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Technologists and technicians, this is how your resume should be

Specific knowledge is a quality of technical and technologist profiles. In less study time and at a lower cost, they get a formal degree to work. Thus, those who opted for this level of training, must start by capturing that knowledge that is of interest and expertise, as well as their specialty.

Technologists and technicians, this is how your resume should be

According to María Clara Delgadillo, Human Resources Manager of CNG Energy, “the curriculum of a professional technologist or technician is not far from the resume of a professional, but it is important to emphasize the skill or abilities of the acquired profile.” Two elements that are always important for recruiters reviewing resumes are work experience and academic background.

Work and technical experience

However, they also look at the similarities that the vacancies have with “the knowledge and technical experience of the technologist, for example, the management of certain tools, software or industrial and administrative processes,” says Cristina Herrera, manager of Talenti.

Achievements

Within the work experience, it is vital to show “achievements, recognitions and concrete metrics achieved. To corroborate all this data, you can also include work references or contacts that can give credit for it, “advises Lina Correa, manager of ManpowerGroupSolutions.

Since professional technologists and technicians are trained in a type of undergraduate that has propaedeutic cycles, that is, flexibility to carry out studies and acquire a degree as a professional or professional technician, their curriculum must be constantly updated with each training or complement to their studies that they obtain.

Therefore, in their profiles they should also highlight that they are “oriented to continuous learning and to be updated, as well as to be able to adapt easily to changes and have the ability to solve technical problems,” complements the manager of Talenti.

Are you a professional technologist or technician looking for a new job?

Now, as a technologist can you apply for a vacancy for a professional with similar knowledge? The experts agree that – in case the aspiring technologist is considered for the position – the salary allocation may be lower due to the difference between training times. However, Herrera says that “companies have very defined for which positions professional training is needed, where surely the skills of analysis, planning and problem solving are a little more necessary compared to a technical or technologist position, which provide more technical and operational knowledge.”

Effective resume

To generate greater interest and precision when applying your resume, “this must be very concrete, no more than two sheets, work with simple formats and that the profile quickly shows those interested what are the greatest attributes of the applicant and that they are very connected to the vacancy to which you apply”, concludes Correa.

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Six tips to highlight your resume in a selection process

Do you have doubts about your resume and your job search? This document is vital to attract the attention of your recruiter. If you meet all the requirements of the vacancy, but don’t know how to incorporate them into an attractive, easy-to-read resume, your opportunity could be at risk.

Six tips to highlight your resume in a selection process

In a live broadcast on the networks of we have the participation of Claudia Navia, commercial director of Nexarte and expert in organizational development, human management and personnel administration.

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The guest gave six useful tips to all users of the portal who are organizing their resume and are looking for work:

1. Prepare your resume correctly

It’s not about being too extensive and putting miles of certifications. The most important thing is to know that the resume does not serve to apply to all vacancies.

I advise that the candidate modify and establish a resume according to the vacancy to which he is applying, so he can tell the recruiter why he is the best candidate for the offer, described Navia in #CharlasElEmpleo.

2. It makes a difference if your first contact with the vacancy is with a recruiter or profiler

Generally, the recruiter performs a very technical process, comparing the requirements of a vacancy with the applicant’s resume.

The first impression or reading is a crucial moment to draw attention in the selection process

Therefore, according to the expert, “you have to help the recruiter identify which of the requirements of the vacancy you meet in your experience and training.”

3. Evaluate your level of adaptation to the position

You must present a resume that is consistent with the job offer, do it consciously and do not apply to everything you see.

Apply, ideally, to the charges that you consider that you meet at least 90% of the requirements.

4. Be very honest and consistent with your resume

When entering a selection process, you must be very clear and transparent, tell things as they are and do not leave concerns in the coach.

Don’t ‘inflate’ your work experience or education; Don’t falsify your achievements or positions either. You must put real and relevant elements for the job you are aspiring to.

5. Beware of references and contacts

Make sure your work and personal references have active touch points. “It is important that the email or telephone, which is used for reference verification, are updated to check and people can give a reference of the candidate,” said the commercial director of Nexarte.

