How To Write A Resume

Recruiters receive a large amount of resumes on a daily basis so to ensure that your application shines you need to provide a professional resume with the salient information easily outlined. I have seen all kinds of resumes come across my desk over the years and can usually tell by the lay-out of the resume whether the candidate is suitable for the job, so getting the resume right is essential.

You resume should have your contact information across the top, this contact information should include both your email and home address along with your phone number. Don’t forget to include your cell number, as you want to make it as easy as possible for recruiters to be able to contact you.

The next part of your resume should be headed “Summary of Qualifications” and in bullet-point format underneath the heading provide an overview of your abilities and experience. You should keep these to one or two lines maximum but try to be as descriptive as possible for example instead of saying “10 years management experience”, say “10 years management experience managing teams ranging from 10 employees to 100 employees at varying stages of my career.”

The next section of your resume should be headed “Experience” and from here you should outline your career-history. For each job you should have job title, the company name, the dates of employment, and a job description. The descriptions should be in bullet-point format again, and should highlight your achievements and contributions whilst in each position, see example below:

Recruitment Manager, Sample Company, Dec 2002-Present

• Created and implemented a recruitment campaign to increase staff numbers by 50%, this was achieved on time and within budget.
• Negotiated significant discounts with recruiters and head-hunters which saved Sample Company in excess of $60,000.
• Provided training courses to senior management on the value of staff-retention.
• Developed a training plan for new employees.
• Created a company handbook for employees.

“Education” is the next heading for your resume, you should include the name of the college, your qualification and any extra information relating to your qualification such as merits or awards. If you have any professional qualifications relevant to your own area of employment you should also include them.

Before sending out your resume ensure that it is free of grammatical errors and contains no misspelled words, don’t provide any unnecessary information (such as a private blog or a link to your social-networking page). You rely on your resume to get you an interview so spend time refining it, until you are completely happy that it provides enough positive information about your career history and achievements.

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