Category: Résumé

PURPOSE OF YOUR RESUME - OVERVIEW The job market is somewhat paradoxical. Employers, whether corporate, nonprofit, quasi-governmental or academic, share much in common. Except for extremely technocratic or executive level jobs the following tenets holds true. Essentially, they want the most for the least; but in another sense they want younger and cheaper. They want wisdom and maturity but they want new blood and the malleability of youth. Also, younger is more impressed by titles and non-essential perks, and generally healthier. On the one hand, they don't want to spend big training bucks, but on the other they want to mold you in their personal corporate image. Don't come with too many preconceived notions of how it should be done; so, too experienced or educated can mean too independent and a free thinker, therefore you won't follow the company line. While they want education, quality experience is given more weight because classroom learning cannot replace hands-on. Too much experience, however, may render...

Here are a few useful resume writing tips to land a job. Imagine yourself as an employer sitting at your desk with hundreds of resumes piling up against a vacancy need quickly filled: some vacancies and many applicants - innumerable. As an employer, it is your responsibility to select the most deserving, suitable, and competent candidate. So, it is up to the candidate to grab the employer's attention out of those hundreds of resume applications. As such, writing a resume is all about knowing what employers specifically look for in an application. Never make the mistake of underestimating the importance of a good, eye-catching resume. Now, a good resume has nothing to do with mentioning elite schools or exceptional employers. It has everything to do with your performance. A blue-collar worker without college may have an impressive resume, while a white-collar professional with an ivy league education may have a poorly written one. A good resume is your first step to enter...

A list of references on your resume is arguably, the most important feature of the job search process, after your resume and cover letter, with the exception of the interview. References validate your character attributes and professional skill set. In order to give a clear picture of you as a person and a professional, you should list three personal and three professional contacts. Usually, in a curriculum vitae references are embedded at the end of the last page because they are considered an inclusion, but in a resume they are listed on a separate page which is submitted separately during a final interview. Format-wise, vertically you need to list the person’s name, title, company or affiliation, postal address or email address, mobile or other phone number, nature and length of relationship. The individuals you list as references are people who can attest to your abilities objectively. Therefore, the personal contacts should not be friends or relatives who are biased. They should...

Customer service covers a broad spectrum of positions in almost every industry. Moreover, it is often a subtitle. For example, a sales associate, front desk receptionist or hotel concierge refers to customer service, client relations, or user support in their job description, and may be a secondary parenthetical job title, e.g. Front Desk Attendant (Customer Service Agent.) So, creating a customer service resume extrapolates the duties, responsibilities, functions and tasks related to customer service from an otherwise entitled position. To start, outline a basic overview of those functions that are customer service-oriented common to your various job titles and specialties, experience, skills and key personal qualities in one to three sentences each. If you have experience in this field, you may want to highlight it with relevant examples. Make sure you use specific terms and elaborate on duties when writing your resume. You don't want to repeat the brief phrases from your job application. For example, it is important to spell out...

The purpose of a graphic designer resume If you are graphic designer about to prepare your resume, graphic skills are no substitute for content. Think about it...if you were a sculptor you wouldn’t just ship a statue as proof of your abilities...instead, along with your written resume, you would include photographs of your best works, preferably those winning exhibition awards. Similarly, a graphic designer resume is not poster art overly illustrated with images, but should rely more on written history of education, training, employment, freelance experience, testimonials by satisfied clients, and other verifiable details. Then you would include your portfolio, either in print or digital, to validate your background presented in the resume and cover letter. The main goal of your graphic designer resume and cover letter is to showcase your creativity and to convince the employer that you are suited to the job. Potential employers, whether corporations with art departments, schools hiring teachers, or galleries looking for curators, look for artistic designers with...

CV Versus a Resume Definition A CV is the abbreviation for curriculum vitae, or Latin for "course of life." A CV is a formal written overview of a person's entire life's achievements. A resume, usually written “résumé,” is French for “summary” as in brief account of a person’s education, qualifications, and previous experience. Both are typically submitted with job applications. A resume is commonly used in the U.S.A. and only includes college education, and employment from the last 10-12 years ideally, but can go back 15 years if the older positions are relevant to the new position being pursued. A CV is usually used outside the U.S. and includes all education and all employment, thus encompassing “entire” life achievements. One exception is the American CV which is used in the academic, art and science fields, and includes listings of exhibitions, presentations, publications, and research. An American CV is also the form adapted to a Federal resume which, unlike a standard resume, includes full addresses of...

Lying on Your Resume is a Big No-No Why lying on your resume is a very bad idea and can hurt you on the long run. The resume screening process is a long and arduous one. Years ago, recruiters sifted through stacks of resumeés to separate those most qualified for a particular position. Now, resumes are entered digitally via scanning or online submission and computer algorithms do the initial sifting. Only the winning few that contain key words matching the qualifications will make it to the recruiter, hopefully resulting in the applicants to interview. Lying on Your Resume is a Bad Idea Before going any further, it is important to emphasize – It is never ever a good idea of lying on your resume, because even the smallest, seemingly innocuous ones have a way of tripping you up. If discovered, you are discredited because if you lie about one thing, nothing you say is trusted and, worse still, on the job chances...

Choosing the best font for resume is very important. You need to make a professional presentation to your prospective employer when applying for a job. It does not matter whether you are an experienced worker or a fresh graduate, you must choose the font that will appear best and be easy on the eyes. Most employers prefer clear print and they will be negatively impressed with overly decorative fonts. They may even make their decision based on what they are most accustomed to seeing in other documents. Here are some tips that will help you choose the best font for your résumé. Remember That You Are Not Creating Poster To begin with, remember that you are not creating poster art. Even if you are a graphic artist the cosmetic eye candy and decorative embellishments are for your portfolio. Your résumé should be straightforward. Next, remember that computer fonts are printer driven. So, when a recruiter prints out your résumé file, if the...