6. Prepare for the interview

Although at this point you have probably already passed the resume filter, there is no last recommendation left.

Tell the recruiter how you can get to position yourself in that position, why you are the ideal candidate; Tell them what challenges you have gone through and how you have overcome them. As well as the failures you have had.

The importance of ‘skills’ and soft skills for the recruiter

On the other hand, also had the participation of Juan Pablo Chaustre, member of the Board of Directors ACOSET (Colombian Association of Temporary Services Companies) and general manager of Staffing of Colombia.

Chaustre left valuable advice to all the participants of the broadcast. “Before, the trajectory and studies were largely taken into account; Now soft skills are a determining factor in the profile and resume of people, as well as technological skills, the ability to simplify processes and self-management.

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Should a short work experience be put on the resume?

The curriculum has to show the most relevant of your job profile. Putting a lot of experiences does not assure you the position, it is important to know what to include and what not. The relevance of an experience on the resume varies depending on your academic and professional status. If you are a student, “you can refer work periods on vacation or specific projects that have lasted between eight days and six months, this begins to build a work history. Clearly, it is very valid to specify the time in which the work practice was carried out, since it is the letter of entry into the world of work, “says Daniel Parra, Permanent Placement Manager of Adecco Colombia.

Should a short work experience be put on the resume

If you are a professional, it is important to take into account your years as a graduate. For recruiters, this aspect serves as a reference to consider a representative work experience.

“A recently graduated professional must have at least six months of his work practice. For those who have graduated in the last five years, the job market expects them to have between a year and a half or two of experience. A senior professional with more than 10 years of graduation, must have at least five years of experience in positions similar to the vacancy to which he is applying, either as a leader or boss, “says Parra. The candidates who must accumulate more experience are those who aspire to high-level corporate positions. These positions require “people who have between 10 and 15 years of work experience and have played, during their last five years, roles similar to those of the position to which they are applying,” concludes Parra.

What if it’s someone with several years of work experience and only lasts two months in a new job? “I wouldn’t put that experience – says Santaella – because that would not define him as a professional. There are many things at stake, which also depend on what the candidate wants to convey. Here the interviewer’s vision is important to understand the situation.”

Listen to the interview he Permanent Placement Manager of Adecco Colombia, about the time of work experience of the curriculum:

The candidates who must accumulate more experience are those who aspire to high-level corporate positions. These positions require “people who have between 10 and 15 years of work experience and have played, during their last five years, roles similar to those of the position to which they are applying,” concludes Parra.

What to do if you have no experience?

It is key that you make a file with university papers or academic research, which you consider relevant. Recruiters’ recruiters can take into account this type of work and in them they can discover your work interests.

Omits very short experiences from your resume

If you are a professional with several years of experience, do not include work periods of two or three months. “If you didn’t adapt to the expectations of that job or had to retire for another reason, it’s best to exclude these references if they didn’t result in a meaningful experience that impacted your professional development. These quick entries and exits are questioned a lot in the labor market and can mean instability, in itself, a bad letter of introduction, “says Daniel Parra, Permanent Placement Manager of Adecco Colombia.

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Post your resume to the most requested offers in our offers Thursday

In our most recent ‘Thursday of offers’, the people who connected to the transmission left different comments through the different social networks (Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn) requesting support for the job search in different places in Colombia.

Post your resume to the most requested offers in our offers Thursday

This allows us to see the scope that this space has had, created so that our followers and, in general, those who are looking for work, can be hired as soon as possible.

Below we leave you some of the vacancies that the people who connected to the ‘Thursday of offers’ of May 19 requested the most. Do not hesitate to share this note with whoever needs it.

Warehouse assistant in Bogotá

Clinical psychologist in Bogotá

Security guard in Cali

Lawyers in Barranquilla

Job opportunities in Ibagué

Social worker in Medellin

Job offers in Postobón

Offers in the Occupational Health and Safety sector

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Never overdo it on your resume

Do not take risks with your resume, you must be sincere, honest and professional with the information you include in the document. The need to find a job can led you to oversize your skills or bizarrely title the positions you have previously held. In the interview they can discover these positions, work experiences or studies that you exaggerated with ‘subtlety’.

