Baby Boomers, Beware! Don’t Let Your Resume Date You!
by Deborah Walker
If you’re a job-seeker of the Baby Boom generation, you may be feeling a little left out by the job market You’re certainly not ready to retire, but the young recruiters you send resumes to don’t seem to respond to your skills and experience. If you’re experiencing symptoms of age discrimination, you should know that your resume could be the culprit, categorizing you as out of date and over the hill.
There are three ways your resume can put you in the over the hill category. Your resume is due for an update if it contains:
- Outdated technology skills
- Outdated industry or occupational terminology
- Outdated resume trends
Don’t despair if your resume is out of date. You can perform an extreme resume makeover by using the tips below.
1. Make sure you are up to date on your industry’s technology.Check multiple job descriptions within your industry to see what technologies employers really want. Determine which technologies are missing from your resume. Then decide what you need to learn or do to fill that technology gap. Consider adult-education classes, college classes, or even online learning.
You should be aware that technology terms are often used as keywords to filter the best resumes from electronic databases. If your resume doesn’t have them, it may never be seen. Make sure your technology skills aren’t leaving you behind.
2. Make sure your resume is using current terminology. If you have just been adding to the same old resume over the years, then your early entries may be using outdated terms. One way to bring your resume up to date is through publications from your industry’s professional associations. If you don’t belong to any professional associations, you might be missing out on the latest industry-speak.
Another good resource is job descriptions. Search job descriptions in your field for recurring terms. Learn to use the current terminology for your industry correctly and effectively.
3. Make sure your resume reflects today’s trends in resume format and style. Some of the old resume rules just don’t apply any more. For example:
Old Rule: Limit your resume to one page. New Approach: This is a really old idea that limits your ability to show all of your skills and expertise.
Old Rule: End your resume with References Available Upon Request. New Approach: You don’t need to say that; it’s assumed.
Old Rule: You should show every job you have ever held and give each equal importance. New Approach: Your employment history should only go back as far as it related to your current employment objectives. Think of your resume as a marketing piece that highlights the best parts rather than as a tell-all.
Old Rule: Your resume should go back no more than 10 years. New Approach: Don’t use an arbitrary number to determine how much to include on your resume. Use the rule of relevancy to decide how many of your jobs to include.
Old Rule: One resume should handle everything. New Approach: Not anymore! In addition to tailoring your resume to different fields or industries, you’ll also need to tailor the way that you save it.
You’ll want to have a standard Word format (for printouts and as email attachments), and a plain text version for online forms, which will save you a lot of time in repairing lost formatting, which often occurs when cutting and pasting a Word document into a text-only form.
Let your experience work for you rather than against you. Using these tips to update your resume can make a noticeable difference in interest from employers. And your new resume will be a better reflection of your hard-earned skills, talents, and expertise.
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FRITZ HENDERSON NAMED CEO OF ENERGY SPIN-OFF
By Drew Johnson
Former General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson has finally found himself a new job, landing the position of CEO at Sunoco spin-off SunCoke Energy. SunCoke is expected to be separated from Sunoco sometime during the first half of next year.
Until SunCoke is spun-off from Sunoco, Henderson will serve as the company’s senior vice president. Sunoco announced in June that it would be separating from SunCoke in 2011, although the new company still has some regulatory hoops to jump through.
“Fritz is an exceptionally gifted and highly experienced executive with the business and financial expertise needed to lead SunCoke Energy as an independent company and drive its global growth strategy,” Lynn L. Elsenhans, Sunoco’s CEO, said in a statement. “His broad global experience managing businesses in many of the world’s major markets will be invaluable.”
Henderson, 52, was dismissed from General Motors last December. Henderson took over the reins of GM following President Obama’s ousting of then GM CEO Rick Wagoner. Henderson guided GM through its bankruptcy proceedings before being replaced by former AT&T exec Ed Whitacre.
On a related note, Wagoner was recently named to the board of an Ohio recycling company.
