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Resume
Tips
1. Determine who is reading your resume.
2. Make your resume easy to read.
3. Write a resume with substance and depth.
4. Highlight your accomplishments and achievements.
5. Have someone proofread for accuracy.
The Seven Deadly Sins of Resume Writing
 1.
Making resume too long...
Extra length hinders; it doesn't help. Long-winded resumes can confuse
or worse yet, irritate the reader. With hundreds of resumes to look
through, keep yours short so that it will be read.
2. Putting data in chronological order...
What the reader is looking for is what you are doing now. Today. List
your current job first and include the most detail about that job.
3. Not demonstrating your value to a prospective employer...
Show your value to a company by demonstrating how you have reduced
costs, increased sales or improved efficiency of operations. Employers
are looking to invest in not only your future, but their companies'
future. Demonstration of value is more important than all the job
titles you can list.
4. Not showing your accomplishments...
Don't just say you increased sales, say by what percentage. Don't
just say you were head of a department, say how large a department.
These are the facts that make your resume stand out.
 5.
Misplacing emphasis...
Give thought to the layout of your resume. If you are a recent grad,
education listed first makes sense; if you are established in your
career, work experience may count more than education. Don't write
long-winded objectives. Employers are looking for what you can bring
to their company, not how wonderful the company is and how you want
to reach your full potential.
6. Including blockers...
Certain things that will block you from getting a job include; no
objective at all, experience that is so old it doesn't apply to what
you do, listing references on your resume and lying.
7. Being careless of quality...
Don't misspell words; check and re-check your resume. If you need
to, have a professional write it, but be sure it is perfect. Remember,
your resume is selling YOU, a million-dollar package!
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