Job Seekers: Crafting Resumes and Career Narratives with Keelan Hawkins

Writing a resume is hard for most people. OK, I’ll say it: the process sucks. Keelan Hawkins and I recently met when she was helping me rewrite my resume, and while I thought my resume and career story was pretty good before, I can confidently say both are much better now. Keelan not only makes the process easier, her focus is in empowering people to be better equipped to tell a clearer, more relevant career narrative and having a better resume that highlights that career narrative. Keelan brings a thoughtful process and approach that invites the individual to explore their purpose and their impact, and to be vulnerable in understanding what is meaningful for the individual. It is from that understanding that a relevant and differentiated story can begin to be told.In this episode, Keelan answers the following questions:- What is the best resume advice?- What are hiring managers looking for in a resume and interview?- How to re-write your resume to get attention?- Why is answering 'Why do I do what I do?' so important to your resume and career narrative?Keelan a Master’s degree in Creative Writing and Poetry from Bowling Green State and a Master’s degree in Rhetoric and Composition from Appalachian State. It is not hard to image how poetry and rhetoric would be helpful in writing a resume and crafting a career narrative. Keelan is also a career coach, an instructor, and a writer, and in this conversation, we get to hear how this background of seemingly separate journeys weave together to create an amazingly strong and resilient tapestry that empowers and informs this work. I’m excited to share this conversation with Keelan because she has a superhero power most of us can benefit from. Based on my experiences, anyone that can make that process easier and can help us craft a better career story, that is undoubtedly a superhero power with a meaningful impact on others. The book mentioned in the episode: “Triggering Town” by Richard Hugohttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/67599 For those interested in hiring Keelan for career narrative consultation, you can reach out to Keelan at [email protected] If you like the conversation, please share this episode with one other person. Thank you!Music in this episode created by Ian Kastner. "What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations where I speak with interesting people about their special talent or superhero power and the meaningful impact it has on others. The intention is to learn more about their experience with their superhero power, and in doing so a maybe learn something about the special talent in each of us that makes us unique. "What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/