What Is A Resume And Why Is It So Important

A resume is a one- to             living situations, or any other    two-page document               personal information that is not   summarizing your career         directly related to your career.   objectives, professional              Personal profile/summary should    experiences and achievements, and     only contain a few well-written    educational background. The           sentences that convey what you     heading of the resume should          can bring to the table in terms    contain your name, address and        of the specific job. Use this      contact information. The body of      section to attract the employer’s  the resume should be broken into      attention, but don’t go overboard  the following sections: career        in trying to be creative – stay    objective, profile/summary,           professional. Your experience     professional experience,              listing should include             achievements, scholastics, and        information on one to five jobs    references. Your career              you’ve held, starting with your    objective should be brief, up to      current or last job, and listing   two sentences; it should give         previous positions in              your potential employers an idea      chronological order.               of how you wish to move forward                                          in your professional life. A          The listing should include the     concise profile or a summary          date range of your employment,     should discuss who you are and        name of the companies or           how your skills and experience        person(s) you have worked for,     best apply to the job you are         and the city and state where the   interested in. The summary, as        place of employment is located     well as other parts of your           (full address of employment is     resume, should not contain            not necessary). List your title    personal information that             and your main responsibilities,    discloses ethnicity, sexual           with emphasis on duties that are   orientation, marital status, age,     applicable to the type of work     you are seeking. Your education      possible way. Invest some time     should include college, graduate      and research into developing your  and post-graduate work, as well       resume. You will want to make      as any courses or professional        sure that your resume is error     certifications that are relevant      free – double check your grammar   to your career development.           and spelling, make sure that all   Achievements, volunteer               company and school names and       positions, publications and           cities are spelled properly. A     interests should only be listed       resume containing errors, no       if they apply to your                 matter how minimal, will give      professional work experience          your potential employer an         References should be listed if        impression that you do not have    requested; best practices suggest     attention to detail, that you      not to list generic statements        don’t take time to double check    about references being available      your work, and that you are a      upon request as this is               poor communicator. Additionally,   understood.                           make sure that your resume is                                            formatted well. Stick to basic     In the competitive,                   fonts, like Arial and Times New    internet-driven world of job          Roman. Keep the font size and      searches, your resume represents      color standard; don’t use large    you to potential employers. It        fonts or multi-colors in your      serves as your tool to attract        resume. Don’t go overboard with    attention, get the interview          bold, italicized, or large-cap     and/or get a job. A great resume      text. Keep your format consistent  will make you stand out from          and make sure that the resume      other candidates by showcasing        looks great when viewed online as  your aptitudes. Think of your         well as when printed out. Keep     resume as your sales pitch – you      your resume to one or two pages –  need to sell yourself in the best     any additional pages give an       impression that you either don’t      resources or seek assistance from  know how to concisely summarize       a professional resume writing      your education and experience, or     service. A well-written resume    that you are listing unnecessary      can make a difference between      information for the sake of           being stuck at your current job    taking up space. If you’ve never      and getting an interview to land   written a resume before,              the job of your dreams.            reference books, Internet              About the Author: Let Maxwell Hurst uncover the secrets of Job Aquisition for you. With his expert assistance You Too can land the Job of your Dreams! http://www.jobhunterhandbook.com. Job Search Portal http://www.howtojobsearch.com Read more articles by: Maxwell Hurst Article Source: www.iSnare.com