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7 Tips On How To Make A Good Resume



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t's the question on             something close.                  
almost every job seeker's                                         
list: How to make a good        2. Bullet point your              
resume?                               accomplishments                   
                                                                        
After all, if your resume is no       Unless you've just left school or 
good, it won't get past the Human     have only ever flipped burgers    
Resources department and you          for a living, chances are that    
won't get a chance to shine at        you've done some things that can  
the job interview.                    be counted as accomplishments.    
                                      Sing your own praises here        
So your resume is your first step     without sounding like you could   
to making sure that you get the       make the president of the company 
job you deserve.                      relinquish command because you're 
                                      so much better than them.         
Follow these top resume writing                                         
tips to give yourself the best        3. Write in the third person      
possible chance of your CV making                                       
a good impression.                    Over-use of the word "I" is a     
                                      common mistake in resumes. And    
1. Don't be arty                      only use the present tense if     
                                      you're still doing the things     
Using too many fonts looks            you're writing about in your      
cluttered and awkward. Check your     current job.                      
favorite newspaper or magazine.                                         
Chances are that you'll find they     4. Cut out the irrelevant dead    
only use a couple fonts and these     wood                              
are the regular "boring" Times                                          
New Roman and Arial or their          Who cares what you did 30 years   
equivalents. Do the same or           ago? Unless it really is relevant 



to the position you're applying       Hobbies, interests, that kind of  
for today and chances are that        thing. Whether it's watching      
near enough every job has moved       movies, being a member of your    
on in that kind of timescale.         local cycle club or whatever.     
Sure, your school grades were         Make sure that you put down at    
important when you got your first     least some hobbies and interests. 
job out of school. But are they       Of course, your membership of the 
still necessary?                      local peace activists society may 
                                      not sit well with your            
5. Be careful what you give away      application to join a producer of 
that could stand against you          military hardware, so you may     
                                      occasionally need to leave things 
Equal opportunities employers are     unsaid.                           
supposed to be everywhere. But we                                       
live in the real world. Even if       7. Proofread. Then proofread      
your application has a separate       again                             
section so that things like your                                        
ethnicity and sex, make sure          Face it, spell checkers can't     
other things don't give away too      spell. They don't know their "no" 
much if you think there's even a      from their "know". In fact,       
hint that your prospective            they're fairly clueless. And that 
employer is less "equal" than you     grammar checker is a laugh. Don't 
might like. Sad that you may need     rely on them. Start by printing   
to consider this, I know.             off your resume and reading it    
                                      out loud. Wherever you stumble is 
6. Show you're human                  a place that needs improving.     
                                      Ideally get a friend to read it   
Unless you're applying to be a        out loud as well. They'll spot    
geek at the NSA then you need to      things you didn't. Correct these  
have a life in the real world.        problems before sending off your  



resume.                               




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