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A
solid and organized resume is the key to getting the
job you want. Simply put, without a good resume, you
will not get noticed. Without getting noticed, you
will not be called for interviews.
Without those interviews, you will not be getting
any offers. So in order to achieve this goal of
getting a job offer, the compressed biography of
your achievements must be stellar. Keep in mind that
this is a summary of your achievements, not of your
life story. Most importantly, write a
well-organized, concise CV. In working towards this
goal, keep in mind the goal of your resume. This
goal is to get you an interview. Be sure that your
resume stays within those boundaries and is a neat
and well-organized document. In the same vein,
keeping your resume neat and organized will ensure
that you know the contents of your resume inside and
out. Too many college grads, especially, fill their
resumes to hide any experience lacking, and upon
landing an interview, hesitate when being asked
specific questions about information included on the
resume. Avoid this situation by arriving at the
interview fully prepared to elaborate on anything
you have included in the resume. A resume that
sticks to the aim of getting an interview will be a
resume that is carefully thought through and well
organized, and which is focused on things relevant
to your career past and career future.
Never lose sight of the objective of the resume. The
main objective is to secure an interview. An
effective resume conveys that the employer needs
you. If you manage to secure an interview, you have
won half the battle. Approach the interview as a
live transmission and expansion of what has been
stated in your resume. Do not view the interview as
an hour of scrutiny upon your life and experiences.
Remember, your resume was good enough to be noticed,
and your life achievements created the resume; thus
you deserve the job. When composing your resume,
review every point you have included, and check to
see that it both states something positive about you
and is said in an original way. Use words that
indicate that because of you, things happened. Your
presence was a catalyst in moving the company
forward. Don't be shy; the resume has no place for
modesty, but it also has no place for bragging. In
other words, your resume should turn heads, but
never in doubt as to what you have said about
yourself.
While achieving the goal of the resume - the
interview, work to make an organized resume.
Organization applies to all levels of the resume:
the aesthetic format, the ordered placement of the
facts, and the previous employments you choose to
include. The aesthetics should be friendly to the
eye, and help to draw attention to the most
important points. Those that are most important
should always be located nearer to the top. In other
words, activities and employments that are most
relevant and current should be listed first. Bullet
point formats are popular for their neatness and
visual aid in drawing attention where it is due.
Within each bullet point, include only the most
applicable and important information that your
future employer will want to know about your other
jobs and activities. Keeping these points concise
and to the point is helpful, as not much time is
spent on reading a resume, so paragraphs describing
a job will be skipped over. Concise points also help
achieve the end of an aesthetically organized
resume.
Every company wants well-organized employees, so
showing off the bat that you are organized will be a
benefit for you. No matter how gifted you are, if
your resume looks like a crossword puzzle in its
organization and format, it will be hard for the
potential employer to see your talent. When your
resume is well-written, clear, and organized, you
are marketing to potential employers your writing
skills along with good standards of neatness and
organization. Having made this impression on paper
will smooth your sailing for an easy interview, as
the employer's opinion of you will already be
positive.
Once the interview date has been set, this is a time
to calm your nerves instead of working them into a
frenzy. Don't forget that you are going on this
interview because you have already impressed the
employer. Your job now is to continue the positive
impression already made, and to show your character,
which can't be shown on paper. The best way of
continuing a positive impression is to be prepared
to talk about yourself directly and in focus, just
like your resume has. When asked why you want to
work in the specific career, don't recount all the
twists and turns in your life that have brought you
to the conclusion; be to the point. Remember that
you must be able to back up and expand on anything
that you have included in your resume. Thankfully,
that little piece of paper referred to as the resume
has already accomplished quite a bit of work for
you. It has informed the employer of who you are,
and what you want in a job. Now it is your turn to
better acquaint yourself with who the employer is
and what he wants in an employee. View the interview
with such an attitude: the chance for both potential
employer and employee to learn more about each
other.
The
resume is your formal introduction to the career
world. It discloses your talents to those who are
seeking just such talents. To this aim, it is
important not to lose sight of the goal of the
resume. The resume lets the employer know who you
are, why he needs you, and where he can reach you so
that he can secure an interview with you. Write your
resume to reflect these goals, in a concise,
organized and well-phrased document. Use this
organized and well-phrased resume to your advantage
at the interview, as the document is, essentially,
the first impression that you have made. This is the
manner in which you should view the preparation and
presentation of your resume. Once at the interview,
put a smile on your face and pat your resume on the
back for the great job both you and it have already
done - your dream career is now very near!
This article was written by Rebecca Hawkes, HR
Recruiter at
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