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| US Airways Group Inc. | Tempe | AZ |
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| TJX Companies, Inc., The | Framingham | MA |
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| Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The | New York | NY |
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| Charles Schwab Corp., The | San Francisco | CA |
| Citigroup Inc. | New York | NY |
| Credit Suisse USA Inc. | New York | NY |
| Deutsche Bank | New York | NY |
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac) | McLean | VA |
| Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) | Washington | DC |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc., The | New York | NY |
| Harris Bankcorp Inc. | Chicago | IL |
| HSBC – North America | Prospect Heights | IL |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | New York | NY |
| KeyCorp | Cleveland | OH |
| MasterCard Inc. | Purchase | NY |
| Morgan Stanley | New York | NY |
| Northern Trust Corp. | Chicago | IL |
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| RBC Wealth Management | Minneapolis | MN |
| State Street Corp. | Boston | MA |
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| TD Bank N.A. | Wilmington | DE |
| Toyota Financial Services Corp. | Torrance | CA |
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| Visa | San Francisco | CA |
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| CHEMICALS & BIOTECHNOLOGY | ||
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| Dow Chemical Co. | Midland | MI |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours (DuPont) | Wilmington | DE |
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| Genentech Inc. | South San Francisco | CA |
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| COMPUTER & DATA SERVICES | ||
| Automatic Data Processing Inc. | Roseland | NJ |
| LexisNexis Group | Miamisburg | OH |
| COMPUTER HARDWARE & OFFICE EQUIPMENT | ||
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino | CA |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | San Jose | CA |
| Dell Inc. | Round Rock | TX |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | Palo Alto | CA |
| Lexmark International Inc. | Lexington | KY |
| NCR Corp. | Dayton | OH |
| NetApp Inc. | Sunnyvale | CA |
| Sun Microsystems Inc. | Santa Clara | CA |
| Tech Data Corp. | Clearwater | FL |
| Xerox Corp. | Stamford | CT |
| COMPUTER SOFTWARE | ||
| BMC Software Inc. | Houston | TX |
| Electronic Arts Inc. | Redwood City | CA |
| Intuit Inc. | Mountain View | CA |
| Microsoft Corp. | Redmond | WA |
| Oracle Corp. | Redwood Shores | CA |
| SAP America Inc. | Newton Square | PA |
| Symantec Corp. | Cupertino | CA |
| CONSULTING, BUSINESS SERVICES | ||
| A.T. Kearney Inc. | Chicago | IL |
| Accenture Ltd. | New York | NY |
| Bain & Co. Inc. | Boston | MA |
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| Boston Consulting Group | Boston | MA |
| Deloitte LLP | New York | NY |
| Ernst & Young LLP | New York | NY |
| Hewitt Associates | Lincolnshire | IL |
| International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) | Armonk | NY |
| KPMG LLP | New York | NY |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. | New York | NY |
| McKinsey & Co. Inc. | New York | MA |
| Navigant Consulting Inc | Chicago | IL |
| Nielsen Co., The | Schaumburg | IL |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | New York | NY |
| EDUCATION & CHILDCARE | ||
| Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. | Watertown | MA |
| ENERGY & UTILITIES | ||
| Constellation Energy Group Inc. | Baltimore | MD |
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| PG&E Corp. | San Francisco | CA |
| Public Service Enterprise Group | Newark | NJ |
| Sempra Energy | San Diego | CA |
| Southern California Edison Co. | Rosemead | CA |
| ENTERTAINMENT & ELECTRONIC MEDIA | ||
| AMC Entertainment Inc. | Kansas City | MO |
| Clear Channel Communications Inc. | San Antonio | TX |
| Cox Enterprises Inc. | Atlanta | GA |
| Time Warner Inc. | New York | NY |
| Viacom Inc. | New York | NY |
| Walt Disney Co. | Burbank | CA |
| FOOD, BEVERAGES, & GROCERIES | ||
| Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. | St. Louis | MO |
| Brinker International Inc. | Dallas | TX |
| Campbell Soup Co. | Camden | NJ |
| Cargill Inc. | Wayzata | MN |
| Coca-Cola Co., The | Atlanta | GA |
| Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. | Atlanta | GA |
| Diageo North America | Norwalk | CT |
| Food Lion LLC | Salisbury | NC |
| General Mills Inc. | Minneapolis | MN |
| MillerCoors LLC | Chicago | IL |
| Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., The | Somers | NY |
| PepsiCo Inc. | Purchase | NY |
| Sodexho Inc. | Gaithersburg | MD |
| Starbucks Corp. | Seattle | WA |
| Supervalu Inc. | Eden Prairie | MN |
| HEALTHCARE | ||
| Bausch & Lomb Inc. | Rochester | NY |
| Cardinal Health | Dublin | OH |
| Health Care Service Corp. | Chicago | IL |
| Kaiser Permanente | Oakland | CA |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | Minnetonka | MN |
