I am writing a new Resume.?

Question

I am writing a new Resume and am finding it to be very difficult. Not impossible but sure would like to see some examples of really good ones to look at and maybe get a format. I am 50 and want to change careers for the next part of my life. I have been an Executive Chef for 30 years. Anything you guys could do to help me out would be most appreciated. Thanks Jeff

Answer 1

yes, stop redoing your resume...You're considered a senior citizen now and no amunt of experience in the work world will help you. From here on in your income will be cut because of your age, and your competition is a lot of young people who just learned new things in school, they are trainable, and employers will give them a chance before they will give the chance to you for the job. I suggest you use the money you have saved over the years and become an independent contract and/or an owner of your own company. Maybe you could write a book in your spare time...or pull together a groupof people who will help you make a tv cooking show. And maybe you could start a business where you would cook and people would pick up their meal after work and take it home with them. Or start a salad shop, caffeteria or sandwich shop of sorts and then franchise it.

Answer 2

Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:

1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.

In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file.

Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.

Good luck!

Answer 3

There are three basic resume formats from which you can choose to write your resume. They are all outlined with examples at the link below.

Best of luck.