Here are a few tips for composing and designing your resume.
1.) Be accomplishment-driven not responsibilities-driven
Eliminate phrases like “duties included” and “responsible for” from your resume. Most employers can easily infer from a job title the basic responsibilities you had. Instead of listing them, describe how you applied your personal skills on the job – your work ethic, ingenuity, etc. These are the skills that translate across jobs, and that employers are looking for.
2.) Focus on describing skills demonstrated, not activities done
When writing about your past experiences, try to focus on the skills you demonstrated at that job, rather than just describing what you did there.
3.) Use powerful verbs
Don’t start sentences with “I”. Rather, begin with an action verb such as “managed” or “coordinated”. The noun is unnecessary, clearly you’re describing yourself!
4.) Justify your text, don’t use left align
Justified text looks better on the page, because it fills up the entire line. It will also help your resume stand out from everyone else’s with left aligned text.
5.) Use a standard font, but not Times New Roman
Another tip to make your resume stand out in the pile. Don’t be temped to use any curly or outrageous fonts. Pick something businesslike and relatively plain, such as Georgia, Arial, or Trebuchet.
6.) Send your resume in PDF format, not MS Word
When sending your resume electronically, make sure you save your resume as a PDF file. The best advantage to you when using PDF is that you ensure your formatting remains intact. Spacing, fonts, emphasis, margins, everything is preserved when you convert to PDF. No matter what, your resume displays the way you want it to. The only exception to sending in PDF is when a company specifically requests a resume in a certain format (usually because they plan to process it electronically).
I hope these tips are useful to all the job/internship seekers out there, especially college students who may not have written a resume before.
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Great Tips. Every Tips is useful.rnOne tip i would like to say is to keep your resume simple and check the formatting in word as well as text format.rnrnGrab a good Resume for the start from websites like http://www.sampleresumes.in and start working on it. Follow these tips and see the magic.
Great Tips. Every Tips is useful.
One tip i would like to say is to keep your resume simple and check the formatting in word as well as text format.
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Really great resume tips. And Jitendra, thats is also a good site.. many resumes. 🙂
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I must say that those were well researched tips.
A candidate has better chances of getting the interview call if he follows those tips for his/her resume.
Not a bad list. I’ve got at least that many and a few more on my blog.rnrnToo bad these tips weren’t around when I was actually looking for tips on how to write a better resume.
Not a bad list. I've got at least that many and a few more on my blog.
Too bad these tips weren't around when I was actually looking for tips on how to write a better resume.
Nice tips./ Sending resume in pdf format is really an excellent tip. Most of the time recruiters may have an older version of word and job seekers keep on sending resume using latest versions. Also many recruiters don’t accept doc files because these files are virus prone.
Nice tips./ Sending resume in pdf format is really an excellent tip. Most of the time recruiters may have an older version of word and job seekers keep on sending resume using latest versions. Also many recruiters don't accept doc files because these files are virus prone.
Really nice tips thanks for sharing with us.. I own my own resume website http://www.resume-builder.net with many details and sample resumes.
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One tip i would like to say is to keep your resume simple and check the formatting in word as well as text format.
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Wow… wonderful resume tips, love them. I think a good resume can really help a job seeker.
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They say, “the first impression is the last impression”. Very true! Your resume is the first presentation of YOU to a potential employer.
The tips which is provided by you for writing resume is amazing. As the first impression is the last impression so if the resume is perfect than you can get the job. Architecture Resume is there in sampleresumes.in which is amazing.
Everyone out there in the market knows that a good resume catches the eyes of the employers and you being appointed depends upon the quality of the resume. these tips are really very useful and are effective from todays perspective of the employers. update your resumes following these tips, these tips are really working.
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According to me while writing resume or cover letter, first and foremost make things neat.
Nothing pisses off a hiring manager more than a messy resume where
they have to search through the resume for specific and important stuffs (such as skills or certifications). Never forget that they are also
looking at dozens of resume’s so at first glance if nothing catches
their eye or they have to strain too hard, you better believe that your
resume is getting trashed off.
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