Never overdo it on your resume

According to a study conducted in Latin America by DNA Human Capital, Colombian candidates are the ones who lead the list of those who lie the most on their resumes. Hiding job opportunities for negative reasons or looking more suitable for a position are some of the reasons why data is often made up in resumes.

“These aspects are usually modified in the resumes to be able to pass the first filters that are in companies, since candidates are usually afraid of being discarded without having had the opportunity for an interview”, explainsAna María Briceño, Executive CEO at Talent SAS.

On the one hand, there are those candidates who try to strengthen previous positions through much more striking names that may be interesting for the recruiter. A risky move. The verification process does not only last in the interview, as the process progresses the candidates are examined in depth.

The data you provide can be corroborated with references that ask you

A candidate who advertises “with a more senior professional level, with more experience or more knowledge” can ruin his selection process, “for the recruiter it is easy to detect this makeup in the resume and could rule him out for the position and even for future selection processes”, says Alejandro Arevalo, executive manager of DNA Human Capital.

Playing with academia is also serious. Choosing to name different degrees, studies not completed or never completed can generate a bad image to your professional profile. If you manage to pass these and filters, your subsequent development in the company can give you away. There are applicants who have come to “put labor practices in companies that do not exist, generating inconsistencies in the resumes that can be easily detected in an interview,” says Briceño.

Do you understand some movies in English?

That is not enough to say that you handle the language perfectly. Nowadays some companies require up to 90% of English, which is understood, spoken and written. “To validate the level of English, recruiters often ask the candidate to have a conversation in this language and it is at that moment where real levels of knowledge come to light, often contrary or lower than what is announced in the resume,” says Arévalo.

You can prepare very well the speech you plan to give when an interviewer questions you about certain information on your resume, but references and databases can betray you. With just one call, a recruiter can find your previous bosses or jobs.

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Mistakes that will send your resume “to the trash”, according to Forbes

The Forbes Spain list lists nine aspects that can compromise your permanence in a selection process.

Mistakes that will send your resume to the trash, according to Forbes

 According to Forbes Spain magazine, “there are decisive aspects that will determine whether or not the person responsible for hiring you grants you a personal interview”, including the curriculum you present, either for a new job or a scholarship.

Good impressions are always decisive when you are looking for a job. Your resume is the cover letter that, depending on its content and style, will be the key to capturing interest in front of a potential

Here are the mistakes that, according to Forbes, “will send your CV to the trash”:

  1. Typos and grammatical errors: Watch out for your wording! The way you write about yourself and your experience will provide positive or negative clues to the recruiter. If your resume has typographical or spelling errors, it could be seen “as a lack of interest that can be shared by the person responsible for reading your resume and arranging a job interview,” says the magazine.
  2. Inappropriate links: ” There are jobs that may require an account in a social network, it is preferable to omit it if your profile is not suitable for the position, “is recommended in the publication. Social media is a double-edged sword. These can play a bad game if you publish content that is not related to your work portfolio or that is not liked by the employer.
  3. ‘White’ lies: Recruiters are cautious in their work; their task is to find the profile that firmly fits the vacancy. For this reason, do not exaggerate or deceive with skills and knowledge that you do not develop to the required level; You must “be honest and show a willingness to learn and expand your experience.”
  4. Salary Information: The publication advises that this aspect should preferably be addressed during the interview, since “information about the salary of the jobs you perform or have performed is totally unnecessary and may discourage our potential hires.”
  5. Ridiculous typography: Don’t try to ‘aesthetically’ impress the recruiter with your resume unnecessarily. If the position you’re applying for doesn’t require a high level of design, you can “use the simple fonts that come by default in Word,” using a font type that’s not readable or exaggerated can rule you out as an option, Forbes says.
  6. Do not mention our skills or experiences: Use dots or bullets that locate important dates and facts about your experience in previous positions and projects. Forbes recommends that this “information does not go in a single block where the person in charge of interviewing you has to search to get useful data from an alphabet soup.”
  7. Include what we don’t know how to do: Today, companies value the willingness to learn, but they do not seek to find an applicant who ‘sells’ in a negative way and highlights knowledge that he lacks. “Let’s not confuse being honest and, where appropriate, acknowledging lack of experience with mentioning everything we don’t know how to do,” the publication suggests.
  1. Nonsensical format: In general, most sectors require a resume that has an attractive but readable and simple presentation. Using a more ‘creative’ design is especially used “for designer or publicist positions, it can be a point in our favor”.
  2. Include totally irrelevant experiences: Keep specific points in your career that relate to the position you’re applying for. ” Adding experiences that do not contribute anything to your candidacy subtracts, and can mean the landing of your resume in the pile of no, “concludes the Forbes note.
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How to send your resume by email?

