Resume – Testimonials
April 27th, 2012
The use of testimonials in a resume can have a powerful effect. For example: “John Smith played a key role in the implementation of our new SAP R/3 solution, an implementation that prior to John’s arrival, had been plagued with delivery issues. John not only brought the project back on track, but delivered within the revised date and under budget. A fantastic job…thanks John”. D Williams, Managing Director, ABC Ltd Notice how the above statement (when integrated into the resume) will serve as a major enforcement to the candidate’s resume, capability, expertise and above all, their hire appeal. Don’t include a testimonial on a resume for the sake of having a testimonial. The testimonial should be there to enforce your.....
Designer Resumes
April 25th, 2012
There is an increasing trend across the internet for resumes to remove themselves from the old fashioned black & white styles, and begin to incorporate graphic design. This can be seen in a number of resume template sites that are now popping up across the internet. So do designer resumes work? The answer is a little bit of “yes” and more “no”. For some sectors, it can work well (such as creative, digital media and alike).The problem with using these resumes for other types of roles ist that many recruiters and employers see the use of graphic design as a way of trying to influence through design; as opposed to content and actual work experience in a resume. Often, many.....
Resumes – value propositions
January 28th, 2012
Value Propositions in Resumes Though “value propositions” are a value that is believed by a customer to come from working with a specific brand of company, you can actually create value propositions in your resume too. How? It is actually a fun and challenging way to craft innovative and eye-catching professional resumes! This is because any value proposition is going to be based entirely on a review or analysis of the value, costs, and benefits that can be gained by hiring you for a specific job. Here is what we mean: as you craft a resume for a specific job opening, you have to be sure that it is targeted to meet the requirements in the job listing. For instance,.....
Resumes & CV’s – the basics (fonts)
January 28th, 2012
Most modern job seekers know that their resume has to be available as a printed document, but is more often requested as an electronic one. This means that they have to have a properly formatted version of the resume on their computer or on a thumb drive that can be used with any sort of operating system of platform. What else does this mean? It indicates that resumes need to have some thought put into them where resume formatting and design are concerned. For instance, you may know that resumes are a place where “bulleted lists” are common. Interestingly enough, a lot of people dislike the looks of such lists and seek to avoid them by making specific areas of.....
Common Resume Mistakes
January 28th, 2012
It is amazing to stand back and look at the way the entire job hunting experience has changed in the course of the past 20 years. Just consider that it used to be “standard procedure” to look through a printed newspaper’s “Help Wanted” ads in order to find almost any kind of work. From corporate leadership positions to part time jobs meant to be temporary work at best, the only place to look was the newspaper. Today, you go to the Internet and use specific job engines through which employers of all sizes seek potential staff and employees. You can then do the entire application process online too, but there is still one thing that remains from the “old days,”.....
Resume CV – things to avoid
January 28th, 2012
Things to Avoid In a Resume CV You are on a job hunt and you need the right tools for success. Obviously, the biggest and most significant of the tools is the resume, but it can actually work against you if you make some of the most common resume mistakes. In this brief article, we are going to identify some top resume “killers” and how you can easily avoid them. 1. Duties over Accomplishments – You MUST read the resume you have drafted in order to see that it is not focused on duties instead of accomplishments. What on earth does that mean? Well, if you see a sentence like “responsibilities included…” you know that you have put an emphasis.....
Resume Cover Letter
January 28th, 2012
Tailoring a Resume Cover Letter to a Job It is absolutely amazing to read how many job seekers feel that the cover letter is unnecessary or just a “peripheral” thing attached to the resume and application. The cover letter is actually a powerful bargaining tool that you can use to heavily influence the outcome of the job application process. Whether you are simply scouting for a position in a firm that is not currently hiring or making an active application for a specific job, you have to use the cover letter accordingly. The first thing to do is to understand that the cover letter has to be contained to a single page and rely on no more than four to.....
Resume – give your resume a boast
January 28th, 2012
Competition…it is the primary issue in the modern job market. For many people it is almost a given that the job they seek will become “theirs” if they get the one-on-one interview, but this may not happen if they have a “lackluster” resume. So, how do you go about enhancing or improving a resume to the point where it stands apart and works super competitively? The following five steps are usually very good for boosting the performance of even a very simple and “slim” resume in terms of experience or work history. • Have a goal and target your resume – You may be told that you can write the resume just one time, pay for a good printer to.....
Resumes – Formating achievements
January 28th, 2012
How to Demonstrate Achievements in Your Resume Often it is going to be better to “show” than to flat out “tell” a potential employer the best details about yourself. For instance, if you want them to understand that you have leadership skills you could just create a section in your document called “skills” and put a bullet point with the word “leadership” next to it. Is that really convincing to the reader? No, because you can just as easily write “telepathy” or “good dresser” too. In reality, the best way to ensure that the reader of a resume understands your abilities or achievements is to “demonstrate” them. Okay, you think, how do I do that? It has to start with.....
Resume CV basics
January 28th, 2012
Getting Started with Your First Resume CV If you have already created a resume in the past, but before completing your college or school studies, you need to start with a “blank slate”. This is because any official academics have tremendous value in a resume and should work in your favor for each and every job application that you submit. So, the most common question that people have when they make a resume is if there are specific guidelines in terms of headings, order of the entries, etc. What we can tell you is that there are resume “templates” in many word processing programs and there are also some basic “outlines” that a lot of people will use. The common.....