The Perfect Resume

By Nick D'Ambrosio

What does the perfect resume look like? Having reviewed thousands over the years I am often asked this question. My answer is always the same, there is no perfect resume. You may have a perfect background for a particular job opening, but this has little to do with your actual resume.
Ask any women to describe the perfect purse. I doubt she will without first asking you a few questions.(what outfit, what occasion,day or night etc.)Same holds true for a resume. You can only create a solid resume if you know more about the job you are applying for.

Below are 5 tips to help create a great resume.

1. Resumes need to be written to land interviews, not jobs. Your ability to interview well will help secure offers, step one is getting the interview. Include enough information to gain interest and prompt the person reading it to invite you in for a meeting. If you can accomplish this, you have a good resume.

2. Keep it simple and easy to read. Most managers receive hundreds of resumes for every job opening. They don’t have time to read through 5 page resumes. You don’t need a long summary statement that repeats itself in the body of the resume.

3. Make sure the first page does a great job detailing why you should be invited in for a meeting. If you fail to quickly make a first good impression,the rest of the resume goes unread.

4. Once you write your resume, go through and eliminate 30% of what you wrote. From summary statements to accomplishments, cut it down. People want results that solve their problems, everything else is filler.

5.Write your resume for each job you apply for. This requires more work but remember this: Generic Cover Letter + Generic Resume = DELETE!


To view a simple resume that works view : 
http://firstroundcareeradvisoryservices.blogspot.com/2010/01/simple-resume.html





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