Career Insights Survey™Career Insights Survey™

Welcome to ResumePower’s information-gathering stage, which starts with this survey. Please take your time as you work through the questions–you will get the most value from our services if you are thorough in your responses. Keep in mind: Spell-check and grammar-check are disabled as we would like you to focus on communicating your ideas and

not worry about spelling or grammar (that’s our job). You should complete this form in full, spending the most time on these 2 questions: “What were your most

notable accomplishments?” and “What is your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?”

We welcome supplemental information (e.g., performance reviews, job descriptions, etc.), but would like you to tell us in your own words how you contributed in each of your positions. If you don’t want to outline your strongest accomplishments and would rather we review PowerPoints and other documents, your project will be subject to additional fees. Help us help you by giving us the information we need!

Your résumé project will be added to our schedule once we have this completed form, answers to our follow-up questions, and receipt of the project fee.

Please contact us if you have any questions as you’re completing the career survey. Thank you!

Tips: Use the “Tab” key to move to the next form field. Save the in-progress file on your system frequently to avoid data loss.

1. NAME & CONTACT INFORMATION Name as you would like it to appear on your résumé     

Email (Personal email, not an employer-owned email)     

Mailing Address (For privacy reasons, we suggest omitting your street address from your résumé, but including city, state, and zip to optimize résumé search results. Either way, provide the address you would like to use on your resume.)Street Address:      City, State Zip:      

Phone Number (List the number(s) you would like to include on your résumé. It’s ideal to only include one number where you are easily reachable.)Cell Phone:      Home Phone:      

LinkedIn URL (If you haven’t set up your “vanity” URL, e.g., LinkedIn.com/in/yourname, please do so. Instructions are here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/87/customizing-your-public-profile-url). Please use a custom URL—it looks more professional and will help you rank higher when someone Googles your name.)     Web Site URL (If you don’t own your domain name, e.g., FirstnameLastname.com, consider registering it. Search GoDaddy for an available name.)      

Other Web Page, Blog, Twitter handle, or other social media URL (Please only list profiles tied to your professional brand, i.e., not a personal Facebook page.)     

2. RÉSUMÉ PREFERENCES We recommend that you defer to our judgment regarding the content and design of your résumé. However, you have to be completely comfortable with and proud of the document. Understanding your expectations is crucial to creating a résumé that works for you.

Do you have an opinion about how many pages your résumé should be?     

What résumé style appeals to you (e.g., creative, conservative, cutting-edge, classic, modern, elegant, minimalist, content-rich)?     

Are you open to using color on your résumé? If so, what are your favorite colors?     

Are you open to using graphics or industry icons on your résumé?

Yes No

Would you like to include a photo of yourself on your résumé?

Yes No

What program will you be using to view, edit, and distribute your résumé? Examples include Office 365, MS Word 2016, Microsoft 365 for Mac, Apple Pages, Google Docs, and OpenOffice.     What 3 words should come to mind when people first view your résumé?      

3. JOB TARGET & EMPLOYMENT SITUATION What position will you be targeting with the résumé that we produce? Please only list one job title—the most effective résumés are highly tailored to one career goal.     Are there any other positions that interest you?1.      2.      3.      

Are there employers that you would love to work for? If so, list them here.1.      

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3.      

4.      

What is your geographic preference, if any?     

Are you willing to relocate? Yes No

Are you willing to travel? Yes No

Are you targeting a specific industry or employer type?     

What is your expected salary for your next position?$       / per annum

Briefly describe your current employment situation. For example, are you seeking a career change, employed but “testing the waters,” unemployed due to a layoff or termination, miserable at your current job, etc.?     Are you facing any challenging issues or potential barriers to employment? For example, are you concerned about job-hopping, periods of unemployment, “age” issues (too young or too old), highly competitive industry, lack of local jobs, or a new career direction? Please explain so that we can develop a résumé strategy that minimizes these issues.      

4. YOUR PERSONAL BRAND Strongest Qualifications: What are your most marketable qualifications? Why should an employer call you for an interview and not one of your competitors? What are your strongest capabilities that will make you a top performer in the position you’re targeting? Please try to provide at least six of your strongest qualifications.1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      9.      10.      

