Cricket

Submitted by wendii on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:14.
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For those of you who don’t know, cricket is a game played by men in white clothes which is almost as confusing as baseball. It is subtle, compelling and very British. My parents always watched the cricket when I was a child, and I absorbed enough to understand the game but I’m not really a sports fan and I don’t watch now.

Last weekend though, I was at my parent’s house, dozing gently on the sofa and vaguely listening to the commentary. The commentator was talking about one of the team members and saying that he wasn’t really contributing to the team in terms of skills but that ‘he has a character, that when he’s on the field, he lifts the whole team’.

We’ve said before on Career Tools that performance is not the only requirement of a great career. Relationships – our effect on other people – is just as important. The player they were talking about may not score the most runs, may not be the best fielder, may not make the best contribution to the overall score, but because he brings everyone up, because he makes it easier for better players to play at their best, he is vital to the team. It’s ok if there are better players than you on your team; sometimes your job is not to be brilliant yourself, but to enable others to be their best.

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Submitted by parritch on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 14:55.

How do you convey that on a resume?

Wendii,

Quite true.  I'm struggling with how get that across to recruiters. 

The M-T resume is about our performance;  an intangible like "brings everyone up" is hard to get onto the resume.  How much money did that save?  I don't know.

From a recruiter's perspective, what clues / words on a resume would help you realize that you have a "sparkplug" in front of you? 

Parritch

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Submitted by wendii on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 17:43.

Hi Parritch

That's a good question.

It is hard to get across 'sparkplug' in a resume - and to a certain extent I don't think you should try.

You can see hints on a resume if you look at a lot - things like a good academic achievements, a relatively rapid ascent, bigger accomplishments than the job title would imply and BIG projects, but none of those are things you can change now.

The job of the resume is to get you the interview. What gets you the interview is solid accomplishments, expressed well, and a clear fit with the role.

Once you have the interview, THEN you need to work on the 'sparkplug'ism - and if you've listened to the interview series, you'll know that's all about energy.

So, don't worry about showing 'sparkplug' in the resume, make sure it shows your accomplishments in the best light, get the interview and then be a 'sparkplug'.

I hope that helps, please ask more questions if I'm not clear.

Wendii