course, be prepared wherever you go with mini resumes (Network cards). If you need help preparing this, you know who to call! : - )

This is a time for all us to pull together, share ideas, and roll up our sleeves and work our magic. If you have any information to share with others, feel free to post. Everyone has been unemployed at one point or another. Perhaps you can share tips on how you are planning to keep your spirit up a bit during this challenging period.

Bless,

Rosa E. Vargas

Certified Resume Writer

Regards,

Rosa E. Vargas

Certified Resume Writer

Online Resume Service

Understanding that there has always been competition but even more so now, and so you need to plant seeds and nurture these job opportunities into fruition. Of course, professional resume writing will place you ahead of others who have not been so resourceful — but because of the current job search market, it is even more imperative that you network in person and on-line.

The following are some on-line sources that came to me from my Twitter friends. You will find their Twitter account name next to the link they passed on to me (in case you so wish to follow them; they are always very informative). Of course, you can also follow me!    

Keep a positive outlook, perform the necessary research, enhance your on-line visibility with a dynamic resume. Happy Holidays!

Helpful Job-search links supplied to me via Twitter contacts:

(Twitter contact: KrisColvin)

http://www.visualcv.com/webinar/

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/networking/a/linkedin.htm

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/jobsearchtips/a/bestips.htm

(Twitter contact: Lndseypollak)



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Rosa E. Vargas

Master Resume Writer

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Are you ready? Have you already revamped your resume and created a robust marketing tool? Have you created an on-line profile?  I have said it before, but I will emphasize again that you should utilize the Internet and strengthen your on-line presence. Writing a resume that lures your new employer is essential –but first, you must create an opportunity to capture attention! Job searching on-line is the new thing and you should not fall short of utilizing this new job hunting medium correctly. Please visit the links below which came to me via Twitter connections. Happy New Year Everyone!

Rosa E. Vargas

Certified Resume Writer

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http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=6510948&page=1

About Updating Your Resume for a Career Change

The following instructions will help you edit your resume for a career change:

1. Remove all the words (verbs, nouns, and phrases) that brand you in your current career. Of course, be careful not to remove too many nouns or your sentences will make no sense at all. Keep in mind that because resume writing is telegraphic, you don’t need complete sentences and so sentence fragments are acceptable (so don’t worry about the wiggly green lines in your MS Word doc.); however, you still must make sense. If you find you need to keep some verbs/nouns in, replace them with words less relevant to the industry you are trying to get away from. The ideal situation would be to use words that are closer in relevancy to your new career goal. But if you are new to this industry, this will be somewhat difficult to do; in that case, use more general nouns.

2. Create a Qualifications Highlight, Summary, or Strengths section. Before you get into your work history, since all your work history will be outside of this new target career, create a Highlight section so that you can list vibrant, action-oriented, and convincing sentences as to why you would be a great candidate for this new job. To create this section, reflect on why have you pursued this new career. Is there experience in your past that has prompted you to seek this career change? What skills are transferable into this new industry?

I love to create Qualifications Highlight sections because it allows me to bring my clients’ most qualifying information to the forefront, even if that experience happened a long time ago.Take a look at this nursing resume sample and see how key qualifications were introduced immediately: http://www.creatingprints.com/Resume-service/Review-Resume.html

3. Be brief about your non-relevant experience.The more you elaborate on achievements and experience not related to your new career, the further away from the ideal candidate for a career change you will become! Still, infuse your resume with achievements–just put a spin on it so your new boss can envision you working for them!

4. Be creative. Use a graphic, logo, design, style, fonts that will help create that new image. I am strong believer in creative, yet professional resumes. All my clients receive something visually dynamic. Occasionally, I will have a client who wants no color or graphics on the resume — yet, I still create something a bit on the modern side. Of course, content is king! And, I am not suggesting that the format replace the message. All I am saying is that dressing up counts. Take a look at this resume I created for a student with no experience in non-profit http://www.creatingprints.com/Non-profit-student-resume.html

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Let me know what obstacle you are trying to work out as you create your resume. What are you trying to hide? How can I help you sidestep it (politically correct way to say avoid). What are you trying to balance? Promote? Common, don’t be shy. I am here to help.  

So what can we discuss? To name a few: avoiding age discrimination, hiding gaps in employment, not enough experience, too many unrelated jobs, been fired many times, have been out of work for a long time, etc. Perhaps how to post your resume on-line? What format to use? How to increase your resume hits? I am all ears!

Rosa E. Vargas

Certified Resume Writer

You Don’t Have Any Accomplishments to List on Your Resume?!

