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Make that Resume Outstanding!

What’s Helpful to Put…

Include who you are, promise of value, and why you deserve to be sought. Try to get noticed professionally! Have a professional summary that uses active voice and is clear in speech. Things like…

• ‘developed software X’, ‘executed projects’, ‘initiated development into new programs’, ‘advised workers on skills’, and ‘maximized revenue for part of company X’

companies have 100+ resumes to look over in little time, you want yours to be out of the ordinary, easy to read, and promising…

Use easy to read fonts like Robato, Times, Times New Roman. Also have a plain layout with lines and apparent contact information. Make contacting and skill showcasing a priority, make it easy for them to contact you and ask further about what you’ve accomplished. Written at their convenience.

Show quantifiable achievements and how the employer might value you..

• what did you do to make what you know your own?
• what problems/challenges did you face? how did you overcome them?
• as a result of overcoming challenges, what did you gain?
• how did your efforts help the company or organization you worked/volunteered for?
• anything you did without anyone asking you to do it?
• ability to make compromises during work?
• ability to adapt to changes in work?
• what are your noteworthy achievements?

Use relevant keywords, short and simple but eye catching

fast learner at X. enjoyed working on team on project X.

Show that you can do work/projects consistently to the end, even when it is a long project.

Layout

Have contact information in the very beginning, on the top of the resume: name, address, cell, email, and other things you think will help them reach you for the job. Make your name stand out! Include an address if you are applying locally.

Email tip: for a professional email, have the format as ‘firstnamelastname@email.com’ as in ‘rickjones@email.com’ don’t use funny names that make it harder for them to contact you! As in ‘partytime@email.com’, it makes it harder for the company to identify you and isn’t professional.

Then, have your relevant skills for the job. Each job requires different skills and descriptions, adapt your resume for each position you want to work.

Don’t use the same old resume if the work type is different. Make it custom for the position.

Things like skills, projects, previous vocations, and volunteer work. Relate this to how you’ve learned and become more skilled. How did the experience make you more professional? skilled? good for the position?

Tip: try to keep it 1 page, at most 2 just for readability (format). If you have a lot of achievements, write only the most important ones or the really great ones. Basically, all of the most important information for the job is on 1 page maybe 2 just to make it more readable.

Checking it…

It helps to proof-read the resume to make it more effective, check for…

• typos (misspelled words, sentences, grammar)
• lofty grammar or speech (no big words or writing few can understand quickly and get the point)
• easy flow: both visually and in reading ability

Having trouble?

Sometimes it helps us know what we have done by routinely having an accomplishment journal where we note

• what we have done on the job
• how we learned from it
• what we have accomplished in school projects
• what we have accomplished in work projects
• our skills in life
• times we were adaptable to the situation
• times we didn’t let setbacks stop us from doing what we wished
• how we did more than what we thought we could do
• times worked well with others for a common goal/project

It helps show your strengths and helps write the main resume. A more clear description of yourself for the employer.

A review by some people you know in the field you are applying for might also help, their experience can also guide you to write a noticeable resume.

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