Resume-A-Day 30 day challenge

Creating a resume is your first step in establishing a new business relationship. A resume is a one or two page summary of your skills, employment history and contact information. Whether you are gainfully employed, looking for a new job, or are a successful freelancer, maintaining a resume that is up-to-date is important for many reasons:

• Opening new doors and opportunities is the goal of an up-to-date and high-quality resume, which may not always be a new job opportunity. A resume and/or portfolio can very quickly lead to new clients, potential business partnerships, and a higher profile as a business leader.
• Maintaining an up to date, factual, concise and detailed resume is more important than ever. Without writing down classes, special events, awards, projects, publications are all harder to remember 5 or 10 years later when you are trying to put together a resume last minute after losing the main source of income. Without a back up plan and continual practice of resume preparation and interview, the transition to a new job may be long and difficult.
• Preparing for an interview, remaining marketable, and consistently sharpening business skills is important whether or not actively seeking new employment. The ability to 'sell' is important for job seekers, entrepreneurs, and C-Level professionals alike.

Creating and maintaining is an important skill. Also, applying to 30 open positions in 30 days requires performing research on potential job opportunities. In performing this research, you may find certain skills you may want to emphasize on your resume, or new skills to learn to land the job you want in the future.

30 Day Resume-A-Day Employment Challenge

In order to stay relevant in an increasingly difficult job market, earn more income, and sharpen your employment skills, Mr Frugal Life challenges you to a "30 day Resume-A-Day Employment Challenge":

30 Day Employment Challenge Rules

• Must send a resume and apply for one open job position per day for 30 days. This step involves researching potential companies that are in your interests/professional background, preparing a cover letter, and updating your resume to be tailored for the specific position.
   

Mr Frugal Life 30 Day Resume-A-Day Challenge Results:

1.  January 16th, 2014: sent Resume to Professor for community college class assignment.
2. January 18th, 2014: http://www.PaySimple.com -- Financial StartUp in Denver, Colorado. Source: http://www.Reddit.com/r/DenverJobs/
3. January 19th, 2014: Land Surveyor in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Source: http://www.Albuquerque.Craigslist.org
4. January 19th, 2014: MATLAB Developer for Energy Firm in Golden, CO jhimebaugh@snitechnology.com Source: http://www.LinkedIn.com InMail
5. January 19th, 2014: Denver Math Fellows Program Tutor http://www.teachindenver.com/teachindenver/how-to-apply.html  Source: http://www.Reddit.com/r/DenverJobs/
6. January 19th, 2014: Enerplus Engineering Entry Level in Denver, Colorado http://www.enerplus.com Source: http://www.Reddit.com/r/DenverJobs/
7.  January 19th, 2014: Live Consulting Network Technician in Denver, Colorado http://www.liveconsulting.com/current-openings-and-how-to-submit-a-resume-to-live-consulting/ Source: http://www.Reddit.com/r/DenverJobs/
8. January 19th, 2014: Better With Bacon -- Front End Developer (Javascript) in Denver, Colorado: http://www.bwbacon.com/ Source: http://www.Reddit.com/r/DenverJobs/
9. January 20th, 2014: Javascript/CSS/HTML Developer needed for Miami StartUp Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/forhire/
10. January 21st, 2014: Drill and Blast Technician, Wright, WY with Arch Coal http://www.ArchCoal.com Source: Job/Career Fair 
11. January 22nd, 2014: IT Coordinator/Creative Designer - Non Profit in Denver, Colorado: source: http://www.Reddit.com/R/DenverJobs
12. January 23rd, 2014: Quarry Manager - Arkansas source: MiningJobSearch.com . 
13. January 25th, 2014: Software Field Sales Rep - Denver, Colorado. Source: www.LinkedIn.com .

Please note: The underlined items in the above lists were jobs where I was contacted back by the recruiter/employer. 

What I learned about employment, resumes and careers from applying to 30 jobs in 30 days

Jobseekers are in a tough environment, with competition for any reasonable position. To land a job requires diligence, constant maintenance and improvement of skills, and constantly be searching and applying for jobs. In a specific field (for example, geotechnical engineering) the jobs may be at only a few companies with a few positions, so one might not become available immediately when you want to start searching for a job.

Top 10 How To Get A Career Tips

1. Learn More Skills for your Resume.
2. Keep in constant contact with your Personal and Professional Network.
3. Constantly monitor job openings, closed positions, retirements, in your field in the most important companies.