SHOULD YOUR RESUMÉ HAVE AN OBJECTIVE STATEMENT?

The standard resumé template usually has all the fields you expect to find on a document that sums up all your employability: there’s work experience, educational background, skills, and “other” skills. Then there’s that big one right underneath where your name goes that says “Objective Statement.” What exactly is an objective statement and why is it there at the top of your resumé? More importantly, do you even need it there?

What is an objective statement?

An objective statement is a short sentence defining your aim in sending along your resumé. It should be lean and to the point. In most cases, it means basically stating the name of the position that you are looking to fill. If you want to be fancier, you could say that you were looking to grow your experience in the field and advance.

Great! So I’ll put one on top of my resumé.

Not so fast. The thing about objective statements is that they are largely not used anymore. Some of the templates that people do still use continue to have an “Objective Statement” field, and that may be why people go out of their way to fill that space. The objective statement is falling out of use because all it does is basically tell the prospective employer exactly what they know—that you want the job they’re offering. They waste space, and distract from more important information, such as your skills.

I get it. No objective statement. What should I include?

Instead of objective statements most resumés will include career profiles instead.

What is a career profile?

Career profiles are a heading that goes on the top of your resumé just like an objective statement. The difference is that instead of stating what you want out of the job, it highlights the things you have to offer a company or employer. It’s the qualities you hope will make you stand out in the stack of applications. In effect, it is like moving the skills section of your resumé all the way to the top combined with a summary of the value you and your experiences will bring to a company.

Well, what does that look like?

Your career profile should look something like this:

Motivated team leader with outstanding interpersonal skills and a competitive work ethic. Four years experience working in hotel management. Speaks both English and Spanish fluently. Excels in customer service settings and is devoted to raising brand awareness. Social media expert.

The shorter the better. Now that you have ditched the objective statement and know how to put together a decent career profile, you are on your way to landing that new position.

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Warren Buffett Tells You How to Turn $40 Into $10 Million

By Patrick Morris 

Warren Buffett is perhaps the greatest investor of all time, and he has a simple solution that could help an individual turn $40 into $10 million.

A few years ago, Berkshire Hathaway CEO and Chairman Warren Buffett spoke about one of his favorite companies, Coca-Cola, and how after dividends, stock splits, and patient reinvestment, someone who bought just $40 worth of the company's stock when it went public in 1919 would now have more than $5 million.  

Source: Coca-Cola.

Yet in April 2012, when the board of directors proposed a stock split of the beloved soft-drink manufacturer, that figure was updated and the company noted that original $40 would now be worth $9.8 million. A little back-of-the-envelope math of the total return of Coke since May 2012 would mean that $9.8 million is now worth about $10.8 million.

The power of patienceI know that $40 in 1919 is very different from $40 today. However, even after factoring for inflation, it turns out to be $540 in today's money. Put differently, would you rather have an Xbox One, or almost $11 million?

But the thing is, it isn't even as though an investment in Coca-Cola was a no-brainer at that point, or in the near century since then. Sugar prices were rising. World War I had just ended a year prior. The Great Depression happened a few years later. World War II resulted in sugar rationing. And there have been countless other things over the past 100 years that would cause someone to question whether their money should be in stocks, much less one of a consumer-goods company like Coca-Cola.

The dangers of timing
Yet as Buffett has noted continually, it's terribly dangerous to attempt to time the market:

"With a wonderful business, you can figure out what will happen; you can't figure out when it will happen. You don't want to focus on when, you want to focus on what. If you're right about what, you don't have to worry about when" 

So often investors are told they must attempt to time the market, and begin investing when the market is on the rise, and sell when the market is falling.

This type of technical analysis of watching stock movements and buying based on how the prices fluctuate over 200-day moving averages or other seemingly arbitrary fluctuations often receives a lot of media attention, but it has been proved to simply be no better than random chance. 

Investing for the long termIndividuals need to see that investing is not like placing a wager on the 49ers to cover the spread against the Cowboys, but instead it's buying a tangible piece of a business.

It is absolutely important to understand the relative price you are paying for that business, but what isn't important is attempting to understand whether you're buying in at the "right time," as that is so often just an arbitrary imagination.

In Buffett's own words, "if you're right about the business, you'll make a lot of money," so don't bother about attempting to buy stocks based on how their stock charts have looked over the past 200 days. Instead always remember that "it's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price."

