Three Great Resume Tips

December 16, 2009 5:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Cynthia Shapiro, career coach and author, offers three excellent resume tips:

1) Be Bold: Think of your resume as a one-page billboard. Lots of white space, bold bullet points, and get rid of that vague objective. Quantify your accomplishments with numbers where you can.

2) Be the perfect fit: Mirror the ad’s language in your cover letter and resume. Many companies use software that looks for key words to identify top candidates, usually those are the same words in the ads. Even if they do it the old fashioned way, it will make you look like a perfect match.

3) Avoid the No.1 mistake: Make sure your language exudes confidence. Too many candidates sound like they are asking or even begging for consideration. You are not asking, you are making them aware of all the wonderful things you have to offer. If you’re not excited about what you have to offer, why should they be?

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