abigail
05-21-2008, 12:45 AM
No wonder, their poor resume writing styles produce substandard resumes. This figure is according to many human resource practitioners who see countless of bad resume writing examples every single day in their career.
1. Make that change. If the world changes every minute, and so are the techniques in resume writing! Perhaps the format you’ve been using was taught to you when you’re still in college way, way back. Keep yourself updated: resume help books and job-hunting web sites are just a stone’s throw or click away.
2. Include dates. If you don’t put dates, the HR staff who would read your resume might get the impression that you couldn’t hold on to a responsibility. Enlist your set of skills and as well as dates of employment.
3. Prioritize your selling points. Your accomplishments are what should set you apart from the rest of the pack, so stress them out, as resume isn’t the place to be very humble. But it should be done in reverse chronological order—from the current to the previous. Put history of your work and feats, educational attainment, trainings or seminars attended and/or conducted as well as memberships in professional organizations.
4. Never include your height, weight, religion and other personal details. As the hiring staff reads your resume, he also visualizes how you look like—and he can find reasons to eliminate you because you are short, overweight, non-Catholic, etc. Provoke your target to become more eager to see you in person.
5. Give importance to the small details. Grammar usage boo-boos and typographical errors can trim down or totally diminish your chances of making it to the “semifinal round” of the job-hunting competition. Always proofread your work and spot all the mistakes.
6. “You are submitting yourself.” Your resume is also the personification of who you are—and what your would-be employer would think about you. So why use a cheap bond paper, when you can use a resized Oslo paper? Why attach a photo taken from a Rush ID booth that will make you look like an applicant for a blue-collar job, when you can have a resized portrait shot from a classy photo studio and look very professional?
7. Know your target. Never send piles or resumes via snail mail or e-mail tons of it to employment firms just for the sake of having someone to contact you. Choose the top five companies that you think can give you a brighter future first and concentrate on them.
8. “Talk the talk.” Stay away from slang words. Using formal English gives a very good impression to an employer that you are an “applicant of substance.”
9. Do not put character references yet. Because the hiring staff might already do a background check on you before your much-awaited interview, and he might get some details that could disqualify you from their roster of hopefuls. Just put “References available upon request” at the end of your resume for security reasons. Before putting names, notify these people first so they wouldn’t be surprised or become doubtful if someone calls them, and be sure that those you will put have nothing but good words for you.
10. Believe in the KISS principle, which could either be Keep It Short and Sweet or Keep It Short Stupid! Don’t tell everything yet in your resume, there’s still the interview where you can prove to them that you’re the best catch!:)
1. Make that change. If the world changes every minute, and so are the techniques in resume writing! Perhaps the format you’ve been using was taught to you when you’re still in college way, way back. Keep yourself updated: resume help books and job-hunting web sites are just a stone’s throw or click away.
2. Include dates. If you don’t put dates, the HR staff who would read your resume might get the impression that you couldn’t hold on to a responsibility. Enlist your set of skills and as well as dates of employment.
3. Prioritize your selling points. Your accomplishments are what should set you apart from the rest of the pack, so stress them out, as resume isn’t the place to be very humble. But it should be done in reverse chronological order—from the current to the previous. Put history of your work and feats, educational attainment, trainings or seminars attended and/or conducted as well as memberships in professional organizations.
4. Never include your height, weight, religion and other personal details. As the hiring staff reads your resume, he also visualizes how you look like—and he can find reasons to eliminate you because you are short, overweight, non-Catholic, etc. Provoke your target to become more eager to see you in person.
5. Give importance to the small details. Grammar usage boo-boos and typographical errors can trim down or totally diminish your chances of making it to the “semifinal round” of the job-hunting competition. Always proofread your work and spot all the mistakes.
6. “You are submitting yourself.” Your resume is also the personification of who you are—and what your would-be employer would think about you. So why use a cheap bond paper, when you can use a resized Oslo paper? Why attach a photo taken from a Rush ID booth that will make you look like an applicant for a blue-collar job, when you can have a resized portrait shot from a classy photo studio and look very professional?
7. Know your target. Never send piles or resumes via snail mail or e-mail tons of it to employment firms just for the sake of having someone to contact you. Choose the top five companies that you think can give you a brighter future first and concentrate on them.
8. “Talk the talk.” Stay away from slang words. Using formal English gives a very good impression to an employer that you are an “applicant of substance.”
9. Do not put character references yet. Because the hiring staff might already do a background check on you before your much-awaited interview, and he might get some details that could disqualify you from their roster of hopefuls. Just put “References available upon request” at the end of your resume for security reasons. Before putting names, notify these people first so they wouldn’t be surprised or become doubtful if someone calls them, and be sure that those you will put have nothing but good words for you.
10. Believe in the KISS principle, which could either be Keep It Short and Sweet or Keep It Short Stupid! Don’t tell everything yet in your resume, there’s still the interview where you can prove to them that you’re the best catch!:)