Is Your Resume Effective?

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Effective??  Is your sponsorship resume doing its job - is it getting you sponsored??

Here are some basic tips for any resume:

1) Spell Check!!!  Typos and improper grammar will get your resume tossed in the recycle bucket.

2) Be Concise - expect your resume to get a 30-second look by a potential sponsor - what will be their initial impression of you based on what they see/read??  Don't waste this person's time by making them read through a lot of material - be short and to the point.

3) Your resume should satisfy a potential sponsor's need - exposing new customers to their product(s).

4) Find yourself a critic - someone who will give you some honest advice and their initial impression upon reading your resume.

5) Consider using a bullet format versus longer paragraph format.

6) Be positive!!  Everybody likes an optimist - especially someone looking for someone to represent them and their products.

7) Use words of action.  Example - Briefed 25 boy scouts on the proper way to handle fish after catching them.

Many more tips out there - these are a few that come to mind.