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The Purpose of The Resume

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Most people  think that  a good  resume  will get  them  a job. This is a mistake.  It is rare in today’s market  to  find an  employer  who  hires anyone  solely on  what  they  have  read  in their  resume. Employers want  to check you out  in person  before  they hire you. They want  you to substantiate your resume,  and  see if you have the personality they are looking for. This, of course,  requires an interview. It is actually the interview that  ultimately gets you the job.

But it is the resume  that  gets you the interview! In today’s market  where  many companies  utilize resume  tracking programs, where  a computer selects your resume  based  on keywords, you must be extra careful to load your resume  up with benefits.  You not only have to impress the employer, today you must impress his computer as well! The purpose  of any resume,  electronic or otherwise, is simply to get you an interview.

How often  have you thought, “If only I had  met  with the  employer  in person,  I could have con- vinced him that  I was the right person  for the job!” Your only chance is to compose  an impressive resume,  one that  will get noticed and get you in the door so you can meet the employer in person and get the job.

Whether you're looking for your very first job, switching careers, or re-entering the job market after an extended absence, finding a job requires two main tasks: understanding yourself and understanding the job market.

The resume is the basic tool of job hunting. Your resume is one of the most important  documents you will ever create. No resume generally means not getting an interview; No interview generally means No job. 
 
The ability to communicate in written form is essential to job-hunting. The resume, along with a cover letter and thank-you letter, are tools that you must construct.  Your resume is your professional advertisement about yourself. It spells out what you have done and displays your qualifications to new employers. You can think of your resume as a way to sell yourself to future employers. 

Tips
1.Your resume is about your future; not your past.

2.It is not a confessional. In other words, you don’t have to “tell all.” Stick to what’s relevant and marketable.

3.Don’t write a list of job descriptions. Write achievements!

4.Promote only skills you enjoy using. Never write about things you don’t want to repeat.

5.Be honest. You can be creative, but don’t lie.


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WRITING AN EFFECTIVE RESUME

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         Most positions  generate hundreds of resume  responses.  How can employers read  them  all? They can’t! What they will do is scan the resumes. You sometimes  have less than fifteen seconds to make that  all-important first impression. That is why your resume has to stand  out!  Even in today’s high- tech market  where  many resumes  are actually evaluated  by a computer, when  ultimately chosen, your resume  will be read by the hiring manager and it must be written  to impress.

To ensure  that  your resume  stands  out in the crowd,  concentrate on the three  most essential fac- tors in writing your resume:

Select Your Most Powerful and Impressive Information

Selectivity is the key to writing a strong  resume.  You have only one chance  to make a first impres- sion, so you have got to give it your best shot. Don’t bore the reader with endless facts about  your past  employment. Your  resume  is not  an  obituary  or biography.  It’s an  ad.  Like an  ad,  write to impress. Present only the most significant information  about  your professional  experience.

What  is your most  significant  and  impressive information? What  information  answers  the  em- ployer’s primary question:  Why should I hire you?

Your resume  must  communicate: I will be an asset to your organization. It should  reveal you as a problem  solver with important benefits to offer.

Be concise. Focus only on your achievements  and  skills that  are required  for the job you are seek- ing. Eliminate any extra information  that  detracts  from emphasizing what  the job requires.  In the case of a resume,  less is more.

How does one know which skills and benefits to highlight and select? Do research.  Find out what sort of problems  come with the job. Find out the qualifications the employer is looking for. Talking to personnel  and reading  the want  ads carefully will give you a sufficient idea. Demonstrate to the employer that  you are just the person  he or she is looking for.

Write with Impact

Use action verbs to describe your accomplishments. Action verbs conjure up a positive image in the employer’s mind and give you an advantage. Action verbs describe you as a person who gets things accomplished.

Action verbs are also more concise and make your resume  more readable.  A detailed  discussion of action verbs and how to use them  appears  in Chapters 6 and 7.

For electronic resumes,  the name  of the game  is “keywords.” These are usually nouns,  buzzwords, or catch phrases  used to describe your job and level of proficiency. Chapter 13 will show you how to select powerful keywords.

Use an Eye-Catching Layout

The best  resumes  are one page  long. If you have many years of experience,  you may require two pages.  But under  no circumstances  should  a resume  be longer than  two pages.  The more concise the better.  Your most  pertinent information  should  stand  out  with either all caps (capital letters), boldface,  or italics. You may also use bullets (•) to draw the reader’s attention to significant infor- mation.

Electronic resumes  have their own  unique  layout to accommodate for ASCII text, which is more easily read and scanned  by a computer. Today it is imperative to have both  versions of your resume accessible.

The following chapters  will help guide you through the resume-writing process with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions  and worksheets.  Complete  each chapter  and you will have a professional quality resume,  one that  will impress an employer and be your ticket to an interview.

Source: Stanley Kantman


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