Anticipated Accomplishments: If you were in an interview with your “dream” employer and the interviewer asked you what you expected to accomplish within one year if offered the job, what would you say?     

Passion: What drives you and excites you the most in your career and life?     Inspirational Quote: Are there any famous (or not-so-famous) quotes that speak to you? If so, please paste the quote(s) here:     

5. LINKEDIN PROFILE If you have ordered (or plan to order) content for your LinkedIn profile, please complete this section. If not, skip to Section 6: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY.

LinkedIn is a networking community, so our approach is to create content that tells your story and reveals your personality. Please respond to the following questions. Skip any that you don’t want to answer or don’t want to appear on your LinkedIn profile.Strongest Selling Points: What are the top three accomplishments, skills, credentials, or other information that you would want your connections to know about you?1.      2.      3.      

Career Path: Some people know from a young age what they want to be when they grow up, while others take a more convoluted path or accidentally stumble on their careers. These details can provide compelling content for your LinkedIn summary. If you would like to share the details of your career journey, provide a brief summary here:     

Confidentiality of Your Job search: Do you need to hide the fact that you’re seeking a new position? If so, we’ll write the profile in a way that doesn’t indicate you are job searching. Please describe any privacy concerns:     

Getting Personal: If you’re open to disclosing personal details on your LinkedIn profile, please respond to whatever is applicable and comfortable for you. Keep in mind that although LinkedIn has privacy settings that you can customize, consider any information you post on LinkedIn as available for the world to see. All questions are optional:Where were you born and/or raised? How did your upbringing help mold the person that you’ve become?     Are there certain people who have impacted your life, work ethic, values, and beliefs? Please explain.     Did you overcome any obstacles or challenging circumstances to get where you are today?      Are you married or partnered? If so, to whom and for how long?     Do you have children? If so, how many and what are their ages and genders?      Do you have any pets? If so, what kind and what are their names?     What causes and/or charities do you care most about?      What are your hobbies and favorite things to do during your spare time?      Is there a topic that people often seek your advice on?      If money was not an issue and you could pursue any profession, what would you choose to do?     

What is the one thing you want people to remember about you?     

6. EMPLOYMENT HISTORYThought-Provoking Questions: As you describe your work experiences, keep these questions in mind to trigger memories of key contributions and significant accomplishments. Not all of these questions will apply to you, and you should not attempt to answer each one. These questions are intended to help you reflect on your responsibilities and achievements in each of the positions you have held.

Have you or your employer received any honors or industry awards? If your employer threw a goodbye party for you, what nice things would your colleagues and supervisors be

saying about your work? How have you improved or changed the organizational culture, mission, vision, or goals? What are you known for or considered an expert in by your supervisor or coworkers? Have you been able to reduce costs? How and by how much? Have you improved revenues, profit, market-share growth, and/or your employer’s visibility? How did you

achieve the growth? Can the results be quantified? Did you improve customer relationships? In what ways and how did your employer and customers benefit? What was your initial challenge when you started your position? How well did you meet that challenge? What have you done to improve productivity, efficiency, and performance? Detail the specific initiatives, how

long the projects took, and what the financial results were. Did you contribute to any technology improvements? What technologies did you implement and for what

specific business functions? What were the results? How does your employer fare against the competition? What is your ranking in the industry? Has your ranking

improved since you’ve been employed with the company? Have you resolved any major issues impacting the employer? Problems with money? Problems with staffing or

management? Problems with regulatory compliance? Organizational issues? Do you chair and/or participate in any committees, Boards of Directors, or any other leadership forums?

Employment History Instructions: Place the most emphasis on your recent career, providing significant detail as far back as 15 years. Focus your efforts on the “What were your most notable accomplishments” section for each position – the more we know about your accomplishments, the better your résumé will be. If you had more than one position with an employer, list each position separately.

NAME OF EMPLOYER #1 (start with current or most recent employer)     CITY, STATE     

WEB SITE     

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION     JOB TITLE     

DEPARTMENT (IF ANY)     

START DATE (month/year)     

END DATE (month/year)     

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe day-to-day job duties and tasks that are or were expected of you.     WHAT WERE YOUR MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? Accomplishments are the tangible results of your work. Please describe challenges you faced, your actions, and the results or benefits to your employers. Use specific examples and quantify your achievements wherever possible using numbers, dollar amounts, percentages, performance-to-goal metrics, and before and after comparisons. After completing each Accomplishments section, please place an asterisk (*) next to the top 3 accomplishments that make you most proud.1.      

