How To Develop and Use Resumes
There are as many approaches to developing a resume as there are people writing resumes. Some of the subjects to be addressed are Length, Style, Content, Type Style and Font, Dates and Date Ranges, How To Use Resumes.
There are as many approaches to developing a resume as there are people writing resumes. Some of the subjects to be addressed are Length, Style, Content, Type Style and Font, Dates and Date Ranges, How To Use Resumes.
There are as many opinions about resumes as there are people creating resumes. Some things to consider are:
Realize you get only 5 to 15 seconds of attention to be selected for additional review or to be rejected. The reader absorbs the top third of the resume and then scans the rest of the resume to the bottom.
Have contact information at the top of the resume. Have a clear, bold-faced job title that focuses the reader on what you want to do. Have short, quantified statements that relate to the readers need.
Make it easy to read. Leave plenty of white space and use an easy to read font. If reasonable, record only the last 10 to 15 years of work experience on one to two pages.
Place education, training, and certification at the bottom.
You will write a different resume for each job to which you respond. Develop a short, generic resume for posting on job boards.
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How many pages in the resume?
One page? Two pages? Ten Pages? In every instance, content is what counts. Tailor the resume to the job and present your experience in readable form. Use bullet points. Quantify, numbers are important. The quality of experience should influence the length of the resume.
Can I stretch the truth, no one will know?
Never lie about anything on the resume!!!
What about Objective statements?
Generally, no objective is needed. Quantified bulleted statements that demonstrate your qualification, through experience, to do the job is what counts. Don't waste space on generic statements that can be read on many resumes.
Do I list references on the resume?
Do not provide references unless a job offer is being prepared. An exception may be when you are working with a recruiter who is acting as an intermediary. In those cases, talk to the recruiter about how references are to be used and how close you are to receiving a job offer.
Do I really have to rewrite the resume for every job?
The resume is to be tailored to each job even to the extent of using words from the job description in the body of your resume. On the other hand, resumes do not get jobs, people do. Consider working with a professional friend to use the Targeted Referral Process to introduce you to the hiring manager.
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