If you haven’t caught interest in those first 5 seconds, you probably won’t. Your resume’s most important real estate is the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the first page, “above the fold”. 1. Top Section: The top 1/3 of the resume will be given “a look” (not read, “A look”). If this is easy to read and clean, it will be read. • Keep this as absolutely CLEAN AND EASY TO READ as possible. • Name, phone number and email. • City if you are local. Listing your full address can knock you out of a job. • If you have an advanced degree or certification, list that after your name. Objective statement”, “value statement or “summary of skillset” • A format that is easy to read will list just a few, key, one word skill sets at the top followed by a few bullet points that go into more detail. • This doesn’t mean 15 or 20 skill sets listed in 5 columns of 3 or 4 columns of 5. • It means 4 – 6 skill sets “period”. NOTE: You are not being hired for multiple positions. Your resume should be applying for one specific job. No one job needs 15 KEY skill sets. 2. Middle Section: • Bold significant accomplishments that are related to the job between the beginning and the end of the resume. • Company name, duration, location, major responsibilities, projects, skill set used etc. in each job of the career should be clearly mentioned. • Use numbers, % to show your accomplishments 3. End Section: Education, certifications, outside interests section, awards, etc.” • Education is listed before awards, industry related classes, extra-curricular activities, certifications etc. • For recent grads: If you have any job, project, or internship experience, list it first, before the education. With the above psychology in mind, think about writing your resume this way... :-) All the best
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 05:29:08 +0000
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