How does one go about preparing the Resume oneself?

Going forward it is imperative that one understands one’s requirements from the profession. The career path one has taken, the success one has had in the profession, the amount of money one is making and the level one has reached on the corporate ladder. Some of you might also like to add the car one owns, the holiday destination one has been to and the address where one resides.
 
Now truthfully try and evaluate the same against the target you had set for yourself in life. Be sincere… You would have set a goal… a career path, the amount of money that would satisfy you and the level on the corporate ladder you wanted to reach. I requested for truthfulness and sincerity because it is humane to re-calibrate en-route. Our friends, family, relatives, peers all help us in re-calibrating whether we like it or not and it is always one way… up.
 
The exercise would help you in understanding one’s requirement… in the true sense. Fine tune the same because the clarity would help you in achieving Success.           
 
… Identifying one’s skills and expertise…            
 
Once you have identified and understood your requirement from your career / life it is time to evaluate the skills and expertise that you have built up in your professional career. This requires another truthful re-visit as right through your career you would have received recommendations or praise from your superiors, clients and colleagues. Some of them would be documented others orally done.  
 
Start penning down skills and expertise that you identify and slowly your list would get prepared. Another way to add to the list would be an open discussion with a peer who has a balanced approach. Ask him/her to identify your strengths/weaknesses. A genuine discussion would help you in identifying your areas of strength/skills/expertise and weaknesses… areas you need to work upon.      
 
One has to be very sharp as I have generally noticed professionals overlook skills which they have as they never valued them or identified with them. So, write down even the smallest such item and let its importance be judged at a later date, when one evaluates everything that is on offer.   
 
… Evaluating Opportunities…
 
Now we come to the most challenging part and that is evaluating opportunities available in the industry. The professional needs to identify suitable opportunities available in different industry segment based on one’s requirement and skills/expertise that one has identified. One will have to go through LinkedIn, Naukri, Timesjobs, IIMJobs, etc. to get the right mix of career options in the desired field.
 
Care has to be taken in understanding clearly the requirement of skills, expertise, domain experience and salary fitment. A detailed scrutiny of such opportunities will help one prepare a list of industry segment, skills, expertise etc. which are in demand.
 
At this juncture we are ready with our requirements, our list of skills and expertise and also with what is required in the industry. Obviously, there are going to be gaps in what we offer and what is required and not all skills can be acquired at one go and neither is it feasible to go for it.  Hence, we need to focus on areas of interest which can be targeted…       
 
… Resume Writing…
 
The checklist with one’s carefully identified career requirement, list of skills / expertise and the opportunities available in the market is ready and we move on to writing a well-crafted Resume. The story has to be well thought of and in sync with the requirement. Resume Writing has to be very focused and crisp in order to generate ‘eyeballs’.       
 
Proper care has to be taken to draw out the skills and create a link with the career profile. Once the CV is ready it has to be correctly displayed on the various portals with the relevant keywords identified for searches. One has to be prepared with the relevant info on current/expected salary, joining time frame and relocation option if any.   
 
On the contrary one can engage professionals like us at Team Recruiters to hand-hold and deliver on quality services. The whole process gets a dedicated point of contact/sounding board that specialises in engaging for better output.