The job search is something in which there is a constant investment of time. Regularly, offers are published on platforms and social networks, in which email addresses are specified to send a resume that fits the offer.

How to send your resume by email

But how to write an email of these and what should we include? Today we give you five tips on the subject:

Write a short subject and get to the point:

Don’t spend more than 40 characters writing a subject. Announce that you apply for a vacancy, include the position and your name.

EJ: Application for vacancy: industrial engineer – Andrés Pereira.

Be respectful but not overly formal:

Say hello to the recruiter, person you’re targeting, or company, but don’t use an overly “confident” tone.

EJ: Best regards, Mrs. or Mr. Good afternoon or good morning.

The body of the mail:

Include at least two paragraphs where you tell how and where you found out about the vacancy, why you are interested and how your profile is suitable for it.

Example:I found this vacancy in ____ and I am interested in having my resume taken into account. I have two years of experience in project management and I have worked in two multinationals: _____, achieving _______ in each. I believe that my leadership skills, accounting and knowledge in computer tools would allow me to work excellently with you.

Attach your resume in a lightweight but interesting format:

Use digital tools or download Word templates to bring your summaries to life. Hereyou will find tips on how to make an effective and attractive resume. Announce to the recruiter that you added your resume to the email for consideration.

Example: I attach to the mail my data and my resume in PDF format, where you can find all my professional experience and detailed education.

Your signature and contact details:

This point is very important. Sometimes we don’t constantly check our inbox. Choose to have a signature containing your mobile number, a landline, an email or website where you can be contacted.

Example:

  • Andrés Pereira, systems engineer with a master’s degree in project management.
  • 30420188xx
  • 485309xx

Website: andrespereiraingeniero. site

Finally, thank them for their attention and invite them to review your resume.

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How to make your resume if you do not have work experience?

Joining the workforce is one of the challenges faced by thousands of Colombian professionals who complete their studies; And in order to take the step towards a first job, something crucial is the preparation and subsequent application of the resume, since it is the cover letter to a company and it depends on whether they will contact you in the future. 

How to make your resume if you do not have work experience

It is normal for there to be impatience when applying for a job offer, since most of the time experience is required to hold a position within a company. However, there are opportunities for those who do not have previous experience to fill a vacancy and here are some recommendations that you should take into account when preparing or modifying your resume to enter the labor market for the first time.

– The resume must have a maximum length of two pages.

– You must highlight your academic training.

– In the description of your professional profile you must comment on who you are, level of education, hard skills (software you know, communication skills, social network management) and soft skills (strengths or aptitudes such as innovation, leadership, teamwork, etc.) equipment, adaptability) with which you have accounts and short- and medium-term objectives. You can also mention your main interests, skills and why you are the best option for a company to hire you. The ideal is that the text does not exceed 5 lines.

– If you have a bachelor’s degree and have taken courses related to the vacancy for which you are applying, do not hesitate to highlight this information within the document. 

– If you have any recognition for any previous work carried out (research, awards, volunteering, or participation in projects), do not hesitate to place it on your resume, as this will allow your leadership capacity to be seen.

– As you do not have work experience, skip this part and continue with the rest of the information.

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How to make the resume if you do not have work experience?

