Career Search Resume Tips
Career Search Resume Tips
A Resume or Curriculum Vitae( CV) is a concise document outlining your career to date, showing your skills, abilities and accomplishments.
It’s aim is to gain the readers attention and make them want to know more about you and hence invite you for an interview.
If a Resume gets you to interview then it has done its job so to speak.
The preparation of a Resume is a time consuming exercise, however, it is time well spent. The time you spend thinking about your skills and abilities prior to drafting a Resume also prepares you for talking about yourself to potential employers, contacts and when attending interviews.
Selling Yourself in Your Resume
Now preferred Resume formats do differ slighltly around the world. Some countries like 1- 2 page formats in other countries 4-6 pages in more the norm. I will let you judge what is best for you locally. However all Resumes are there to pre- sell you and get you to interview and are a vital part of your career search strategy.
To sell yourself effectively through your Resume ensure that;
Information provided is relevant to the opportunities you are pursuing.
Your key skills and achievements are listed. List a small number of your key skills, rather than a long list of important and lesser important skills.
Emphasis is placed on most recent achievements and work history.
The most important information is placed on the front page, ie. ‘hit them with your best shot!’
Only include personal details that support your application, eg.
Health – if good health is critical to the job
Political / religious beliefs – if applying to a political or religious organisation
Marital or parental status – if applying for a position where experiences or empathy for a particular situation is desirable eg. supporting single parents or working with young children.
Remember: Your Resume is selling you, therefore you must be entirely happy and comfortable that its presentation and contents portray the right image of you.
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