Five Tips to Improve Your Professional Resume and Land an Outside Interview

When the time comes to look outside your current company for a new job, you need to take a good look at your resume to ensure that it is primed for getting attention from an outside employer. If up until now you’ve been applying to openings within your current company, climbing the internal ladder, your resume may need a serious revamp to help you get your foot in the door and land an interview with a new employer.

If you’ve been at your current company for a long time, and perhaps are even in the C-suite or an executive position, you probably know the company inside and out. You know when new positions are open, and you know exactly what to say to end up as a finalist for a new position when they are promoting internally. However, those same buzzwords and skills might not get attention the same way for an outside employer. It can be a challenge to get a new employer’s attention, so you might have to go a little bit further to connect the dots, show that your experience includes transferable skills and knowledge, and get attention. After all, an outside employer isn’t going to know your name and your accomplishments like your current employer does. You need to go the extra mile with your resume to get an interview. When you do, you’ll find yourself interviewing at more companies more often.