Career Quest Preparing a Resume

Preparing Resume

A resume is the very first contact with a potential employer. Its purpose is to get your foot in the door and hopefully get you an interview. It is a marketing tool, and it may only have a brief moment to make an impact. The first impression before it is even read must be that it is clean, neat and highly professional.

When we call ourselves 'Christians' we are saying that we are a representation of Christ. If that statement is true and we are a representation of Christ, don't you believe that we have an obligation to represent him in the highest light available? Would it be a true representation for a Christian to send a half done, sloppy resume to a potential employer?

God is calling us to a standard of excellence. He has called us to be the best we can be in all areas of our lives, without reserve. Our model is Jesus. In everything he did, he was excellent. We will not be excellent in all areas of our lives instantly, but we can strive to be the best that we can be and do the best that we possibly can do.

God is interested in the details of our lives, right down to the image we represent in our careers and personal lives. Presenting a professional resume may seem like a small detail, but details are important. It is the details that make up the whole picture. Strive to be the best that you can possibly be in the details and the resulting overall picture will be beautiful.

Philippians 3:12-14 NCV I do not mean that I am already as God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal, but I continue trying to reach it and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that, which is the reason he made me his. (13) Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, (14) I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through Christ to the life above.

Forget the past and its shortcomings. You can do this. Press ahead and set a goal for excellence. If you follow the plan ahead for creating your resume, a step at a time, it won't seem so overwhelming. Follow these guidelines and let God lead you to design your own unique resume.

Nancy Jackson, daydreamer extraordinaire


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