self employed for TOO many years!!!
I have owned my own business for 16 years and raised my kids and helped my husband in his business and am now ready to go to work for someone else. How do I write a resume to let employers know I do have skills even though I have only used them in my own business. It sounds lame when I say I handle the book work for my business and for my husbands business.
The success of your business should speak for itself.
I am somewhat in the same boat as you, but I do not think there is anything wrong with a resume' that reflects that you have been self-employed. In addition to the usual "Summary," "Objective," and "Education" sections, I have divided my resume into the following section: 1. Projects / Accomplishments -- Here, I have a list of the major projects I have worked on and the things I accomplished in my business. This is roughly half of my resume' . 2. General Technical skills -- This is a simple list of skills and a very short discussion of my level of mastry of each. 3. Business / Managerial skills - This is a list of non-technical skills (I am a software engineer, so for me, it makes sense to have separate sections for technical (like programming oriented skills) vs. non-technical (managing people, selling, writing, etc...) types of skills. If you sit down and think about it you will probably find that you have acquired quite a few skills in running a business for such a long time. If your buisness is project oriented then you might also be able to compile a list of projects and / or accomplishments. | |
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