Resume questions.
22 questions about resume writing below that will help you in preparing pro resume.
1. What is the purpose of a resume?
2. Does my resume have to be one page?
3. Is it necessary that I have an objective?
4. Where does personal data go on my resume?
5. I just got out of the service and I need a resume. Can you help me?
6. Why can’t I can find enough actual resume examples?
7. Does your resume software have a “fit-on-one-page” feature?
8. Should I list the date I graduated on my resume?
9. Do I need a job objective on my resume, when it’s already in the cover letter?
10. I have started a resume business; do you have any tips for getting clients?
11. His resume makes him look like a job-hopper. How can I change it?
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Resume mistakes
Fatal mistakes in a resume
Updating your resume has a very important role when you are seeking a job. However, not a few people have taken this matter lightly and only prepare a sparse RESUME at the last minutes.
In order to have chance of getting the job you have been longed for, avoiding 08 mistakes as below when writing a resume:
1. Lack of contact details:
Even when you were at the university, you might have been told that “Don’t forget your name at the head of the sheet” and sometimes, a well done sheet but don’t know whose it is. Confusion may make you forget that simple but first thing to do.
Similarity, sometimes the employers may receive a very impressive resume, but they don’t know how to contact the candidate as there is no email or phone or address in the resume. However, in this case, the employers will not abandon that resume but try to find way to contact the candidate.
2. Spelling errors:
Imagine you are seeing a new guest for the first time. He sits in front of you talking endlessly about his education, family and career. But suddenly, you realize that there is a piece of omelet on his mouth. It may distract you from listening to what the guest is saying.
Such errors as above will make the employers not focus on your resume as their mind are focused on other things about you, which may cost you your chance of getting employed.
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Updating your resume has a very important role when you are seeking a job. However, not a few people have taken this matter lightly and only prepare a sparse RESUME at the last minutes.
In order to have chance of getting the job you have been longed for, avoiding 08 mistakes as below when writing a resume:
1. Lack of contact details:
Even when you were at the university, you might have been told that “Don’t forget your name at the head of the sheet” and sometimes, a well done sheet but don’t know whose it is. Confusion may make you forget that simple but first thing to do.
Similarity, sometimes the employers may receive a very impressive resume, but they don’t know how to contact the candidate as there is no email or phone or address in the resume. However, in this case, the employers will not abandon that resume but try to find way to contact the candidate.
2. Spelling errors:
Imagine you are seeing a new guest for the first time. He sits in front of you talking endlessly about his education, family and career. But suddenly, you realize that there is a piece of omelet on his mouth. It may distract you from listening to what the guest is saying.
Such errors as above will make the employers not focus on your resume as their mind are focused on other things about you, which may cost you your chance of getting employed.
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Resume headings
Heading of a resume should keep on information as follows:
1. Contact Information:
• First Last Name
• Street Address
• City, State, Zip
• Phone (Landline or Cell)
• Email Address
2. Job objectives
What do you want to do? It should be short and specific statement that includes position, industry and/or relevant skills; it should be a sentence or two about your employment goals.
3. Job summary
It should include a brief for your resume. You should describe briefly skills, experience, abilities… that match with job specifications of employer.
4. Knowledge/educations
You can supply information about name, information brief, time, level of each degree…
a. Degrees.
b. All certificates related to this job.
c. Licenses.
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1. Contact Information:
• First Last Name
• Street Address
• City, State, Zip
• Phone (Landline or Cell)
• Email Address
2. Job objectives
What do you want to do? It should be short and specific statement that includes position, industry and/or relevant skills; it should be a sentence or two about your employment goals.
3. Job summary
It should include a brief for your resume. You should describe briefly skills, experience, abilities… that match with job specifications of employer.
4. Knowledge/educations
You can supply information about name, information brief, time, level of each degree…
a. Degrees.
b. All certificates related to this job.
c. Licenses.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Resume do's and don'ts
Here are some dos and don’ts resume tips that can help you avoid common mistakes while building a stronger, more refined resume (and cover letter).
12 resume do’s tips
1. Make sure your resume is easy to read. Remember, it’s a summary, not an autobiography.
2. Keep the overall length of your resume short.
3. Stress your past accomplishments and the skills you used to get the desired results.
4. Focus on information that’s relevant to your own career goals.
5. Place your strongest material in the two-inch visual space that begins about 2 5/8 inches from the top of your resume.
6. Give the most weight to your most recent (past ten to fifteen years) professional position.
7. Quantify your impact on the organizations you have worked for.
8. Pay as much attention to your resume’s design as you do to its content.
9. Place your education after your experience if you’ve been in the workforce for more than five years.
10. Use a two-page resume if appropriate.
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12 resume do’s tips
1. Make sure your resume is easy to read. Remember, it’s a summary, not an autobiography.
2. Keep the overall length of your resume short.
3. Stress your past accomplishments and the skills you used to get the desired results.
4. Focus on information that’s relevant to your own career goals.
5. Place your strongest material in the two-inch visual space that begins about 2 5/8 inches from the top of your resume.
6. Give the most weight to your most recent (past ten to fifteen years) professional position.
7. Quantify your impact on the organizations you have worked for.
8. Pay as much attention to your resume’s design as you do to its content.
9. Place your education after your experience if you’ve been in the workforce for more than five years.
10. Use a two-page resume if appropriate.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Resume action verbs
Purpose of resume action verbs/words is to increase the strength of your writing and make potential employers take notice of your accomplishments and skills!
You can use some action verbs as follows:
1. Action verbs of administrative/office skills
• Approved
• Arranged
• Catalogued
• Classified
• Collected
• Compiled
• Dispatched
• Executed
• Generated
• Implemented
• Inspected
• Monitored
• Operated
• Organized
• Prepared
• Organized
• Prepared
• Processed
• Purchased
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You can use some action verbs as follows:
1. Action verbs of administrative/office skills
• Approved
• Arranged
• Catalogued
• Classified
• Collected
• Compiled
• Dispatched
• Executed
• Generated
• Implemented
• Inspected
• Monitored
• Operated
• Organized
• Prepared
• Organized
• Prepared
• Processed
• Purchased
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