NextGen Resumes are very specific, highly customized personal brochures designed precisely to sell your capabilities to a prospective employer.  This level of customization cannot be achieved by polishing your current draft nor would that allow for the career coaching that is inherently built into the process. 

RESUME CREATION:

While a draft of your current resume or a list of previous jobs (company name, title and term of service only) is needed to quote you an estimate, it is not used in the creation of your NextGen Resume.  Once you see samples, get an estimate and agree to move forward, a conference call is scheduled to review your career history in detail.  As you answer questions you will hear the bullets that are being created and have the ability to determine if the translation is accurate.  After the experience section, you will be led through a proprietary brainstorming session that will identify the nouns we can call you, the adjectives that describe you and the qualities that make you exceptionally good at your job.  This will complete the first interview and your top power bullets will be created after the call. 

Once you receive the first draft including experience, top bullets and all other sections, you will schedule the second review.  In this review, the document will be read aloud in its entirety and every bullet, word and punctuation mark will be scrutinized to ensure it’s the most influential and accurate representation of you.

At this point, you can send it out for further review.  You are welcome to connect at any time if you have questions, feedback or further adjustments you would like to discuss. 

CAREER COACHING:

There are various degrees of career coaching so to avoid confusion it’s important to understand what is and is not included in the career coaching offered by NextGen Resumes.  Some people know exactly what they want to do and how to get there, but it’s becoming increasingly rare.  More often, people know where they want to go, but don’t know how to get there or they have a varied past and have no idea where to go next. 

During the interview process, your most sellable skills come to light as well as the jobs and industries that excite you.  By the time you’ve completed the first conference call, it’s easy for the interviewer to see the jobs and industries you may want to consider going forward whether it’s something new to you or something you’ve done in the past.  You can also discuss the job search techniques you’ve been using in the past to see if there are approaches you are overlooking or critical mistakes you are making within your cover letters, LinkedIn profile or other avenues. 

What’s not included is personality testing, job recruiting, contacts, connections or other services sometimes offered by people who specialize in career coaching.  Should you choose to work with someone who provides these services, it’s recommended that you do so prior to writing your resume so that it can be tailored toward the jobs and industry you deem most appropriate for you.