How to make AN outstanding resume?

Answer 1

be completely honest and keep it short. a resume should be summed up in one page. some places will throw out resumes that are over a page in length because they don't want to read through them. just put in there key points. if you get the interview, you can elaborate on the key points at that time. list skills that will help you get the job you are looking for such as computer skills, people skills. always list the most recent first. be clear and concise and most of all be sure all your grammar and spelling are correct. there is nothing worse than a resume with spelling errors. be neat-type the resume, handwritten resumes look like you didn't care to take the time to do it neatly.

Answer 2

Tailor your resume to the type of job you are applying for. Applying for a job as an administrative assistant requires a different emphasis than applying for a job as a customer service representative, for example. Identify your career objective after your contact information ... that is, to find work in the automotive field, to work as an administrator in an IT environment ... etc. After that, write a list of skills you have that will help you do the job they are asking ... use as many words as possible from the stated job description. When you list your education, be honest. Do not say you completed college when you may have two or three credits to go. Say you attended college and identify the area and courses taken, but state if you are still attending or planning to complete it in the near future, whatever. Include all relevant training and certificates, not just degrees and diplomas ... maybe you attended a number of workshops and/or took continuing education courses while you were in your former position that gave you some new skills.

For jobs, start with your most recent ... and do not go further back than five years; if it is a higher up position, ten years. If you are applying for a marketing assistant at a public relations firm after you just graduated with a marketing degree, you are not going to mention the fact you worked at McDonalds when you were 16, worked at Burger King when you were 17 and 18 ... you get my drift ;-) For each job, give the correct title and date/month started and ended and identify what your primary accomplishments were ... not responsibilities but accomplishments, such as "increased sales figures 10% within six months of my employment", "supervised and organized a team of six coworkers for .... project", "managed a $6 million budget", etc. Make these accomplishments relevant to the employer you are trying to sell yourself to.

Under "other employment/volunteer opportunities", you may want to state volunteer positions you've held and other jobs that may not directly relate to your position, so the employer may see that you are trying to work yourself up as opposed to enter from the top floor in an organization.

Your cover letter will re-iterate skill sets spelled out in the resume and using information you have gleaned about the company in question, show the employer where you fit in and where that company must hire you!

I hope I am helpful. I have hired people, fired people, did contracts with people, etc. and usually have a good idea for what I am looking for. Most employers do too.

Answer 3

Make your resume as brief and direct as possible

Education Example:
Bachelor of Arts Degree April 2004
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
•GPA 3.60


Include a bulleted list of your job responsibilities under each position. Use action words
Employment Example:
XYZ Company Katy Texas
Supervisor July 2004 – December 2005
•Supervised 9 employees; conducted training of new staff
•Completed weekly and monthly records and reports,
•Ordered medications and maintained inventory
•Maintained 2 households on monthly budget of $1000
•Maintained records of monthly expenses
•Procured household supplies

If you have done volunteer work, or done things recently as a student, add the skills you learned from that.

Answer 4

There are two articles below that should help. The author also has a website that has tons of information, too. All free.

http://www.professional-resume-example.com/resume-examples.html

Answer 5

Clarify your objective in the first line.
Write a brief summary of your qualifications.
Write in your employment history that not only states what your responsbilities were, but what you achieved in that position that affected lowering costs, increasing productivity)
Write in your education and include any honors or deans lists achievements
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Answer 6

list all ur educational background info and DONT LIE the more education and certification you have the better it is mine is very impressive because i have educational entailment associates, bachelors, MBA, and soon to be doctorate in business, real estate license , certified financial planner

Answer 7

have outstanding job experience

Answer 8

resume maker program...that is the name of it
not the word preformatted version

Answer 9

<~~~~~ Clapping because you used the word 'AN' instead of 'A'