RSSKeep Your Resume Up to Date
Mar 01
At least once a year you should update your resume – especially if you don’t plan on starting your own business anytime soon.
By keeping your resume up to date you will be able to tell whether or not the skills that you are learning on the job are transferable. I worked at my first job out of college for 9 years. A year before I left I realized that most of my skills were not transferable. I was institutionalized by my job. If I were let go that day I would not be marketable because most of my skills were useless in the “outside world”. I then embarked on a mission of learning. I took every free class the company offered which gave me tools and skills that were industry specific versus job specific. I continued this trend at the job I just got laid off from. You know, if your boss is reluctant to allow you to take “reasonable” training, it may be a sign that something is not right.
Secondly, keeping your resume up-to-date will remind you of where you are on your educational goals. You remember that degree or certificate you promise yourself that you’ll get every year.
Your resume is like a report card of where you’ve been and how prepared you are to move forward.
