{"id":2930,"date":"2011-08-15T07:47:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T11:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2024-03-08T04:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T09:44:04","slug":"future-of-executive-resume-according-to-martin-yate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/future-of-executive-resume-according-to-martin-yate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of the Executive Resume According to Martin Yate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I posted the first part of a Q & A I had with\u00a0my friend and colleague, Martin Yate\u00a0(@KnockemDead<\/a> on Twitter), job search expert and renowned writer of the Knock ’em Dead series of career and job search books.<\/p>\n

In that post, he answered my questions about the top two biggest mistakes <\/a>he\u2019s seen executives make with their job search efforts, how they should approach hiring managers, and what executive job search will look like in 10 years.<\/p>\n

In his latest book, Knock \u2018em Dead: Secrets & Strategies for Success in an Uncertain World<\/a>, which I was thrilled to contribute to, Martin reveals how to take control of your job search, career, and life.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s his take on the future of the executive resume:<\/em><\/p>\n

Is the traditional paper\/digital resume dead? Is it no longer a critical component in one\u2019s job search toolkit?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There is nothing I like about the traditional paper\/digital resume \u2014\u00a0they are hell to write and once they\u2019re written you know that no one is rushing into the office looking forward to an exciting day of resume reading.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, I don\u2019t think the resume is dead or dying or that it will be replaced by streamed video resumes, personally branded websites or anything else in the near future. The traditional paper\/digital resume continues to evolve and is not in danger of imminent demise.<\/p>\n

Technology constantly makes new tools and services possible and these tools often get applied to the world of resumes. Any new approach that renders the paper\/digital resume obsolete must do so by improved speed and performance in the evaluation of the customer, and it must be affordable by the vast majority of job seekers. That hasn\u2019t happened yet and I don\u2019t see the applied technology that will bring it to pass anytime soon.<\/p>\n

What I do see are technology applications that make greater depth of evaluation possible. Yes, a personal website that brands you is a plus, assuming you can afford it and have something worth branding. And yes a streamed video resume can also be a plus, again assuming you can afford it, and that you are telegenic and natural in front of a camera, something very few people are.<\/p>\n

These and other approaches like them are genuinely exciting new tools. Well kinda new, video resumes were first promoted as the next big thing twenty-eight years ago in 1983. But given the customers\u2019 needs \u2014 for a tired and distracted recruiter or hiring manager, who just wants the facts and wants them fast \u2014 the paper\/digital resume is tough to beat.<\/p>\n

For you, a properly crafted resume is both the process and the tool with which, as a professional, you first succinctly define who you are and what you can deliver to an employer. On the other side of the desk, recruiters and hiring managers:<\/p>\n