First of all, get rid of your 'objective' statement at the top (if you have one). A more popular option for today's employers is to have a 'profile statement', which provides a succinct, one-line statement of who you are. E.g. Detail-oriented biology graduate with a passion for educating children.
Next, rather than diving into your work history, provide a quick summary of the highlights of your resume with a "Summary of qualifications" header. This introduces the most relevant and impressive information about you. The key here is to make impressive statements.....which your work history can then back up.
As you may have heard, employers are beginning to look for "quantifiables" on the work history part of your resume. E.g., if you have reduced theft at your liquor store, find some sort of number with which to quantify that - say, Reduced theft by 85% over the six month work period. If you want, make up some numbers. At least it sounds good!
Remove the references section - apparently employers now assume that you will bring about three references into your interview, so having "References available upon request" is redundant.
Don't list your entire work history, or every activity you've ever done. Keep it short and sweet. Employers don't have time to look through 3 page novels these days. Most importantly, sell yourself - don't be modest! I, for one, had many of these errors on my resume. Hopefully, with these tips I've learned, I'll be able to get in for at least a few interviews. Good luck!
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i used to have the objective at the top for the longest time, stopped using it about a year ago
for the amount of jobs i've been through in my life, i've picked up lots of good advice on writing resumes, this helps lots :-)
Resumes for programmers / computer-type jobs is very different, it seems. There's also generational gaps in resume approaches.
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cool post - really helpful
>Don't list your entire work history, or every activity you've ever done. Keep it short and sweet.
This is good advice. I think (particularly if you have a varied work history) you should only list relevant jobs. If you can't fill out 3 or 4 in this category, THEN put jobs to fill in the blanks.
REFERENCES: Also Shelby has it spot on; I think you should be prepared to give up three numbers on the spot. Your local physician or old sports coach if possible.
i need to write one soon
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YES! I can't express how much I'm happy to have found this blog! AWESOME. I needed this too! You're awesome. :D
wow thanks so much totally gonna use the tips to make my next resume
Good tip, but the way I win employers over is with my cover letter. My resume pretty much speaks for itself, since I was managing a cell phone store at the age of 18... they don't need to know i just sat around drinking though.
Great tip, not a lot of attention is spent on this in uni..
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wow, interesting post :D
i've never had to write a resume before.. im a jazz pianist. i get all my jobs through word of mouth. maybe someday i'll have to write one though..
someones getting paid hahaha see you tomorrow.
Good tip, but the way I win employers over is with my cover letter. My resume pretty much speaks for itself, since I was managing a cell phone store at the age of 18... they don't need to know i just sat around drinking though.
I work at a rehab so my education for this consisted of getting high for 15 years. This info could come in handy sometime though. Thanks, following.
thanks for the info, this could be really useful
Hmm, seems like really helpful information. I'll have to 'put it to use.'
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