Moving Job Skills To A Different Position

As more companies consolidate or find ways to do more for less, many workers are finding themselves out of a job. In today’s job market, length of service to a company appears to have little bearing on job security, and older workers with many years of experience are finding it hard to find a new position with a different company.

Additionally, today’s workforce is not as stable as 50 or 60 years ago when people worked for usually one and maybe two companies their entire lives. The days of finding a job and staying in one place for 30 years are pretty much gone, especially in technical positions. Workers want to move around the country, some for more pay or jobs with high prestige, but many just for the sake of seeing new sights.

Skilled and unskilled job openings are becoming harder to find and many looking for a new job are finding out that despite their experience and work ethic experience, new employers will not want to pay them what they were making on their old job. While they may get lucky and not have to start at the bottom of the pay scale, chances are they will be making considerably less than they made on their old job.

With today job market, it is all about sales. Not necessarily selling things for a company, but selling yourself to a potential new employer. Simple having experience is not enough to get you on the payroll. You will have to convince a potential new employer how the skills you learned on your last job can benefit the new company. Your resume may look impressive, listing all the jobs and education you have obtained, but if there is nothing to tell the employer how that will help them, it is not giving the right message.

When composing the resume, the most common mistake is to have one version for every job for which you apply. The person running a grocery store and the one operating a factory have an entirely different view of certain skill sets. While your skills may be applicable to both scenarios, your resume has to define how it applies to a particular industry. You will have a better chance of getting in the door if every resume you submit is tailored to the position for which you apply.

In rare instances humor can help get an interview, however for the most part human resource managers do not have the time for a joke or two when they are going through resumes or cover letters. Keep the letter and resume short and to the point. Where you work and how your past responsibilities and experience can be applied to the position.

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