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Use Titles or
Headings That Match The Jobs You Want.
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Use resume designs
that grabs attention.
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Analyze
advertisement for job description and identify the key words.
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Use these keywords
in your resume.
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Identify the
employer's hidden needs. Solve these hidden needs in your
resume.
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Create an
image of yourself that matches with the salary you are
expecting. For example, language used in a resume for an Rs. 300
an hour position is much different than the language used for a
Rs. 800 an hour position.
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You can generate
many more interviews by tweaking your resume and cover letter so
that they address the specific skills each employer requests.
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List your
technical knowledge first, in an organized way. Your
technical strengths must stand out clearly at the beginning of
your resume.
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List your
qualifications in order of relevance, from most to least.
Only list your degree and educational qualifications first if they
are truly relevant to the job for which you are applying. If
you've already done what you want to do in a new job, by all
means, list it first, even if it wasn't your most recent job.
Abandon any strict adherence to a chronological ordering of your
experience.
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Quantify
your experience wherever possible. Cite numerical figures,
such as monetary budgets/funds saved, time periods/efficiency
improved, lines of code written/debugged, numbers of machines
administered/fixed, etc. which demonstrate progress or
accomplishments due directly to your work.
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Begin
sentences with action verbs. Portray yourself as someone
who is active, uses their brain, and gets things done. Stick with
the past tense, even for descriptions of currently held positions,
to avoid confusion.
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Don't sell
yourself short. Your experiences are worthy for review by
hiring managers. Treat your resume as an advertisement for you.
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Keep your resume
concise. Avoid lengthy descriptions of whole projects of which you
were only a part.
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Minimize usage of
articles (the, an, a) and never use "I" or other
pronouns to identify yourself.
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Have a trusted
friend review your resume.
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Proofread. Your
resume should never go with errors, grammatical weaknesses,
unusual punctuation, and inconsistent capitalizations.
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Sometimes you need
to hide your age. If you're over 40 or 50 or 60, remember that you
don't have to present your entire work history!
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You can simply
label THAT part of your resume "Recent Work History"
or "Relevant Work History" and then describe only
the last 10 or 15 years of your experience.
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What if you never
had any "real" paid jobs? Give yourself credit, and
create an accurate, fair job-title for yourself. For example,
A&S Hauling & Cleaning (Self-employed) or Household
Repairman, Self-employed.
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Best way to
impress your employer is, fill your resume with
"PAR" statements. PAR stands for Problem-Action-Results;
in other words, first you state the problem that existed in your
workplace, then you describe what you did about it, and finally
you point out the beneficial results.
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Don't go far back
in your work history. About 10 or 15 years is usually enough -
unless your "juiciest" work experience is from
farther back.
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How can a student
list summer jobs? Students can make their resume look neater by
listing seasonal jobs very simply, such as "Spring
2007" or "Summer 2007" rather than 6/07 to
9/07.