Are you using a bio-action format? If you're not, your resumes could be causing you problems. So what are bio-action resumes?
Well, let's look at it this way. A traditional job search format is passive at the very time when employers are looking for someone who can demonstrate they are proactive. It's one of the many job search changes that have occurred in the 21st Century that must be reflected in your resumes.
For example, employers today want to find a candidate who
* Understands the organization.
* Can show how to make a difference.
* Can demonstrate quantifiable contributions.
* Isn't afraid to ask for a job.
* Knows how to cut a deal.
From this you can see that the focal point of a resume writing format must be to respond to the needs and expectations of the employer. The job seeker's personal information and their work history are of secondary importance.
This is what we mean by a bio-action resume format.
So, to meet the expectations of an employer, here's how your bio-action resume format should look:
1. Resumes are initially scanned (not closely read) in less than 50 seconds. Something about you either attracts attention in that timeframe or your resume is trashed.
2. Your resume must have an attention-grabbing headline . . . a quick summation of what you have to offer.
3. Do NOT write some self-serving objective statement. An employer could care less what you want to get out of this for your self. He/she is interested exclusively in what you can do to make the bottom line look better.
4. DO write a short summary statement saying very directly what assets, capabilities and strengths you bring to the table that can make a difference to the organization you're interested in.
5. Keep your resume brief and impactual. One page is best. But never more than two pages. No long-winded recitation of your past accomplishments. Employers want to know how your achievements can make a difference to their needs. So tell them . . . and use quantifiable results to do it.
If you rely on the old-fashioned methods of finding a job, you'll be disappointed. While it's true that you won't be hired on the basis of a resume, on those occasions where it's important to have a resume, you want to make sure you use a bio-action resume writing format!
Wedding photography is the one discipline in the wedding industry that does not produce a product that you can enjoy on your special day. Instead, the money that you spend on photography is an investment in capturing the joy of your big day for you to look back on for years to come. The trick is to coordinate everything so that your wedding photographer is able to actually capture everything that you want recorded.
Start by sitting down as a couple before you book anything and deciding specifically what you want wedding pictures to record. Coordinating and compromising your expectations may turn out to be challenging enough. If it is, imagine how challenging the wedding photographer would find it during the craziness of the actual wedding day when most everyone is dressed so that the wedding photographer can't tell the difference between Aunt Betty and Betty Johnson that lives down the street (Chances are you will want a picture of Aunt Betty in some form where Mrs. Johnson might be a lesser priority). If deciding what the two of you want from your wedding photography is not a challenge, count your blessings and move ahead.
Once you have decided what posed pictures you want, take the time to speak with a couple wedding photographers and find out how much time and what kind of schedule a good photographer will need to actually capture the pictures you want. This seems obvious, but often weddings are planned in such a way that the wedding photographer is put in the awkward position of having to try to keep up with what is going on, which could leave you with less than the best in wedding photography.
Chances are the wedding photographer will want to know how important it is to you that the groom does not see the bride before the wedding on your wedding day. If it is not important, there is probably a good chance you can arrange for all of the wedding party to show up at the church (or wherever the wedding ceremony is held) early to get most, if not all, of the posed wedding photography taken care of. Even if you do not want the bride and groom to see each other until she walks down the aisle, it might be possible to schedule your wedding so that most of the posed wedding photography are taken care of and only those pictures that include both the bride and the groom are left until after the wedding ceremony.
If not, however, you might need to consider a schedule that includes a considerable gap of time between the ceremony and the reception (In some parts of North America this is very common, while in other parts it is quite uncommon) to make sure your wedding photography turns out to be the photographs that you will treasure (and make sure that Uncle Floyd doesn't disappear on you).
After, and only after, you have determined what schedule will be required for the photographer to give you the wedding photography that you are paying for should you actually go out and book your wedding location.
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