4 Ways to Prepare Your Resume for the New Year
Do your New Year’s resolutions include making a career change? Follow these tips to be sure your resume is career ready. Make sure your contact information is up-to-date Did you get a new phone number or move? Do you have a new email address you’re currently using? If so, does your resume reflect the change? Not being able to get a hold of a good candidate because the contact information listed on the resume is incorrect is one of the top frustrations of recruiters. Don’t let outdated information cost you that new career! Check formatting and grammar Make sure your resume is free of errors. Small typos might not seem like that big of a deal, but hiring managers can see them as red flags. This small mistake might give the impression that you don’t pay attention to details or that you might make mistakes while on the job. Small errors while performing job duties can cost companies money. In a manager’s sea of resumes, the ones with errors usually wind up in the “no” pile. Clearly state completed degrees and other training Did you finish a degree or other training course but your resume still says “expected…”? If you finished any trainings or programs that will enhance your employability skills, highlight it. Don’t leave an employer guessing if you finished. It’s not necessary to put a graduation date, but be sure to make it clear that you finished by using words like “completed” or “obtained”. Make sure your objectives are in line with the position This is where a little research can go a long way. If the position you are applying to is a second shift job doing working in the community and you list on your resume that you are seeking an office position with regular morning hours, your resume might not wind up on the top of a hiring manager’s list of applicants to call. Be sure to research positions and make sure they are in line with your career objectives. Latrice is a staff recruiter at Adult and Child Center and is the center point of contact for all people who are interested in working for Adult and Child Center. Watch her blog for information about hiring at A&C and tips for breaking into this rewarding industry. Want to learn more? Follow her blog Read past entries Find career opportunities at Adult and Child.
NAMI Family to Family
FROM DESPAIR and ISOLATION to HOPE and EMPOWERMENT This 11-week class is for parents, siblings, spouses, adult children, friends and significant others of persons with a serious psychiatric illness, such as major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and PTSD. Wednesdays March 25 through June 3 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Adult and Child Center 8320 Madison Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227 Linda Williams & Sue Tarplee, Instructors Classes are offered without charge. ** Registration is required** Since classes fill up quickly, early registration is recommended. To register, call NAMI Indianapolis at 317-257-7517 or email [email protected] F2F 2015 Spring AdultChild (2)
Support ADULT&child Center as you shop @ AmazonSmile
Adult and Child Center is very proud of the effort our clinical staff give their consumer families each day. We have often been asked how people from our community can get involved in our mission. Well, here is a perfectly simple way to help! Simply link your amazon account to “Adult and Child Mental Health Center, Inc” and 0.5% of your purchases will go to Adult and Child! As this fund grows, Adult and Child Center will distribute 100% of the funding to A&C teams in the form of small grants to support clinical service innovation which is not currently reimbursable. We do this, because we know, every family has different and unique needs and we want to encourage our staff to innovate. Please follow the link below to register your AmazonSmile account to A&C and forward to your friends and family!
Host a Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid is an internationally recognized education and empowerment curriculum designed to reduce mental health stigma and educate citizens around identifying and engaging people who experience symptoms of mental illness. Peer-reviewed studies published in Australia, where the program originated, show that individuals trained in the program: Grow their knowledge of signs, symptoms and risk factors of mental illnesses and addictions. Can identify multiple types of professional and self-help resources for individuals with a mental illness or addiction. Increase their confidence in and likelihood to help an individual in distress. Show increased mental wellness themselves. Studies also show that the program reduces the social distance created by negative attitudes and perceptions of individuals with mental illnesses. Mental Health First Aid USA is listed in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. NREPP is a searchable database of mental health and substance abuse interventions to help the public find programs and practices that may best meet their needs and learn how to implement them in their communities. All interventions in the registry have been independently assessed and rated for quality of research and readiness for dissemination. Adult and Child Center is very proud to have multiple Mental Health First Aid Trainers on staff. If your agency is interested in hosting one of these 8 hour events, please contact our development department at [email protected] or 317.893.0336. A summary of Mental Health First Aid is available by clicking here.
