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Three Guides to Improve Your Resume Business Articles | January 6 , 2007
Building an effective resume dosen't have to be drudgery. Use these three guidlines to keep your resume lean and to the point.
Sometimes your resume can hurt more than help you. In today's job-search market, you are often competing against large numbers of applicants, and your resume has to be good enough to make it past the first screening.
The first people to view your resume are often lower-level staff looking for a quick way to weed candidates out of consideration. You can minimize the chances of your resume being eliminated during this round by following three simple rules.
LESS IS MORE
Don't tell too much. A good resume should leave the prospective employer with a whetted appetite, a desire to know more. They will be likely to call and phone-screen you. So don't fill in all the details just yet. Save that for the interview. Do, however, paint a big picture of who you are and what you can offer.
For example, you may have worked several years at your present employer. Certainly you could fill up several paragraphs with all that you've done. Instead, think of the one or two most critical projects, duties or functions that you provide. List the most important and give them no more than a sentence or two each.
Here is an example:
EXPERIENCE: Mar 2003 to Present: XYZ Company, Their City, CA Senior staff design engineer. Products designedProjects involved: A, B, C. Description of Most Important Project and why Description of 2nd most important project and whySkip the hobbies and personal info. Avoid mind-numbing detail that will cause a reader's eyes to glaze over. One page is ideal -- two pages only if you are a 15- to 20-year veteran with a significant growth and promotion history.
MORE KEYWORDS
You want the computers to flag your resume for closer examination. Do this by including as many keywords as possible that are relevant to your job and your job skills, as well as specific industry words that may be appropriate. A convenient method to accomplish this is to include a separate "Keywords" section on your resume just below the "Objective". Think of this as an important catchall specifically for the computers to "see".
Here is an example from a candidate employed as a medical quality assurance auditor:
KEYWORDS: Quality System, QA, QS, Audit, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), International Standards (ISO), Corrective and Preventive Action Programs (CAPA), training, QSR, Medical Device, calibration, 510K, TQM, PMA, FDA.
Also, include the names of major companies you worked with or for, as this often is important to employers. Include those in the "Experience" section.
BE SPECIFIC
Don't just tell them what you did. Move beyond that and tell the benefit of your accomplishment. A good way to do this is to include several specific ways you helped your employer make money or save money. Remember, the only benefit you can bring to the table is past performance. When you interview (either phone or in person) this is what will be discussed.
Think of all your jobs in the past and bring forth examples of some of your best work. How can an employer think of you as a problem solver? If at all possible, try to "monetize" your accomplishments (state them in terms of money). At the interview, you will be prepared to enlarge upon these successes.
SUMMARYBuilding an effective resume dosen't have to be drudgery. Using the above three guidlines will keep your resume lean and to the point standing a greater chance of landing on the "to call" stack and getting you a phone screen.
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3 Biggest Business Startup Mistakes Business Articles | December 1, 2008
What are the three biggest mistakes people make trying to get into business?? Knowing these, you will be able to avoid making the time, work, and money losing mistakes.Mistake #1 Are you guilty of H...
What are the three biggest mistakes people make trying to get into business?? Knowing these, you will be able to avoid making the time, work, and money losing mistakes.
Mistake #1 Are you guilty of Hope Marketing?
You have an idea for a product or service that is the next thing better than sliced bread.? There is no way the world can live without your offering.? You are on your way to buy inventory and rent a store front and make gobs of money.
The challenge you face with this mind set is that you are only a market of one, and you are selling what you have, not buying it. For you to succeed, you cannot rely on hope marketing, and hope the market is there, and hope the market will buy your offering.
You need to validate that the market is as enthusiastic and passionate about your offering as you are. You need to verify that enough consumers will open their wallets and spend their hard earned money with you often enough, and in quantities enough, to provide you a long term, successful business.
Mistake #2 Beware! You are not your customer.
People generally have a consumer?s idea of business, not a business person?s idea of business. They get smitten with their business name, advertising message, sign design, packaging and everything else in their business that is a reflection of them, and their ego.? However, does their target market consumer feel the same as they do?? Maybe not!
Put yourself in the consumer?s place, and ask yourself what message they will respond to.? What name will engender a feel-good-feeling in the client?? What signage will move the prospect to enter your store?? What packaging will catch the eye of the target market and cause them to pick it up and buy it?? |
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