Prepare Resume :
Resume, the entry permit for an interview should reflect your personality and must be impressive to the employer. Resume has only one specific purpose – to win an interview. Properly written, it will result in an invitation for the interview, or else in the rejection. Your personality is seen through the resume and hence one should be careful while presenting the same. A resume should wet the appetite, stimulate the interest in meeting you and learn more about you. It should not only reflect the past jobs ; but should predict how you might perform in the required position.
Job Objective not mentioned does not show a sense of direction. One should be specific in the job search-iIf not the employers will not be interested perusing further through the resume. It should be tailored to suit the particular job /job description.
Clear Job Objective, brief description of the same is the point to start with. Rather than starting with "responsibilities included" use on-the-job accomplishments.
Chronological format is widely preferred by employers, and works well if you're staying in the same field (especially if you've been upwardly-mobile). Only use a Functional format if you're changing fields, and you're sure a skills-oriented format would show off your transferable skills to better advantage; and be sure to include a clear chronological work history!
Have several different job Objectives? Then write a different resume for each different job target. A targeted resume is more stronger (and accepted) than a generic resume.
Impress an employer – by filling your resume with “PAR” statements. PAR stands for Problem-Action-Results. First you state the problems existed in your work place, then describe what action you took and finally the beneficial results achieved. Egs. Transformed disorganized, inefficient warehouse into a smooth running operation by totally redesigning the layout, which saved company thousands of dollars in recovered stock. OR – Improved an engineering company’s obsolete filing system by developing a simple but sophisticated functional- coding system – which saved time and money by recovering valuable, previously lost project records. |