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Building a resume from scratch can feel

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like a daunting task . Developing a

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starting point for creating your resume

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will help get the ball rolling start

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with your work history outline just

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like building a home . Lets start by

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building a strong foundation . Begin

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with your work history outline . As

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your starting point list , every job

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youve held in military and civilian

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life to include volunteer work in

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reverse chronological order . It simply

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includes the employer's name , job

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location , your job title , and the

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start and end dates . You worked in

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each job list , all your jobs from

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newest to oldest like the concrete in a

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house foundation . This is your work

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history outline . Now let's build your

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master resume by adding details for

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each job such as skills accomplishments ,

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education and awards . Like building

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the basic house . Your work history

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outlined serves as a framework for your

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master resume . Once your outline is

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developed , you can add all your skills ,

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detailed job duties and accomplishments

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to fully build you master resume ,

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continue building your master resume by

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adding your education and awards your

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master resume will have everything you

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have ever done . It will be a fully

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developed source . Document . This will

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be your bank of information to create

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your targeted resumes . Your final home

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will be your targeted resume . This is

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taking a house and upgrading it to meet

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the customers needs stated in their job

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posting . In the same sense , your

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targeted resume will be detailed to

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meet the employers needs for each job

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opening . Pick the perfect home

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upgrades from your master resume to

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create a targeted resume that shines

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you will select of relevant content

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from your master resume that aligns

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with the job posting your interested in

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to create a targeted resume . Your

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targeted resume will be shorter and

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more succinct covering your most

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relevant jobs and achievements that

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directly align with the job posting .

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You will create a new targeted resume

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for every job posting you chose to

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apply to . This will increase your

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chances of being selected for an

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interview .