Top 10 Tips for Great Resume

Not so long ago when economy was doing well, all you have to do to land a job was submit your application to a couple or dozen of prospective employers and that’s pretty much it, then wait for your interview.

Time has definitely changed, now it takes more than submitting your application, you have to polish it. Now how to write a resume that will stand out.

1 First impression

In 15-30 seconds, the hiring managers would skim your application for formatting then go through a sentence of your summary. These 3-5 sentences from your summary are your only chance to have a strong impression.

Remember why you send your application, which is to have an interview and nail it. So you have to polish your summary and keep it concise without taking off quality in order to be considered for an interview. Fill in all the best qualification that fits in to your employer’s need and use figures when you could, this shows accomplishment and that you did your job.

2 Individualize

Describe your skills that would best fit to your employer’s qualifications, everything has to be related else don’t write it at all. Order your statement from most relevant and use their keywords, don’t wander around that they don’t need or you could end up being generic.

3 Actions

Keep your description concise without taking off the important details, this not only save up space but it also make it easier to skim for their keywords. The trick here is to use one action word per description, don’t use the same verb.

4 Accomplishments

One way to stand out is to use figures in you application. This shows that not only you did your job but you have also surpassed your goals. When hiring managers skim through your application and see figures they will give it more time in how you did your previous job.

5 Actions and Accomplishments

If you could imagine how many applications are sent for 1 job position, which means that a lot of them are probably doing the same thing as you are now. It will all narrow down to how you were able to show your skills to get the job more than as it should be. Get those action words right and boost it up with figures. Think about it, anyone can get the job done but not everyone can get it done at least time or most earnings which means that you were able to give more money to your employer and they like that.

6 Benefits

Employers like it very much when they know you could make more potential earnings than losses. This can be shown from your figures that you were able to achieve in your previous job. No company will hire anyone who is causing more cost than earnings.

7 Formatting

Keep your list aligned. This minimized the hiring managers wandering through your resume, direct them to your sales pitch. Expand your word formatting to make it easier to skim through the keywords. Stay away from fancy and colored fonts. And save it as word or text document.

8 Personalize

You have to keep your resume decent and professional which means that you need to stay away from irockyourworld@hotmail.com. Make it easy for hiring managers to know your application so use firsnamelastname@yahoo.com.

9 Reviews

It is easy to overlook your work so it helps to have a second point of view in how your application looks. Ask a family or friends to check your work. You’ll be surprise how easy for them to spot grammar errors and things that don’t add up.

10 Honesty

Honesty is still the best policy. It doesn’t count when you’ll have that interview and not land a job because when they cross reference your application it didn’t add up. You have to keep it consistent.

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