Writing a Resume With Salary History

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Pat Goodwin with patgoodwinassociates.com and today we are going to talk about how to write a resume with salary history. Many companies want to know what you have made or are making before they actually interview you so when you apply on line it is mandatory that you put a salary history but when you are developing a resume with salary history this is what I would suggest. The basic components of all resumes are pretty much the same. You are going to have your name centered in bold, all caps with maybe ten or eleven point, your contact information and a line or double line right under that then you are going to have the word summary centered, all caps in bold and three or four sentences about who you are, what you have done and maybe demonstrating how you think. Companies want to know what you have done when you have done it and where or when they need you they want to know how you think. So this is a perfect opportunity for you to sell yourself and if salary stands in the way they may be willing to see you based on how you develop your resume. So I would encourage you to be prepared to develop statements about your accomplishments so under professional experience you are going to have the name of the company, the most recent company you have worked with, city, state, and the dates to the far right. Underneath the company if you don't think they'll know who this company is, you can go to their website and see what they say and add a sentence about their company. Then underneath that would be your title and then you would begin to build your accomplishment statements. Building a resume with reflecting salary history you could put a range. I have seen resumes where underneath each company at the bottom of the last bullet they would put salary range or the salary if you want to be totally honest about the salary, then underneath each company you would reflect each salary that you made. Your salary includes your total compensation so you might want to think about what was my total compensation it wasn't necessarily my take home pay. Then you would have your next job and follow that format. At the bottom of the first page or the top of the second page as you go through your work history you are going to then come to education and education would be what experience do you have in college. If you have received a degree you would put the name of the degree first, the name of the college, the city, state and the date of graduation. If you are concerned about discrimination, age discrimination, don't put the date. Underneath that if you have not completed college but you have some hours toward college you would put 100 hours business degree and the name of the college, city, state, dates. If you want to just not have the salary history underneath each company then at the bottom of the second page you can put salary requirements colon. Looking for an opportunity in the range of and always go about what you were making. Don't go too far below what you are making unless you have determined you can take a reduction in pay and then if you can't take a reduction in pay put the starting salary. Let's look at an example of $50,000 so salary range, seek an opportunity in the range of 50 to $65,000. Always give yourself a raise and that is how I would suggest you develop a resume reflecting salary history."