8).Step 1 - Creating Your Profile: Your resume

This may sound fairly straightforward but what we need to do here is to create a resume that highlights your talents and skills insteat of just listing skills and jobs.Most resumes out there(and many of the ones you'll be competing against) will have the following format to them:

1. Name,address,contact info
2. Education
3. Career goal(s)
4. List of past employers
5. References
6. Hobbies

Do you have a resume available?Take a look at it.Does it have a format similar to the above?

Well,I can tell you this format does not work this day and age. The resume format above only tells a potential employer who you are which, to be honest ,they don't really care about.What they really want to know is what can you do?

The following format will tell them what you can do:

The Profile Resume

  1).Title of the resume: Essentially what your job title is in a few words. The use of keywords here is important so try to make this with all important words.Note,you will not use the word "freelance" here.It will seem resundant and is unnecessary.                                                                  2).Description of service: Here,you briefly describe ehat you do using a few keywords. This should be one short Paragraph of 3-4 sentences.                                                                                     3).Education: List any collage or post high school education. What you need to list ar the institution name,location,type of degree or certificate received, and date graduated(month,year).Also, if you received any special awards or honors, mention those as well.                  4).Certificates and licenses: If you have any type of certifications or licenses,note for each one:              Name of the organization or company                                                                                                         Name of the certification received                                                                                                               Date certification was received                                                                                                                     Certificate number(if possible)                                                                                                           The certificate number is not necessary,but helps to verify the certificate in case someone decides to check it.                                                                                                                                          5). References: You will need at least three references.Former employers and client are always the best, but also old teacher and professors.For these, make sure you put the following:

• Name
• Company/organization including title of his/her position
• Location
• Phone number
• E-mail address