How to write a resume to get job?
Posted by
brian in
Resume Writing HELP on
May 9th, 2010 |
3 responses
I never worked before, and I don’t know what the resume should like to get a job. fx, what the resume has to contain, ect.
Image taken on 2009-09-30 00:00:44. Image Source. (Used with permission)
No related posts.
Hi,
I am writing my resume right now. However, I have held many jobs and I also have degrees.
For someone who has never worked before, you need to figure out what it is that you do want to do. Then you need to find out what the requirement for that job is and what kinds of education and experience you have that match those requirements. You can go to one of the job search sites and research that position by reading the companies’ description of that job. Then you do a search on the Internet or at the bookstore/library on what the formats for correct resume writing are.
If you are in a College or University, you can go to the carrier center and ask to see a carrier counselor or someone who can help you write your resume, but it is always better to do your research yourself before you go to the carrier center. Now if you have no idea what you want to do the carrier center can also give you great tests that will help you narrow down your areas of interest.
I hope this is helpful
This is an employment office resume help center. There are also links for cover letter and other career related informations.
Besides setting all margins to 1″, the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is “scanability.” Here are some helpful tips:
1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as “Confidential Resume,”Do Not Contact Current Employer,” etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.
In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file.
Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.
Good luck!