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CV vs Resume: Apa Yang Anda Perlu Tahu? Pencari Kerja Harus Baca

Pernahkah anda terfikir, apakah jenis dokumen yang perlu digunakan untuk permohonan kerja? Antara curriculum vitae (CV) dan resume, yang manakah lebih sesuai digunakan untuk pasaran kerja di Malaysia? Memang benar kedua-dua dokumen ini merupakan dokumen yang mengandungi senarai maklumat paling relevan mengenai seseorang yang digunakan dalam pencarian kerja. Namun begitu, istilah CV dan resume ini secara umumnya diguna pakai secara bertukar ganti, dan tidak ramai yang mengetahui bahawa kedua-dua dokumen ini banyak perbezaannya.

Artikel ini ditulis dengan tujuan untuk menghuraikan dengan lebih lanjut perbezaan antara CV dan resume serta dokumen yang lebih sesuai digunakan untuk pasaran kerja di Malaysia. Diharapkan dengan penulisan artikel ini, segala persoalan dan kekeliruan anda tentang penggunaan CV dan resume untuk permohonan kerja akan terjawab.

Umumnya, terdapat beberapa perbezaan asas mengenai kedua-dua dokumen ini. CV merupakan dokumen dengan maklumat lengkap dan berstruktur tentang pengalaman profesional dan kelayakan seseorang, manakala resume ialah dokumen yang sama tetapi dalam format yang sangat ringkas. Inilah sebab mengapa CV biasanya mengandungi dua hingga empat muka surat manakala resume biasanya tidak melebihi satu muka surat.

CV merupakan dokumen yang paling diterima pakai untuk permohonan kerja di kebanyakan negara di seluruh dunia termasuk Malaysia. Anda akan menemui beberapa perbezaan dari segi susunan dan penyampaian CV dari satu negara ke negara yang lain. Walau bagaimanapun, isi kandungannya tetap sama pada dasarnya. Resume pula merupakan dokumen yang paling diterima pakai untuk permohonan kerja di Amerika Syarikat dan Kanada.

CV

Ciri-ciri utama CV disenaraikan secara ringkas di bawah:

– CV yang ideal hanya mengandungi dua muka surat, walaupun ia boleh menjangkau sehingga empat muka surat

– CV menyenaraikan semua pengalaman profesional serta pencapaian terkini individu terbabit sebelum CV dihantar kepada majikan yang berpotensi dan ditulis dalam susunan kronologi terbalik (iaitu pencapaian terkini ditulis terlebih dahulu)

– CV merangkumi segala yang telah dilakukan oleh individu terbabit sama ada dibayar atau tidak dibayar; oleh itu, CV boleh mengandungi segala pembabitan dalam aktiviti berbentuk sukarelawan

– CV adalah sangat sistematik dan biasanya disediakan dalam susunan tertentu bergantung sama ada individu terbabit merupakan graduan yang baru tamat belajar atau telah mempunyai pengalaman kerja

– CV biasanya disertakan dengan cover letter (surat pengiring).  Cover letter ini bertujuan meringkaskan kandungan dalam CV dan kesesuaian individu terbabit dengan kerja yang dipohon

Resume

Ciri-ciri utama resume disenaraikan secara ringkas di bawah:

– Resume sepatutnya tidak melebihi satu muka surat, tetapi ia boleh menjangkau sehingga dua muka surat dalam keadaan tertentu

– Resume ialah dokumen ringkas yang menonjolkan kemahiran dan pencapaian utama individu terbabit

– Resume hanya mengandungi maklumat yang berkaitan dengan kerja yang dipohon dan kesemua maklumat tersebut terkandung dalam satu muka surat sahaja

– Resume menyerlahkan kemahiran dan pencapaian individu terbabit sebagai maklumat utama yang perlu ada selain maklumat-maklumat lain yang relevan

– Resume biasanya tidak disertakan dengan cover letter kerana sebab utama anda menyerahkan resume adalah untuk mempercepatkan proses permohonan anda; cover letter akan melambatkan proses tersebut

Perbezaan CV dan resume secara ringkas:

CV – panjang (2 muka surat), mengandungi semua maklumat pengalaman profesional yang terkini & format susunan kronologi terbalik

Resume – pendek (1 muka surat), hanya mengandungi maklumat yang disesuaikan dengan kerja yang dipohon & tiada format tertentu

Akhir sekali, seperti yang dinyatakan di atas, CV dengan panjang 2 muka surat amat sesuai digunakan untuk permohonan kerja di Malaysia manakala resume lebih sesuai digunakan di Amerika Syarikat dan Kanada. Diharapkan penulisan artikel ini dapat meningkatkan pemahaman anda tentang perbezaan antara CV dan resume serta penggunaannya dalam permohonan kerja anda.

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