Cover the following resume tips, on your resume to fine tune it.
A good resume is brief, with no errors, and directing your viewer to
the point, without making them work, to find your qualifications.
Resume Tips
1.Put in
keywords.
Stop
and think which key words you need to add. If you are the most
qualified individual applying for the job, without key words, you won't
be noticed.
2.Study
employment adds to get your keywords. Your resume has to
match the position qualifications in the job posting.
Use their own words they themselves place in the add. Works like a
charm at least to get the interview.
3.Point and
fire right off the top quarter of your resume. Most hiring
managers first agenda is to eliminate candidates who are clearly not
qualified. Make sure to
highlight and stand out for the top 1/4 of your
resume.
4.Make sure you
have two resumes for each position. One is my template,
the other is a plain text format to put in your e-mail.
5.
Optical, character, recognition or OCR
is scanning technology.
Clean resume with no format, tabs, italics, ect. Just keep the ASCII as
simple as possible, loaded with your key words.
6.
To have an equal chance against other qualified candidates, you must have a perfect resume
and cover letter. Make sure it
looks well prepared, professional, with no mistakes. You will be judged
on presentation. Follow all resume tips listed here for an excellent
end result.
7. Use a high quality resume paper.
Look for those papers that say cotton bond 20lbs, white or ivory are
best. You really need to make a first impression here, so buy the best
you can afford, it really will make a difference.
8.Be open to ideas from others.
Let someone review your completed resume and if they offer suggestions,
keep your original, then create another one based on their suggestions
to see what it looks like.
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If you need to look at some cover letter examples, then don't forget to
go to the cover letter page.
There
should be some good sample cover letters there for you to edit with
your own information.
They really give you a good idea of what should
be included in your cover letter.