4.5 Provide guidance on preparing resumes, cover letters and on other job-search related written materials.

BEST PRACTICES...

Professional Members of our Association are both knowledgeable and creative in how they deliver materials and knowledge to the Candidates they serve.  BEST PRACTICES reflect examples of different delivery approaches to our common competencies.

   Your Resume Draft

A traditional resume communicates what you have already done... sort of a historical epitaph of your past. This Careerpilot Chart encourages you to communicate what you are capable of and motivated to do in the future, using your past as supportive evidence.  Its easy to make a resume look and read well... but does YOUR resume truly "FIT" your career objectives? 

  Your Written Collaterals

GREAT correspondence within the implantation of your Personal Market Plan is more than just having well written materials with superior content.  Having powerful written collaterals based on the communication strategy of your Personal Market Plan is a time proven way to broaden the reach of your message.

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH...

Professional Members of our Association are both knowledgeable and creative in how they deliver materials and knowledge to the Candidates they serve.  Often, to back-up their Best Practices they conduct actual market research or academic conceptual research to justify acceptable delivery approaches.

POSITION WHITE PAPERS...

Professional Members of our Association are both knowledgeable and creative in how they deliver materials and knowledge to both the Candidates they serve and our colleagues.  Often, when there are controversial issues involved, they choose to document "their points."  This may involve actual market research or academic conceptual research--but also allows for pure opinion in expressing their delivery approaches.

Leveraging Your Time in the World @ Work

There is a "siren song" luring both colleagues and Candidates toward the use of technology as a replacement for solid career services delivery methods.  One Member's view of a High TECH-High TOUCH philosophy.

PUBLISHED NARRATIVES...

Professional Members of our Association are both knowledgeable and creative in how they deliver materials and knowledge to both the Candidates they serve and our colleagues.  Often they choose to write about their views in recognized publications and the Internet.  The defining matter, here, is actual publication.

CASE HISTORIES...

Professional Members of our Association are both knowledgeable and creative in how they deliver materials and knowledge to both the Candidates they serve and our colleagues.  Often they choose to demonstrate a concept or delivery approach by writing up a supportive CASE HISTORY.  The defining matter, here, is actual reflection of a real Candidate episode.