How to Write Your Job-Winning Resume
Resumes are akin to advertisements; The aim of advertisements is to sell a particular product, or a range of products.
Similarly, your resume should also be selling a product, which, in your case, is yourself.
Like all advertisements, the needs of the clients are foremost in consideration. Similarly, before penning down the resume, you should first ask: What is the employer looking for? Is there any specific set, or sets of skills that you may possess, that may fit the requisites for the job? What are the required characters and traits that you may have that the employer may wish to harness from you?
The crux to winning an interview is this: Always put the employer's needs above yours. This will help improve your chances of winning a job.
Once you have earmarked these requirements, chances are, you should have no problems in giving the right information to the employer.
Sectioning Your Resume
A good resume contains two major sections.
The first section should include your abilities, achievements and your qualities, to convince the prospective employer that you are indeed the right man or woman for the job.
The second section will be a showcase to beef up your claims: Your previous employment records and educational qualifications should be chronicled so as to build a case for the basis of your claims.
Presentation
While there are no standard guidelines to write resumes, certain tips with regards to presentation skills will enhance your resume, enabling you to score points with the prospective employer.
Presentation, in terms of aesthetic and neatness, will score points with employers. Messy, incoherent resumes will be skipped and trashed into the bin (whether it is the physical bin or the computer version), hence presentation is one of the key skills the job seeker must practice to perfection.
A few highlighted sections will include:
1. Experience
List down your previous employment history in reverse chronological order (The latest job first, earliest job last).
How to Write Your Job-Winning Resume
Besides proper segmentation, additional attention must be paid towards writing the all-important resume.
Credit: Vince Petaccio
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Takeaways
- Your resume should also be selling a product, which, in your case, is yourself.
- The crux to winning an interview is this: Always put the employer's needs above yours.
- A good resume contains two major sections.
Did You Know?
If you have any noteworthy publications during your stint in the university, or have written for magazines and other written material, you may include references to these materials to further impress your prospective employers.
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