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Can anyone give tips on making the perfect resume? |
Should I make it impressive and elaborate or simple and direct to the point? Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional typed resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips: 1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc. 2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer; 3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned; 4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.; 5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left; 6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly; 7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues; 8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase; 9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc. In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file. Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries. Good luck! these sites might help you: http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resume... http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/docu... https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksource/s... http://www.10minuteresume.com/index.cfm?... http://www.wa.gov/esd/guides/resume/writ... hope they help just tell the truth on it cuz if you dont you can be sure that you wont get a job you should find a borderline in between them because people dont like resumes that are too elaborate and boring but they also dont like ones that are too simple because they are picky so good luck with that Making the perfect resume - let as many people from as many walks of life (different levels, different fields of study) look at it and take all criticism seriously. Sadly, when a potential employer says something about someone's resume is when most people actually act on it - including myself. After pondering over a one-page document for a couple of days/weeks, you think it's perfect - it's not. Remember a resume isn't perfect if you think it's so - only your potential employer's opinion counts. However personal, try to read other people's resumes - especially in your field and level of study. The best resume I ever read was in the garbage of an interview room at a job interview - which didn't work out anyway. The resume represents you - so make it look like you - not a document which will get any job. If you're elegant, then make it elegant. If you're simple, make it simple. If the document doesn't match you, that'll come out in the interview anyway. Different field would have different style. Given that this is technology category, I would suggest Simple and Direct, especially if you are not applying for executive level. Candidates with less than 10 years of experience should stick with one page. There is no such thing as one resume fit for all. Gain some understand about the company and the job and tailor your resume to highlight the most relevant experience and knowledge. Best wishes. |
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