Digital Streets

If you are like me, you are currently searching for a job. The current state of the economy has made it difficult for people to obtain the same position that they held at another company, and some people have had to change their careers completely. This means frequent changes to your resume so that it reads well for the position you are applying for, highlighting the desired qualifications for that position.

Instead of constantly reinventing your resume, you should break it down into modules. Some modules will never change, such as your name and contact information. Other modules will change once in a while, such as education, certifications, and organizations. Modules for objective, summary and professional experience will change greatly, sometimes with each new resume.

To create your modules, open up Microsoft Word and use a copy of your existing resume to build your modules, some of your work is already done. Decide how many different versions of each module. Copy the coresponding module from the resume and paste it on the document. Now make any necessary changes. To make it easier to use, label the target job of each module so that when you are building a new resume, you know which modules to use. After you have finished all required modules, save the document with an easy to recognize title.

The next time you need a resume to apply for a new job, open your modules, find the ones you need and copy and paste them into the new resume. Make any adjustments that you need to and you’re done. Now a new resume takes little time to compose.