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Purpose and Benefits	My Work History Complete	My Skills Inventory	My Functional Inventory or Areas of Expertise

·         Take these private documents with you in a separate folder to each job interview, in case you are given an application to fill out. 

·         Do NOT show these to prospective employers or recruiters, or anyone.  They are cheat sheets for your own private use!

·         These documents are extremely handy to have, are well worth the time to gather & record the information, and will save you much time and frustration later.

·         Once these documents have been created, the information is at your fingertips; you know right where it is.

1.      Save a copy of your resume under this file naming convention or your own:

·         C:\My Documents\Job\My Resume\Keep Private\Work History 2002-mm-dd Complete.doc or .txt

2.      Remove everything except your work history.

3.      Save it.

4.      For each job listed, append:

• Company addr, ph, fax, url
• Manager, immediate supervisors, references
  each with title, email address, ph#, home phone number in case they change jobs
• Temporary agency, addr, ph, fax, url, acct rep, recruiter (if applicable)
• Start & end pay & job titles
• Real reason why you left
• Good reason why you left (and have this well rehearsed)

5.      Save and print it.

• Many sites and job applications want you to rate your skills, in slightly different formats.
• Save a copy of your http://www.monster.com resume under this file naming convention or your own:

·         C:\My Documents\Job\My Resume\Keep Private\Skills Inventory 2002-mm-dd.doc or .txt

• Remove everything except your skills inventory.
• Some want the last year used, others just want the total years used, so put both on your private copy.
• Add comments.
• Save and print it.
• This is especially handy where you have performed a skill on and off or part time.
• Sample:

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• The focus here is on functional responsibilities or application environments or areas of expertise when there are more than one of these you are interested in pursuing.
• For example, contracting as a Programmer/Analyst for many years in a variety of application and business environments, or otherwise moving around a lot.  That way you can add up all the 3 months here and there just once.
• Otherwise, this document is somewhat like your skills inventory, and may be appended to it instead of creating a separate document.
• The next time a job opening wants experience on financial applications, your figures are all ready.
• Sample: