Office 2007 Product Key blog resumeresume

Recently I decided to discover new opportunities at Microsoft which are aligned to my profession aspirations. This meant that I needed to update my resume (which hasn’t been touched since 2005) with my work experience that I have gained over the last 4 years. Hmmm… what exactly did I do over the last 4 years? I must have sat there for 30 minutes with a blank resume while I tried to remember what I accomplished. Besides a general idea of the responsibilities I had,Office 2007 Product Key, I couldn’t remember the exact metrics I achieved, awards I won or extra projects I took on. That’s when it hit me that I shouldn’t have waited until I was looking for a new job to update my resume!Lucky for me, I had to document what I accomplished every year for my annual review at Microsoft, so I was able to reference what I had written in the past to help with what to write on my resume. Had I not been able to view those documents, I probably would have been up a creek without a paddle (so to speak) and might be still sitting here with that blank resume unsure of what to write. So my words of wisdom for the week are this: Whether you’re potentially exploring opportunities or think you’ll never leave your current job, dig out your resume and update it. You never know when you’ll need it and don’t want to go through the mental stress that I did. Plus, it gives you something fun to do on a Friday night… ok, maybe it just gives you something to do on a Friday night. -Lisa