This tip is based on an interview with Steve Stoute,
chief executive of Translation LLC, an ad agency, conducted by Adam Bryant inThe New York Times, February 19, 2012. Mr. Stoute is also chairman of Carol’s
Daughter, a beauty products company.
Steve Stoute
wants your resumé to be a binding contract
complete with your signature. (That
sounds a bit extreme.) Stoute says, " … if you hire somebody who lies on
their resumé, they are putting other people they’re going to be working with in
jeopardy, because they’re saying they have a skill set they really don’t have."
He goes on to say, "You
can’t have people inside a company who are saying things but have no intention
of doing what they say. They might have good intentions when it leaves their
mouth, but that’s exactly where it ends."
Stoute's point is important to your
job search. First, you need to be honest
with yourself about who you are and the skills, strengths, experiences and
values you offer an employer. This
transparency should be reflected in your resumé and in the stories and
examples you relate in your interviews. Second, be the one who earned the title
of "go to person". The person on the team who always delivers.
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