The Resume is the first and sometimes only contact you will have with a potential employer. Research has shown that employers typically spend on average 15 seconds on your Resume. Therefore it is important to get the attention you deserve instantly.
A Resume of more than 3-4 pages is not only going to land in the rubbish bin, most of the time it is also regarded as rude unless you have been asked to send in a detailed Resume. Remember that employers sometimes get up to 200 applicants for a single position and trying to read a 10 page Resume for all 200 applicants isn’t preferable!
Some companies use scanners to scan your paper based Resume into a database and then look for specific words related to skills and experience. Based on the results which they find they will have a closer look at your Resume and perhaps invite you for an interview. It is therefore important to have your Resume in the right format and to include the right words in the right places so that you can at least pass the first phase and have a human look at your Resume.
Your Resume is:
- A personal marketing tool used in securing an interview
- A written summary of your education, work experience, professional skills, and interests
- A sample of your ability to express yourself in writing, clearly, concisely, and neatly.
You prepare to write your Resume by:
- Completing the Assessment and Research phases first.
- Determine your career goals and objectives.
- Determine your personality type.
- Determine your skills, strengths, values, and interests.
- Determine your experience.
- How do your goals, personality, skills, values, interests and experience match the employer's needs?
If you can answer all these you are ready to start the compilation of your Resume. It should also be quite obvious that you will have to compile a new Resume for each job which you apply for.
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