Thursday, April 21, 2016

Returning to the Workforce - Use Job Titles Effectively

Reentering the workforce after raising your kids and becoming an empty nester is a difficult thing to explain in a resume. 

These are my notes from another book idea from the Resume Psychology series.

Remember the narrative of your story is yours to craft. 

Who are you? Guess what? You decide. 

Whatever you decide, it has to "feel" authentic and genuine to you. 

In presenting your narrative realize "they" don't really care one way or the other. 

Think about it, if they want someone re-entering the workforce, what you are is unimportant compared to who you become working for them.

Be consistent, prepared and own the narrative. 

Be open to testing variations until you start gaining traction. 

Job Titles for Parents/Spouses

  • Stay at Home
  • Work at Home
  • Spouse
  • Mom
  • Dad
  • Parent
  • Empty-nester
  • Career changer

Pseudo Job-Title or Job Function or Transition Statement

  • Re-entering workforce
  • Seeking re-employment (among the adult population)
  • Seeking new employment (for pay)
  • Seeking employment

SAMPLE - 1
Stay-at-Home Parent
Reentering the work force
Targeting entry level [insert-job-title] positions

Debrief:
This is a little long. But – is very clear or obvious. The reader will see "Job-Title" quickly as it trails down from the word "force." Probably my favorite option, initially. 

SAMPLE - 2
Reentering the work force; former stay-at-home [parent, spouse, mom, dad, empty-nester]
Targeting entry level Analyst opening

Debrief:
"Reentering" is more important compared to mentioning the home-status. This means, it should come first on the line or first in the paragraph.
The word “openings" is vague on purpose (the one time being vague is allowed). This allows the reader to fill-in the job-title; which will be based on their bias, habit, needs… all timing related.

Sample - 3
Reentering the work force
Targeting [Job-Title]
(Empty-nester seeking re-employment)

Debrief:
Now - I do not recommend using parentheses in an email signature; but we frame the most important things first (reentry/Job-Title) and the parenthesis allow us to explain a great deal without over burdening the eye or short-term memory with more “letters.”
The risk - they never see the empty-nester [pseudo job-title] which may or may not be a bad thing.

SAMPLE - 4
Former Business Analyst
Reentering the workforce
Targeting entry-level Scrum opens

Debrief:
This is an effort to present the previous work experience while explaining the current situation; being as fact-based as possible.
Jobs are important, so show some respect by avoiding all the cutesy or euphemistic attempts at humor to soften the truth/details of your previous work-status being a time-machine trip in your career history.

AND - It explains the situation and the goal (landing a J.O.B.) in very short order.

Recruiters and hiring managers can respect that.

This can keep you top-of-mind for future openings if they appreciated your approach and can leverage it to their advantaged (cheap labor).

This example may have become my new favorite. Why?

The reentering telegraphs the truth! You have been away from that job.

And - no one will be surprised about when you were that-job. They will check.

If it was a mom & pop operation, a now out-of-business company or legacy-vendor merged into something new; you are stuck with their bias. You can sell it as an advantage easier by being real at the start.

But they see early on, you were a working person, turned work-at-home parent (versus prison time, extended medical leave, alien-abduction), and now the kids are off to college, you are on the good-meds or the aliens requested a refund... whatever the case.


To your best resume yet,

Dirk Spencer
Recruitment Consultant
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