The First Steps To Writing Your Resume
Oct 2nd, 2007 by emgra
Writing your resume for the first time can be quite a daunting experience. However, with the help of my articles, you should be able write a professional looking resume in next to no time.
I am a great believer in learning by example, which you may have noticed from my previous articles. The format I favor is a little bit of theory followed by detailed sample resumes that you can browse through and see in practice how the resume should be written.
These days resumes can be written in a much more flexible way than in the past. You can be quite creative in your style as long as you stick to the basic guidelines. In particular, make sure you don’t have any spelling mistakes or typos. A neat and clean layout with lots of white space is a standard requirement … see this undergraduate resume.
Why are these basic things so important? In a nutshell, if you get them wrong you won’t get past the screening process. Hiring managers receive hundreds of job applications / resumes every week and they can’t possibly read them all in detail, so they scan over the resume in about 30 seconds to decide if you make the shortlist. This first part of screening is based mainly on negative factors. If you create resumes to a similar standard as the following marketing consultant resume and vicars resume, you won’t go far wrong.
There are three main types of resume formats, each of which should be used according to the requirements of the position you are applying for.
The chronological format presents work history in date order with the most recent first. Examples of this can be seen in the car mechanic resume and municipal bus drivers resume.
A functional format focuses on skills and experience and is particularly useful if you have gaps in your work history. The blackjack dealer resume is an example of this type of format.
Sometimes a combination of the above two formats is required and this can be seen in the manicurist resume and admin position resume.
There are circumstances (e.g entertainment type jobs) when a special format is required, as shown in the trapeze artist resume and stage actors resume.
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Whatever format is appropriate, the body of your resume contains details of your skills, experience, special achievements and work history.