Resume is not only an
art but also a useful way in your search for a new or a better prospect. A
good-quality, professionally well presented resume will open doors to achieve
success in all-important interview.
Showing your class of
writing
Make sure to set a
high standard while writing a resume. Use your proper modest design to
create a beautifully layout, laser-printed, professional looking resume. Take
time to create a modest and decent looking resume. May be you can add one
highlighted color on any good quality or high-glossy paper. But, don't go
overboard always remember your resume is a business document so make sure to
use one or two fonts, sizes and styles. Decency and Quality is the key
issue for your resume so doesn’t create too many fonts, sizes or different
styles of design.
Show your skills
Your resume should be
an expression of your skill, it will easily help to your reader to know about
your skills and once what you have achieved for others and what you offer any
prospective employer. So always try to make an resume showing your
skills, knowledge and achievements and also show how these make you a suitable
and outstanding candidate for the position. Always try to avoid giving long
list of unnecessary functional, chronological listing of positions held and
duties performed.
Employer’s demand
should be match by your resume
Your resume will be
successful only when you will be able to observe and win the employer’s
need. So for that you must observe and workout what your employer’s need
and make your resume according to the needs of your employer. Take an
example if for instance there are 50 candidates and the remaining vacant post
is only 7. So the employer will only select 7 candidates. You may
be able to get your place in one of these 7 selected candidates if you meet
your employer’s need properly by expressing it well in your resume.
Most of the people
writes good looking resume but generally looks like an autobiography or a
chronological list of previous employment. 90% people does not know what
to write, how to write or what is the need of their employer. Their
resume lacks any attraction. So they fail to impress their employer. Keep
the employer's central question at the forefront of your mind when you put
together your resume.
Creating an exact
image or idea about the candidate in the resume
Employer must be force
to think about you. Resume creation should be in such a manner that it
will automatically expresses your profession to you employer. It will
create feeling about you. For example If you're applying for a
copywriting position, you can be more creative and show your skills when
presenting your resume. If you're a prospective sales representative, you must
come across as confident, resourceful and dedicated. So it is also necessary to
think about the image your resume and do every possible way to meet the
employer’s requirement or demand.
Make your resume
short, relevant and specific
Your resume should be
very specific and to the point, not too long unnecessary words or sentences.
Resume should be made in such a manner so that your employer or reader
will be forced to remember five or six key messages selling your qualifications
and skills so that your resume will be selected.
Make resume as short
as necessary
If somebody is a
school-leaver or graduate with little or no work experience then he may only
need a one-page resume. Resume should not be more than three pages. Average
resumes are usually two pages long. If your resume is too long or more than
three pages by the time your reader gets to the end of the resume, he or she
will have lost your key messages in the detail. As a result he or she may lose
his interest to your resume. So keep everything in your resume. Only
include those things which are relevant, important and impressive. So it is not
necessary to give all information such marital status, children or hobbies. You
can only mention other interest which shows you are ones relevant to your
chosen career. For example your interest in flash or illustrator if you
are applying for web designer’s post.
Create useful messages
so that employer remembers you
Usually most of the
employer used to read many resumes, but he or she will only remembers a
fraction of the content of each one. So one should decide what you want the reader
to remember. In this way you can match your qualifications and skills to your
employer. For instance, If you are applying for Senior Teacher in
school, then your messages should be like that.
· 5 years’ experience as a Post Graduate English
Teacher in a Senior School.
· M.A in English from Kolkata University.
· Author of English Grammar VI standard
school student.
Make attractive
information and design to attract your employer.
Use your first page to show
your main information. Make the top half of your page to show your text using
layout to make it more attractive. “My Relevant Skills and
Experience” ….. you can place such type of heading. Always try to
use layout, bold, bullet points and indentation properly in your resume so that
it looks beautiful and attracts your reader or employer.
