Whether you are currently employed or not, you should schedule an appointment with yourself to review and update your resume every six months. This proactive approach will ensure that you are prepared for whatever life may bring your way.
By reviewing your resume every six months, you will be able to capture the new tasks, duties and accomplishments you have recently achieved. It is so much easier to summarize this information over a small period of time as compared to trying to remember everything noteworthy you did over a five year span. Keep in mind that your resume is always a work in progress. Do not worry about having too much content; it will be much easier to customize when the time arises than it will be to start from scratch.
With this plan, you will be prepared to move whenever the urge strikes. So, make a commitment to yourself to schedule that Resume Update Appointment. No, I mean actually go schedule an appointment – put a recurring reminder into your Outlook calendar, your smart phone calendar, or someplace where it will physically beep at you and remind you to perform this task on a regular basis. Go do it now! You will thank yourself later.
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