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Extreme Resumé Makeover!Brett BarlowApril 21, 2016

Brett BarlowCo-Founder & Manager, Salesforce Talent Evangelism

• 2x Salesforce Certified• Salesforce Consultant (pro bono) for Nonprofits • Passionate Supporter of Salesforce Women in Tech• @thebrettbarlow on Twitter

1. Current Employer and Job Titlea. AKA – Where is the candidate working now and what are they doing there?

2. Previous Employer and Job Titlea. AKA – Where did the candidate used to work and what were they doing there?

3. Am I Interested? a. If yes, they’re now looking for #s, keywords, etc. b. If no, they’ve moved onto the next candidate

How Recruiters Skim a Resume

Formatting FAQ’s

Where do I put my Education, Certifications and Training?

Where do I put Salesforce Community-related experience (ie. User Groups, Blogs, Dreamforce, etc.)

How long should it be? Should it always be 1 page?

Should I add links to my LinkedIn, Twitter or other sites to my resume?

Should I/How do I list Applications or Tools I have expertise in?

Introduction Section

Experience Section

Extreme Resumé Makeover Time!!!

Safe HarborThis presentation may contain opinions on resumes that may involve risks, uncertainties and hurt feelings. I know we all put a lot of effort into writing the perfect resume but if any such hurt feelings materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, the results of this workshop could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the advice I give.

All statements made are made with the best of intentions and only intended to help you make that bad ass resumeso you can land your #dreamjob! But actually, I’m here to help and the best way to help is be as candid with my feedback as possible!

Make Salesforce the focus of your

resume!!!

Include specific facts in the

Career Profile!!

My eyes jump to the cert and

then the AE role

Build this experience into

the resume!

Lots of stuff but not focusing on the right

experience!

1 sentence for SFDC/CRM exp1 sentence for your background exp1 sentence for Community involvement

3-5 lines total!

Too much text!!! I only really catch the highlighted when skimming

Careful with having the whole resume be

too bullet-heavy!

Combining this into 1 company will

show your awesome work

tenure!!

Questions?

Brett Barlow@thebrettbarlow/brettbarlow