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Boss Up Your Resumein 5 Easy Steps

Monica Marcelis Fochtman, PhD, CPRW

Founder

Sheldrake Consulting, LLC

Hi, I’m Monica

Career Coach

Certified Professional Resume Writer

BossedUp Certified Trainer

Myers-Briggs Leadership Consultant

I Help Clients Get Unstuck

Why Resume Matters

Your brand on paper

Tell your story

Differentiate through accomplishments

Back up with data

Resume

Trends

Match keywords from job

description

Optimized for digital viewing

Make it past ATS online

screening

Reads unique to you

Match your personality &

industry with font, layout, &

color (sparingly)

Choose Font Carefully

“Traditional” Fonts

Arial

Calibri

Garamond

Times New Roman

Creative Fonts

Cambria

Century Gothic

Georgia

Trebuchet MS

BossUp Step #1

Customize your LinkedIn URL

Add it to resume header

With email and phone number

Custom

LinkedIn

URL

BossUp Step #2

Delete Your

Objective Statement

Use this precious real estate for a

value-added piece instead

BossUp Step #3

Write “Bossed Up”

Summary/Profile

Summary = Sales Pitch

Motivated, detail-oriented finance and operations

professional with proven track record of delivering

tasks accurately and efficiently. Demonstrated ability

to adapt and excel in domestic and international

business settings with minimal supervision. Vetted and

chosen by C-suite executives to lead teams on highly

sensitive, high-profile projects and present

recommendations to external auditors.

Match Summary to Position

Marketing executive with 8+ years of industry

experience. Change agent willing to engage

new technologies and processes to improve

organizational effectiveness and customer

experience. Proven track record of aligning

processes, print and social media collateral

with organizational mission.

BossUp Step #4

Add Expertise

and/or Skills Section

EXPERTISE

Broad keyword categories

Pull from posting

What do you do?

SKILLS

Industry-specific

Can be technical

How do you do it?

BossUp Step #5

Write Bullets that are

Situation, Action, &

Results Focused

Bullet Checklist

Are your bullets?

Concise

Specific

Action-oriented

Demonstrate results/outcomes

Backed up with data?

Bullet Examples

Increased lead flow by 82% year-over-year through extensive marketing communication plans

Designed and implemented four new landing pages that had 89K leads submitted, generating $9.7M in revenue

Organize, implement, and present at 6 recruitment events per quarter; communicate upcoming events and site visits through College website

Write content and deliver monthly advising newsletter to 300 recipients utilizing Constant Contact; messages average 65% open rate

Created and led initiatives that reduced company’s IT costs by 50%, a savings of $300M, across US, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and South American markets

Just for You, Boss!

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One time use only.

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