Many young people who are completing their higher education want to enter the labor market. If you are one of those and do not know how to make your resume because you have no work experience, do not worry because here we want to give you the tools so you can create your resume that will be that cover letter in front of companies.

How to make the resume if you do not have work experience

We spoke withMaría Camila García Ortiz, junior e-hunters consultant, who explained that to make the resume, in this case, academic training must be taken into account.

“The achievements obtained within this training (seminars, presentations, academic tutorials with the institution) can be highlighted,” recommends the expert.

Remember tohighlightin-depth seminars that demonstrate that you have an interest in specific topics related to the vacancy. Garcia says that within the job profile you can include “with interest in complementing it with the activities about which you have knowledge and that you would like to perform.”

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Extension of the resume

A maximum oftwo pages.

What to answer in the interview when they ask about work experience?

Garcia stressed that when asked about the experience to a person who does not have a formalone, he should highlight the academic achievements or extracurricular activities that have involved the development of soft skills and where they have achieved significant achievements.

“It is important to highlight that when questions are asked about the experience, they seek to obtain information about the activities they have done, the achievements achieved, the development of skills and for this reason when a person has developed some extracurricular activities, they have the possibility of sharing valuable information,” said the e-hunters expert.

As for the references to complement the information, it is best to contact a teacher with whom you have shared extracurricular spaces such as research seedbeds, tutorials or others and who can highlight the person’s self-management skills. In other cases, some people volunteer and this can be included as work experience without economic remuneration.

Is it recommended to put a photo in the HV?

It is optional, howeverin some cases it is not necessary. But it can be a positive point when your resume is going to be used as a personal marketing tool.

Remember that this photo should not be the same as that of a social network. Do not use ‘selfies’ or personal photos. However, don’t forget that the photo is associated with the type of company you’d like to work for.

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How should the resume of a Community Manager be?

Undoubtedly, the community manager of a company is the figure that is not only responsible for the communication or digital image of a company or product, but also to identify and interact with the interests, tastes and needs of a digital audience, allowing there to be a growth of the brand for which it works.

How should the resume of a Community Manager be

Now, many professionals decide to direct their focus to this role, but this requires knowledge, skills, experiences and a profile that identifies it.

Consider these tips for your resume if you want to stand out in the job market as a ‘community manager’:

1. Highlight your technical skills: For recruiters it is important to have a professional who, in addition to being excellent in networks, -in case he deserves it- knows how to develop when creating a graphic piece or the basic editing of a video. However, it is a ‘plus’ skill, not mandatory.

“Currently the figure of the community manager is undergoing an evolution towards a mixed profile, which combines traditional skills of advertising and also in the field of corporate communication,” says Sol León, social media strategist at Habitant and teacher at Cerem International Business.

2. Detail your achievements: The ‘community’ can be supported by its results of figures, ‘engagement’ or indicators that it has achieved in the management of a project, brand or product, for example: interactions, shared publications, reach or reactions.

You can help yourself with graphs or curves that demonstrate the growth that a product, campaign or brand had during your management.

According to León, “it is essential to know and know how to develop analytical tasks, since it is usually the person who is responsible for preparing the monitoring reports of the strategy”.

3. Highlight what you know how to use: Learn to highlight your technical skills. Do not forget to include the level of management of tools such as the Adobe suite or Canva to design content. It is very important to announce if you have experience programming content, organizing and filtering metrics with Google Analytics or managing networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram through Hootsuite.

4. Take care of your spelling and writing: In your resume you must demonstrate -once again- that you are excellent with your writing, that through attractive and ingenious ‘copys’ or publications you can attract the attention of the public, yes, always with good spelling.

In addition, with Viviana Carolina Romero, professor in Marketing and Commercial Management at the Pilot University of Colombia, about the main knowledge that today is expected to be found in the curriculum of a ‘community’. She noted the following:

  • Digital Marketing and “omnichannel”.
  • Google Analytics.
  • SEO strategy.
  • SEM strategy.
  • Management of tools to manage digital advertising.
  • Development of ‘e-mail marketing’ campaigns.
  • Management of tools to apply the tactic of ‘marketing’ of proximity.