| HIGH-TECH, PHOTO, & SCIENCE EQUIP. | ||
| Agilent Technologies Inc. | Santa Clara | CA |
| Applied Materials Inc. | Santa Clara | CA |
| Corning Inc. | Corning | NY |
| Eastman Kodak Co. | Rochester | NY |
| Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | Austin | TX |
| Intel Corp. | Santa Clara | CA |
| Medtronic Inc. | Minneapolis | MN |
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| HOME FURNISHING | ||
| Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams | Taylorsville | NC |
| HOTELS, RESORTS, & CASINOS | ||
| Carlson Companies Inc. | Minnetonka | MN |
| Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. | Las Vegas | NV |
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| Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Inc. | San Francisco | CA |
| Marriott International Inc. | Bethesda | MD |
| Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide | White Plains | NY |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd. | Las Vegas | NV |
| INSURANCE | ||
| AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah | San Francisco | CA |
| Aetna Inc. | Hartford | CT |
| Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America | Minneapolis | MN |
| Allstate Corp., The | Northbrook | IL |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Inc. | Jacksonville | FL |
| Chubb Corp. | Warren | NJ |
| CNA Insurance | Chicago | IL |
| Esurance Inc. | San Francisco | CA |
| Hartford Financial Services Inc., The | Hartford | CT |
| ING North America Insurance Corp. | Atlanta | GA |
| Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. | Springfield | MA |
| MetLife Inc. | New York | NY |
| Nationwide | Columbus | OH |
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| Progressive Corp., The | Mayfield Village | OH |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | Newark | NJ |
| Sun Life Financial Inc. (U.S.) | Wellesley Hills | MA |
| Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund | New York | NY |
| INTERNET SERVICES & RETAILING | ||
| eBay Inc. | San Jose | CA |
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| Yahoo! Inc. | Sunnyvale | CA |
| LAW FIRMS | ||
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| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC | Palo Alto | CA |
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| MAIL & FREIGHT DELIVERY | ||
| United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) | Atlanta | GA |
| MANUFACTURING | ||
| Cummins Inc. | Columbus | IN |
| Herman Miller Inc. | Zeeland | MI |
| Owens Corning | Toledo | OH |
| Whirlpool Corp | Benton Harbor | MI |
| MINING & METALS | ||
| Alcoa Inc. | New York | NY |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| 3M Co. | St. Paul | MN |
| OIL & GAS | ||
| BP America Inc. | Houston | TX |
| Chevron Corp. | San Ramon | CA |
| Shell Oil Co. | Houston | TX |
| PHARMACEUTICALS | ||
| Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp. | Ridgefield | CT |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | New York | NY |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | Indianapolis | IN |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc | Research Triangle Park | NC |
| Hospira Inc. | Lake Forest | IL |
| Johnson & Johnson | New Brunswick | NJ |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | Whitehouse Station | NJ |
| Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. | East Hanover | NJ |
| Pfizer Inc. | New York | NY |
| Schering-Plough Corp. | Kenilworth | NJ |
| PUBLISHING & PRINTING | ||
| New York Times Co. | New York | NY |
| United Business Media LLC | Manhasset | NY |
| RETAIL & CONSUMER PRODUCTS | ||
| Abercrombie & Fitch Co. | New Albany | OH |
| Barnes & Noble Inc. | New York | NY |
| Best Buy Co. Inc. | Richfield | MN |
| Borders Group Inc. | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Carmax Inc. | Richmond | VA |
| Clorox Co. | Oakland | CA |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | Issaquah | WA |
| Estee Lauder Companies | New York | NY |
| GameStop Corp. | Grapevine | TX |
| Gap Inc. | San Francisco | CA |
| Hallmark Cards Inc. | Kansas City | MO |
| Kimberley-Clark Corp. | Irving | TX |
| Macy’s Inc. | Cincinnati | OH |
| Newell Rubbermaid Inc. | Atlanta | GA |
| Nordstrom Inc. | Seattle | WA |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | Cincinnati | OH |
| Recreational Equipment Inc. | Kent | WA |
| Replacements Ltd. | McLeansville | NC |
| S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. | Racine | WI |
| Sears Holdings Corp. | Hoffman Estates | IL |
| Target Corp. | Minneapolis | MN |
| Unilever | Englewood Cliffs | NJ |
| Walgreen Co. | Deerfield | IL |
| TELECOMMUNICATIONS | ||
| Alcatel-Lucent | Murray Hill | NJ |
| AT&T Inc. | San Antonio | TX |
| Motorola Inc. | Schaumburg | IL |
| Sprint Nextel Corp | Reston | VA |
| TRANSPORTATION, TRAVEL | ||
| Orbitz Worldwide Inc. | Chicago | IL |
| Sabre Holdings Inc. | Southlake | TX |
| Travelport Inc. | Parsippany | NJ |
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