2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      9.      10.      11.      12.      What is or will be your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?     

NAME OF EMPLOYER #2     CITY, STATE     

WEB SITE     

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION     JOB TITLE     

DEPARTMENT (IF ANY)     

START DATE (month/year)     

END DATE (month/year)     

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe day-to-day job duties and tasks that were expected of you.     WHAT WERE YOUR MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? 1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      9.      10.      11.      12.      What is your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?     

NAME OF EMPLOYER #3     CITY, STATE WEB SITE

           EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION     JOB TITLE     

DEPARTMENT (IF ANY)     

START DATE (month/year)     

END DATE (month/year)     

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe day-to-day job duties and tasks that were expected of you.     WHAT WERE YOUR MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? 1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      9.      10.      11.      12.      What is your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?     

NAME OF EMPLOYER #4     CITY, STATE     

WEB SITE     

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION     JOB TITLE     

DEPARTMENT (IF ANY)     

START DATE (month/year)     

END DATE (month/year)     

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe day-to-day job duties and tasks that were expected of you.     WHAT WERE YOUR MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? 1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      

9.      10.      11.      12.      What is your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?     

NAME OF EMPLOYER #5     CITY, STATE     

WEB SITE     

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION     JOB TITLE     

DEPARTMENT (IF ANY)     

START DATE (month/year)     

END DATE (month/year)     

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe day-to-day job duties and tasks that were expected of you.     WHAT WERE YOUR MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? 1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      9.      10.      11.      12.      What is your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?     

NAME OF EMPLOYER #6     CITY, STATE     

WEB SITE     

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION     JOB TITLE     

DEPARTMENT (IF ANY)     

START DATE (month/year)     

END DATE (month/year)     

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe day-to-day job duties and tasks that were expected of you.

     WHAT WERE YOUR MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? 1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      9.      10.      11.      12.      What is your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?     

NAME OF EMPLOYER #7     CITY, STATE     

WEB SITE     

EMPLOYER DESCRIPTION     JOB TITLE     

DEPARTMENT (IF ANY)     

START DATE (month/year)     

END DATE (month/year)     

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe day-to-day job duties and tasks that were expected of you.     WHAT WERE YOUR MOST NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS? 1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.      8.      9.      10.      11.      12.      What is your leave-behind legacy at this employer, the main way you are remembered?     

Need space for more employers? If you need more than seven sections for employment history, open a copy of this survey from your email, give the file a new name, and fill out the Employment History section with the rest of your jobs. We will be focusing on your recent work history (last 10-15 years or so), so you don’t need to provide that much detail for your early career.

7. EDUCATION List most recent education first

Name of school or program     

City, State     

Month/Year to Month/Year     

Degree held     

Major:       Minor:       GPA       Extracurricular activities      Recent grads, list related courses      

Name of school or program     

City, State     

Month/Year to Month/Year     

Degree held     

Major:       Minor:       GPA       Extracurricular activities      Recent grads, list related courses      

Name of school or program     

City, State     

Month/Year to Month/Year     

Degree held     

Major:       Minor:       GPA       Extracurricular activities      Recent grads, list related courses      

8. TRAINING Additional training and courses not mentioned under “Education”

Name of course Sponsored by City, State Year completed1.                        2.                        3.                        4.                        5.                        6.                        7.                        8.                        9.                        10.                        

9. LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONSName of license or certification City, State Year achieved1.                  2.                  3.                  4.                  5.                  

10.

AFFILIATIONS, LEADERSHIP ROLES, CAUSES YOU SUPPORT

Name of organization City, State Your role Dates involved

1.                        2.                        3.                        4.                        5.                        6.                        7.                        8.                        9.                        10.                        

11.

AWARDS

Name of award In recognition of? Year achieved1.                  2.                  3.                  4.                  5.                  

12.

PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, BOOKS, PATENTS & PRESENTATIONS

Article, book, patent, or presentation title Publisher or venue Year1.                  2.                  3.                  4.                  5.                  6.                  7.                  8.                  9.                  10.                  

13.

TECHNOLOGY Only list technology / programs that you would be comfortable discussing in an interview. Please note that even if your field isn’t technology related, recruiters and employers often use computer programs as keywords when searching for applicants across many career fields.

Software      Operating systems      Programming languages      Hardware/networking      Social media      

14 FOREIGN LANGUAGES

.Language Fluency (indicate your proficiency level for both written and verbal)1.            2.            3.            

15.

TRAVEL/CULTURE

Have you traveled to interesting places? If so, please list countries or regions that you’ve visited. For international business trips, describe your knowledge of the country’s business customs and protocols.

     

16.

KEYWORDS What are the most important keywords or buzzwords for your field? We will research keywords so you can skip this question if you want, but it can be helpful to hear about keywords that you feel are relevant.

     

17.

COVER LETTERS The Deluxe package includes one cover letter and the Premium package includes a cover letter 3-pack.

How should we gear your letter(s)? Please check all that apply: Advertised openings (respond to job ads found on employer websites, job boards, newspapers, etc. – this

option will provide you with an excellent letter that you can easily customize for various job postings) A specific advertised opening (apply for a specific job – please forward the job posting or any information you

have about the opportunity) Recruiters/headhunters (sell your qualifications to recruitment professionals) “Cold” letter to employers (introduce yourself to a prospective employer when there is no advertised opening) Networking e-note (written in the voice of a colleague, ready for him/her to sign and easily forward your

résumé) Other (please explain)      

If you checked more letters than are included in your package, would you like to order additional letters? Yes No (If you selected more letters than are included in your order, we’ll gear the letter to advertised

openings).

Describe any important information for your cover letter. For example, if you are applying to a specific position, provide the contact information, employer name, job title, and other relevant information.      

18.

MISCELLANEOUS Is there anything else that sets you apart from the crowd?

     

Contact PreferencesWhat is the best way to reach you regarding our follow-up questions? Phone EmailIf phone, what is the best number to call?       What is the best day and time to reach you?      

Have You Completed the Survey?

Our goal is to create a dynamic résumé for you that not only knocks your socks off, but also helps you secure more interviews. The best way to accomplish this is to know as much about your career history as possible.

Would you take a moment to review the survey and make sure it’s thorough? Did you place an asterisk (*) next to the top 3 accomplishments that make you most proud for each position?

Please return your survey along with supplemental materials to info@resumepower.com.

Here’s a checklist of items that are helpful:

This completed survey Old résumé (if you previously sent a résumé, we have it on file) Reference letters, performance reviews, or other testimonials, including informal email thank-you

notes 2-3 sample job postings that interest you Additional information (e.g., relevant information that didn’t fit on this survey, such as long lists of

training, publications, etc.) A photo (.jpg or .png format) if you would like your picture on your résumé. Please make sure

your photo is high-resolution (not grainy-looking) – a professionally taken headshot is preferred Scanned signature for your cover letter. As most cover letters are emailed – not mailed through the

post office – we recommend including your signature in the letter’s signature block. If you would like us to add your signature and don’t have a digital copy of your signature, here are a few ways you can create the signature:

1. Scanner: On a white piece of paper, sign your name in large print using a pen or Sharpie (Ultra-Fine Point makes a nice signature). Place the paper on the scanning bed, set your scanning software's image resolution to 300 (print quality), and scan. Save as a .gif, .jpg, or .png file.

2. Phone or Camera: On a white piece of paper, sign your name in large print using a pen or Sharpie (Ultra-Fine Point makes a nice signature). Take a photo of your signature with your phone or camera and email it to us. Just make sure you take the photo in good light–the paper should look white.

3. Mobile App: There are apps that will create signatures on your mobile device. Examples include Adobe Acrobat Reader (iOS or Android), Evernote Scannable (iOS), iScanner (iOS), and CamScanner (iOS or Android). Follow the instructions to create your signature and email to us as a .gif, .jpg, or .png.

Thank you for the time you dedicated to this survey.We look forward to reviewing your information!

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