When
designing your resume, think of yourself as a salesman and your product is
yourself. What are the best features of your product that can attract the
buyers? What products are in demand? What are the buyers looking for in a
product? So, you need to sell yourself to the employers and your tool to do
that is your RESUME. Your skills, work experience, academic qualifications and
accomplishments must fit the requirements of the prospective employer.
You
have to tailor-fit your qualifications to the requirements of the employer but
be sure to be honest and truthful. You play up your qualifications, skills set,
accomplishments in relation to the job you are applying for. Refrain from
putting irrelevant information in your resume.
·
Contains
strengths and their linkage to the requirements of the employer
Relate all your strong points such as trainings,
accomplishments, skills, knowledge and experience to what the prospective
employer is looking for in an applicant. This is the most critical part of
preparing a resume. This is where you sell yourself to the employer. Convince
the employer that you are the best choice for the position with your
qualifications in relation to the job requirement. If you are able to do this, the
probability of hiring you is greater.
·
Free
from Errors
A resume full of errors in spelling, typographical,
punctuation, or grammatical are indications of your attitude towards work
details. It could also be interpreted as disinterest on your part.
·
Excellent
organization and presentation
Organize and present your resume by putting the most
important information on the first part. You can design your own resume even if
there are lots of designs available. Just be sure to focus on your skills,
experience and accomplishments and relate it to the requirements of the job you
are applying for.
Your resume must be presented clearly and well. It should
be easy to read and has an appeal. A well-packaged resume has more chances of
being noticed than one that is haphazardly done.
·
Brief
but substantial
The ideal resume is about 2 pages maximum. The best is to
stick to 2 pages, the lesser the pages, the better the chances of your resume
to go further in the selection process. Managers don’t have the luxury of time
to be going over many pages of resume. They are interested in one thing and
that is your qualifications.
Do not include qualifications that have no bearing on the
job you are applying for. These will not add value to your resume, it could
even make your resume a candidate for the waste basket.
Take
time and give more efforts in preparing your resumes. This will spell out the
success or failure of your job hunt. Review your resume or have someone go over
it to ensure that you conveyed what you wanted the employers to know. Just put
in mind that YOU ARE SELLING YOURSELF to the employers.
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