Want to Telecommute Dont Say So on Your Resume

Want to Telecommute Don’t Say So on Your Resume Want to Telecommute Don’t Say So on Your Resume 6So, you want to telecommute? Great! There’s a ton of job listings out there for telecommuters (thousands of them are up on ). Just send in your resume and everyone’s a winner, right? Well, not quite. Here’s the hitch: Just because a job listing is telecommuting-friendly it doesn’t mean that the hiring employer is in love with the idea of you working from home. The company may be based in a geography where the talent pool is thin; or they may not be able (or want) to afford the physical space necessary to house their workforce. For all you know, the employer may want nothing more than to have you come in every day so they can hawk over you- they just can’t. Put yourself in the employer’s shoes. Hiring someone new and untested and allowing them to work remotely either part or full time is a risk. Can I trust this person? Will they be focused and put in an honest day’s work? Will they be efficient and effective, or will they be doing other freelance work on my time? These are just some of the doubts that employers have when they hire a telecommuter. Even Intel, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cisco and the other progressive companies out there that seem to genuinely value flexibility for their employees share some of these concerns. If you want to telecommute, your responsibility is to put employers’ fears to rest. But how? The best way to prove to a prospective employer that you can get the job done is to tell them about your similar past accomplishments. This is the case if you’re talking about how you manage projects, design spreadsheets, file papers, or telecommute! If you want your target employer to think of you as someone they can trust to work from home then tell them about your past experience telecommuting. Here are two simple yet effective ways to communicate this on your resume: Example 1: Acme Company, Inc. (Chicago, IL)                                         Mar 2009 â€" Dec 2012 Sales Manager, Widget Design (75% telecommute) [Your accomplishments / bulleted statements here] Example 2: Acme Company, Inc. (Chicago, IL)                                         Mar 2009 â€" Dec 2012 Sales Manager, Widget Design1     [Your accomplishments / bulleted statements here] 1 Worked 25% from home; 25% from corporate office; 50% traveling for client meetings Example of What You Should Not Do (for good measure): Objective: Seeking a telecommuting job An objective statement such as the one above and the phrase “I want to telecommute” in your cover letter gives your reader the sense that telecommuting- and not the job, or the company you’re applying to- is your priority. Even if that’s the case, it’s not the first impression you want to give. You need to sell yourself with your relevant skills and accomplishments as you would for any professional opportunity, flexible or not. Not to mention, “Seeking a telecommuting job” strongly suggests that you are interested only in jobs that are 100% telecommuting and you may be excluding yourself from a whole range of other flexible work situations. Readers, do you want to learn how to write a standout resume? Check out our webinar with Resume Deli! This guest post comes to us from  Member Savings Partner,  Resume Deli!