Your Resume can Secure a Salary Beyond your Expectations

To many candidates, a resume is simply a document that details their progression from school and university through each different role to date in their career. While it is quite true that this is the ultimate purpose of the resume, it is also true to say that it can secure for the successful candidate a new role at a salary that far surpasses your immediate expectations.

The reason that your resume can make this possible is twofold. Firstly, a strong resume will offer you an opportunity to demonstrate the many ways in which your employment will yield results and enhance company success. Secondly, smart candidates understand that by quantifying the percentage of growth, sales, profitability or cost reductions that they have the ability to make within an organization will prompt an employer to sit up and take notice. Hiring managers understand that candidates who can transform operational success and generate more sales or decrease costs are certainly worth an additional $10,000 or $20,000 in salary expenditure. An additional salary hike is obviously a far more cost effective method of spending money as it requires considerably less operational spend than losing thousands of dollars in operational inefficiencies or down turned sales and profit margins.

Employers will agree to pay highly competitive salaries to candidates who prove themselves an asset to the company and who demonstrate an ability to increase overall profitability whatever form that may take. This doesn't mean that you have to be a master sales person or a highly successful operations manager with a unique ability to reduce costs. Whatever your occupation and background, you simply must demonstrate an ability to enhance company success and effect the bottom dollar whether it is through customer service, administration, marketing etc. Whatever your skills or area of expertise, successful businesses rely on employees who have the ability to shape the organization.

With rising costs and increased expenditure, companies and organizations find being in business more challenging than ever before. Investment in new employees needs to generate a return if it is to prove viable, and for this reason employers are prepared to pay top dollar for highly talented candidates. Your resume is the only forum that you have when it comes to making an initial impression. You may be the most personable, charismatic candidate that has ever walked through the doors of an interview, but no one will get the opportunity to find out if you don't present your candidacy and market your skills and experience effectively.

We cannot stress enough how vital it is to make an employer want to hire you. You have to demonstrate your level of expertise, proven record of success, accomplishments, achievements, experience and the personal qualities and characteristics that are integral to your career success. All of these factors play a part in profiling your candidacy. You cannot be happy to simply sit back and wait for an employer to knock on your door. We all live in the real world and understand that things like this don't happen. The cold harsh reality is that the job market is highly competitive and the business world highly challenging. To ensure that both employers and employees find a common ground, there has to be a need and a solution. The employer has a need to make money and develop a successful business. The employee has a need to make a good salary and find a role that challenges and fulfills them.

Because every single candidate submits their resume with the same mandate, it is critical that you provide an employer with the kind of information that makes them want to meet you personally. Your resume is your 'Golden Ticket'. It is the only way that you can secure that all important meeting and give yourself an opportunity to demonstrate on a face to face basis the certain contribution you can make for a new employer.

Understanding an employer's requirements is of paramount importance when creating a resume and cover letter. That is not to say that you develop a resume that only responds to a specific job specification or advertisement. It means that you need to understand the employer's requirements and demonstrate where your experience and expertise has met each of these requirements for a previous employer. It means matching your knowledge and abilities to the position and demonstrating an ability to make an immediate and significant contribution.

Employers want to hire employees who can think on their feet and who have a proven ability to hit the ground running. Your resume must reflect this. It must blend your professional experience with the very characteristics that are inherent to you personally. It is this mix that will market you as a candidate of choice and generate that all-important interview.

Remember, your resume really does count so you have to take it seriously. Don't underestimate the power of your resume in your job search or salary negotiations. The salary negotiation is obviously the most unpleasant part of the job searching process. It is difficult to negotiate terms for both salary and benefits as you strive to create a positive impression with a new employer. The hiring manager undoubtedly holds the cards in this situation as they can afford to set terms without losing face. The candidate who argues or stubbornly refuses to move within the negotiation process risks the wrath of the hiring manager before setting foot inside the door. For this reason, it is critically important that your resume determine a solid baseline. If your resume sets your salary at a higher rate than expected the negotiations can only go one way, as you will have nothing to risk. You will be in a position to start at a higher dollar amount and can therefore secure a higher salary without conflict.

You maintain strong professional relations with your potential employer and secure a better salary. It makes for a good working relationship and great career prospects!

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