You have no idea how often one of my clients will utter “I have no accomplishments to give you — I just did my job.” You also have no idea how many times they were absolutely wrong!

Some of you may not have extraordinary accomplishments to include on your resume. Let’s be frank and admit that some of you did not achieve employee of the year; did not become top 5 in your region in sales; did not devise a strategy that brought in millions to the company (stick with me. I am going to a happy place soon) and did not become the youngest executive in your company. Yes. Some of you “just” did your job. But, you did it right! Am I right? And if you did your job correctly you are a key constituent in a functioning team, you are valuable to your co-workers, and you are an essential part of your company.

As a former senior manager who has supervised more than 50 direct reports, I assure you, you are important to the success of your organization. Yes. I had my star performers who brought in massive amounts of revenue, enamored all customers (even the most difficult customers), and conceptualized revolutionary ideas. Yet, my team would not have worked as efficiently without the employees that performed their job right; because of these employees, we were able to maintain operations, administration, employee relations, customer service, and even sales at a functioning and workable level. (You know who you are and you know what I am talking about). You silently come and go, you stay out of the way, you don’t create trouble, and you execute your job perfectly. I have deduced that this type of worker often has plenty going on out outside of work (perhaps attending school, family issues, or second job).

Now, this post does not apply to everyone and I am not promoting that you do not over achieve—my point is that in order to have leaders we need to have team members that are cooperative and willing to follow. (These folks make up a big part of our workforce and they need jobs as well). So, listen up. I am going to teach you how to highlight the value you bring your team in your supporting role. You will see how you can take a “just-my-job” statement and transform it into a hire-me achievement. Whala! Just like that. It is most magical. : - )

The Magical Transformation of Just-My-Job duties into Accomplishments

Study the following list and pay close attention to the verbs I used to position the accomplishment (formerly known as just-my-job (JMJ) descriptions). No. I won’t be angry if you steal some of these verbs. I paraphrased statements that often short change clients. Don’t ever use these horrible, value-stripping JMJ statements or I will be just a bit angry.

1. Entrusted with additional and more valuable accountabilities. (Before JMJ: I received sort of a promotion. They gave me more responsibilities that they did not give everyone else, but did not pay me for it)

2. Earned a salary increase for meeting all expectations. (Before JMJ: they gave me a raise once because I did my job correctly and performance reviews were up)

3. Alleviated under-staffing by working extra hours during holiday and peak times. (Before JMJ: they always asked me to work longer hours when things were really busy. They did not offer this to everyone)

4. Communicated with superiors and customers in a friendly and positive-oriented disposition, adding to a cohesive work environment. (Before JMJ: I got along well with colleagues, customers, and bosses. I was never a troublemaker)

5. Contributed to team efficiency by training and guiding new hires. (Before JMJ: I often helped new employees. They thanked me but there was no additional pay as I did not have to develop a training program. It was more side by side training)

6. Offered colleagues words of encouragement, nurturing company culture. (Before JMJ: everyone always came to me with a gripe about our leaders. I usually calmed them down)

7. Selected to help at another location or department. (Before JMJ: they once sent me to another location to help because I was a good employee)

8. Developed a reputation for consistency, reliability, and integrity. (Before JMJ: my boss once told me that everyone should be as easy to manage as I am. That she appreciates my work ethic)

9. Sustained work flow by maintaining an impeccable attendance record. (Before JMJ: I was always on time to work and never called out)

10. Saved the company time /money by preventing errors. (Before JMJ: One thing I always did is I made sure I did things correctly and did now screw up)

11. Aided coworkers by stepping up and working their shift, helping preserve a working schedule. (Before JMJ: my colleagues often asked me to work for them when they could not come to work and the schedule had already been established. It would have gotten them in trouble and our whole department schedule would have been out of balance)
    

Of course, the above are a few examples of how you can transform an ordinary-sounding sentence or comment into an accomplishment / achievement. These achievement statements are not 100% ready to become resume statements–a bit more polishing is in order. But, I hoped to quickly demonstrate the spin strategy. Now that you have been introduced to a different perspective, do you still think you just did your job?

Next week’s post will begin something like this:

Help for the less-than-perfect Job seeker: If you fall in this category, you know why. You may have a track record of lateness; have been reprimanded or written up; and you have job hopped often. Sure, I will provide you some damage control and resume writing advice as well—we all need a job; don’t we? But it comes with some good-old-fashioned talk to!

Come back—this should be fun and enlightening and if we are lucky, a bit controversial. Click Download Transform Just-my-job Sentences into Powerful Resume Accomplishments-print  if you would like to download this post in PDF.

Rosa E. Vargas
Certified Resume Writer
Master Resume Writer