Have you ever wondered how to dazzle job interviewers when they ask, "Can you walk me through your resume?" Join career expert and award-winning author Andrew LaCivita as he discusses walk me through your resume: best way to respond! -------------------- SEE FULL WEBISODE ON MY BLOG -------------------- Check out Walk Me Through Your Resume: Best Way to Respond on my Tips for Work and Life Blog with the video, podcast, full transcript, and more!: http://milewalk.com/mwblog/walk-me-through-your-resume-best-way-to-respond -------------------- CONNECT WITH ANDREW -------------------- Join Andrew’s email list: http://milewalk.com/mwblog Get Andrew’s books and training: https://www.milewalkacademy.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/andylacivita Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrewlacivita Twitter: https://twitter.com/arlacivita LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlacivita Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alacivita iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tips-for-work-life-andrew/id1120387046 -------------------- SUMMARY -------------------- Sad for them, but you should be doing back flips! It is probably one of the dumbest ways for a job interviewer to open up the interview, but it is one of the best things that could possibly happen to you. You might be puzzled. I know there are a lot of you out there puzzled because I get the emails and I get the questions on my YouTube channel and blog. You're wondering how to answer this. You say, “Ugh, I'm not sure where to start. I'm not sure what to say. I'm not sure what to share. I don't want to share the wrong things.” What you should be thinking is, “Yes. Thank you Mr. Unskilled Job Interviewer for lobbing me that sweet softball question so I can now totally control the interview and dazzle you with my professional highlight reel. So buckle up and prepare to be amazed.” That's what should be going through your head because you now get to offer up whatever it is you want to share. Do’s, Don’ts, Always, and Never-Evers… Before we get into the “here's how,” I want to talk a little bit about the do’s and don'ts to get you positioned in the right spot before you walk them through. First thing I want you to do is [it's actually before the interview ever starts, day before, week before, whenever it is, I want you to] look at your resume! 1] Look at the job description and determine what areas or activities or accomplishments in your resume most closely align and best suit you to do that role effectively. Think about those. Grab this tool to help you: Career Achievements Journal: 14 Points That make You Marketable, Get You Promoted, and Accelerate Your Career. It's got 14 great areas to investigate about any major project you do in your professional career. It'll provide questions to ask yourself and information to gather that will be wonderful to share [whether with your current employer or a perspective employer]. I want you to think through the resume and how it aligns to what it is they need in an employee. That's the first do. 2] The second “do” is make sure you bring a copy of your resume to the job interview. It's something a lot of people forget to do, but here's why you need it. You cannot be sure the job interviewer's actually going to have a copy. Even if he or she does have a copy, it's highly likely they have not read it. I know it's sad, but it's true. They're that lazy, which is why they asked you to walk them through it. They want you to read it to them. Extra sad face. 3] You also want to make sure before you start you know what direction to go. Ask them. There are basically three directions you can go through this exercise. You can start at the beginning of your professional life and walk them through your resume up to today. Ask them, “Do you want me to start at the beginning and bring you current?” You can start with today and go in reverse chronological order and work backwards to the beginning of your professional career. You can cherry pick those a