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If you can face your job the same as your resume

on April 6, 2013

Hobby helps to discover many more things.

I came across this beautiful poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling when watching Wimbledon many years go.   There are days I remember more of it, days I hardly remember; beautiful things do not get erased from our memory all together, or at least I hope.

In Wimbledon, when tennis players are waiting to come out to the Center Court to play (at times) the most important match in their life, how would they feel as they read this verse above the doorway –  “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same”?

This is a poem from a father to son with many “If” in life.    It is a beautiful poem to read regardless.

Anyone, with job seeking experience, probably  knows well to put accomplishments on resume;  and the persuasive power of PSR (Problem – Solution – Result) to use in interview.  Outside of networking, a good resume is still an important entry point to further a job application.

Here are my IFs for those returning to work…

“If you can do the job and keep in mind your resume, and treat those with the same rigor …”

“If you can face a problem, and pursue the solution, and come out with the result …”

And you’ll be a better seeker; or being sought after.


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