The first step in applying for a job is the submission of the resume. The resume is a brief summary of your qualifications and professional background. A resume is different from a bio-data. How? The glaring difference between the two is the portion where personal details are written. Your height, weight, eye color and religion are not important in highlighting your professional qualifications therefore these types of information are not necessary in the resume.
So what about you, the applicable, should be considered as important and should be in your resume? Here are some simple pointers:
# 1 Personal details – your full name in the largest font (limit it until font size 16), your present home address, contact number and email address. Make sure that you can really be reached in the contact number you put. It would best have an email address with your full name. Stay away from the cutesy user names like "ilovehimsomuch@yahoo.com" or "twetybird@gmail.com". I"m sure you get what I mean.
# 2 Career Objective – this three-liner should briefly state why the company should hire you. Write why you want to work for the company and how the company can benefit from your skills. Be specific. In this portion remember that it"s not what you can gain from the company but it"s what you can bring to the company.
# 3 Professional Background – start from your most recent work experience to the farthest. Start with your job position then continue with the inclusive dates you were with the company, the company"s name and address. Most importantly, state the job responsibilities you had during a particular work experience – those that you think would be useful to the present company you are applying for. Limit it to a minimum of three and a maximum of five. It would be best to separate job responsibilities in bullets. This is your chance to be creative. Seemingly mediocre jobs can be an asset when the job responsibilities you previously took are well thought of.
# 4 Educational Background – there is no need to include your elementary or grade school and high school education here. The fact that you have been to college or university means that you have passed the lower levels of education. Do focus on highlighting the course you have taken up in college / university, the inclusive years you were in school and which school you studied. Also, mention academic and / or non-academic awards you got. If you were able to take voluntary courses, include these too.
# 5 Skills – Put skills that you have that would be beneficial to the company and useful to the job opening you are applying to. Be sure that you match the skills to the qualifications. Dancing may not be a skill that is important to a language teacher but if you can justify how that skill could be an asset, then go ahead and put it on your resume.
Specify the skills that you would be mentioning. For computer skills, mention programs that you are good at. For language – what languages are you conversant in? What is your proficiency level?
Overall, ample research on the company and the qualifications for the job position you are applying for is a start of a successful resume. Knowing the skills that would impress your future employer is the next step.
Resumes - Preparing Them For Success
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