Blogging has taken a back seat this week to a much more important task: redeveloping my resume. My wish is that the resume wasn’t so important in order to open career doors, but in today’s game it is a key that’s worth shining up. You’ll find my online resume and downloadable Word document over in the right column (the place where it inconspicuously says: HIRE ME).

You might be asking this question: Why in the world are you doing this? My response: Why not? This blog is chock full of my philosophy toward work, organizations, leadership, and other assorted items. What you might not know is what I’ve actually accomplished. Heck, before I started to redraft my resume, I don’t think I truly knew how to articulate it (at least in terms of organizational development work). That’s the hard part of making a career transition: describing experience and skills in one profession in a way that successfully relates it to another. It’s a process I call connecting the dots.

I would like to thank a couple of people who didn’t exactly know they were being helpful in my resume redrafting:

• Louise Fletcher at Blue Sky Resumes who has an excellent downloadable Resume Writing Guide that offers step-by-step tips and format templates.
• Lisa Haneberg, who recently asked me to take a look at a chapter she’s writing on OD, gave me terrific ideas for how to frame my experiences and skills for an Organizational Development position.

The big shift for me in the process is that I am not an association management professional transitioning to be an OD specialist. Instead, I am an OD specialist. Honestly, I was an OD specialist in my last job, I just didn’t have that title.

So, if you are looking for someone who is passionate about helping your organization to thrive in these chaotic times and helping your people to connect more soulfully with their work, please contact me. I am uniquely tuned to this type of career. How many folks can say that?