How to Write a Resume About Your Business
In the same way job seekers market their services, skills and expertise to a company, businesses often find great utility in writing a resume that profiles the abilities and industry experience that company can offer to prospective consumers and prospective venture partners. As a marketing tool, there are few more readily accepted formats than the resume. However, there are certain subtle differences that must be kept in mind when you are marketing a business instead of an individual.
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Instructions
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Highlight your business successes by summarizing profit/revenue streams. These will include ongoing venture partnerships, developing markets, and successful product or service launches. This demonstrates both current business success as well as an indication of your prospects in the near future.
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Describe your track record in business, including internal decisions that have led to that success. This includes hiring decisions of key leadership and management positions. List your business' major assets, proprietary technology, patents, and facilities that give your business a competitive edge in your industry.
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Show how your business has impacted the industry in a meaningful way. If your business has been an industry cornerstone this may not be difficult at all. However, if you are a new market entrant, you will need to show how your presence in your business arena will have impact.
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Describe how your business has shielded itself from external environmental changes. Show potential business investors, partners, and other stakeholders how you will be able weather oncoming economic, political, or social changes that may impact your industry because of your diligence and proactive planning.
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Depict the internal environment of your business. Show how your operations, management, and human resources strategies are all working in concert to further your company's long- and short-term business goals.
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Tips & Warnings
While it is acceptable to employ a certain amount of latitude when alliterating the various positive aspects of your business, remember to stay honest. As beneficial as an overwhelmingly positive a resume for your business can be in marketing your brand, it could also be a public relations catastrophe if you are caught deliberately misleading your audience.
