It may seem like now that you’re running your own home business and working from home, you no longer need to keep your resume’ up to date. But, the truth is, you never know when you might need it to show potential clients, customers, investors, about your background and qualifications. Your resume’ is an important part of any business plan you may devise to represent your business and it’s much easier to keep your resume’ current than to have to invent one from scratch should the need arise.
Whether you choose to work with a professional writer or do your resume’ yourself, keeping it current just makes good sense. You can include the work you are doing now in your home-based business, as well as any volunteer or part-time work you are involved with currently. It’s quite simple to keep it on a file on your computer (there are also many resume’ templates included in most home computer word processing software programs to make it even easier) and update it as your work and grow your business. Having it up-to-date and on your computer makes it easy for you to e-mail it as an attachment or print off when you need it.
I find that it is actually advantageous for me to have two resume’s–one has my employment and work history, including my more “traditional” jobs; and the other is what I call my “writing resume’”–it lists the writing work I’ve done, positions as a freelance reporter or stringer, web sites where my work is published, etc. This way, I have both handy if the need arises. And, I admit, I’ve been surprised how often the need arises. When applying for writing positions–even short-term or contract positions, I’ve needed to have my resume’ or work history available.
Even if you’d like to believe you’ll never need it again since you are now running your own home business, it is a good idea to put a little effort into keeping your resume’ current and ready–just in case.
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