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Purpose of a Resume
Author: Manik Thapar
Article:
Purpose of Resume:
The purpose
of the resume is to describe your life-work
experience to best advantage for
the perspective employer. it
should be a precise description about
accomplishments, skills
and experience so that employers will want to know
more in a n
interview. You may need more than one version of a resume
for
different jobs.
The Resume should Indicate:
In you
resume include, contact information - your name,
address, phone number, fax
and e-mail Resume should include
background information in a summary or brief
overview Resume
should include education, training, employers, and dates
of
employment Resume should include specific accomplishments
related to
performance on the job and leadership activities, in
professional, civic, or
community affairs In your resume, list
employment experience and education,
in reserve order (highest
degree or most recent jobs)
Resume Should
Omit:
Resume should omit, names and addresses of references.
These
can be supplied at the interview. Listing "References Available
on
Request" is not required; it is assumed Salary information if
requested,
include in cover letter resume should omit, personal
data such as age,
marital status, height, weight, etc.
Perspective employers must consider you
solely on the basis of
your qualifications. It is illegal to request picture
or
information related to race, religion, or national origin.
Resume
should omit, personal pronouns, they weaken statements
Objectives, narrow
your statement, your objective is to get an
offer form the company.
Resume should Include:
Resume should include what you have done
and how you fit the
needs of the company Resume should include the
business
environment experience, personal characteristics and
industry
keywords Resume should include unpaid experience as well as
paid
employment if it is significant, professional, pertinent to
the
industry Resumes placed on the internet must follow company
format.
Avoid bullets, italics, underlines. use HTML format
Careful editing to check
for typos and grammatical errors. This
may suggest to perspective employers
that your work is careless
Resume may be more than one page with experience,
but not more
than two http://www.careerpath.cc
About the
author:
Manik Thapar (MBA) http://www.careerpath.cc
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