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Do you have an old dusty resume or are you creating a resume from scratch? Either way, this article is meant for you.

Writing a resume is not that hard, but it does take a little time. You need one to find a good job, so take some time and create a resume that is professional, easy to read and reflects your qualifications in a positive, energetic way.

Remember that everything about your resume is focused on the employer, not you. You have to get the employer interested enough in you to want to call you for an interview. That is the whole purpose of the resume. Even though it is your skills and accomplishments that are on the resume, they are there to show the employer that you can meet all the requirements of the job in which you are interested.

Now, it’s time to focus attention on the resume itself. Think of the sections included in a typical resume. There is the heading, objective, education, experience and “other” sections. Each one needs to be written professionally and with attention to the employer’s needs. Grab a pen and paper or whatever you choose to use (a word processing program is also great) and start writing down some important information.

Section 1: the heading. This is the easiest section to write. Make note of your current address, phone number and email address. If you are still in school, list both your home address and your school address.

Section 2: the objective. What do you want to do in your first or next job? Write down your goals and career plans. When you write the objective for your resume, remember that you are to focus on the employer’s needs, not your own. Show the employer what you intend to do for them.

Section 3: education. You should know where you went to school, so note the school, city and state where you attended, the dates you attended, the courses you studied and your GPA if it was good.

Section 4: work experience. Think about what you have done in the past which could potentially influence an employer to want to hire you. If you are writing your first resume, include anything you have done for volunteer organizations, churches and school organizations, too. After you have done this, highlight anything that complements your career goals or the job you are seeking. If it is not directly related, then don’t use it.

Section 5: other. This could include: awards, honors, publications, activities and other such items. Use this section to emphasize your achievements, team sports and anything else that the employer might be impressed to learn about you.

Once you have a working copy of your resume, proofread it and check for grammar errors, typos and other possible resume mistakes. The fastest way to get your resume thrown into the garbage can is to have misspelled words and/or typos on it. Revise your resume as much as necessary to ensure it is error-free.

Now you can see that writing a resume is not that hard. Yes, it does take a little time, but it is worth it when you are working in a great job doing something you enjoy doing.

Too many people are getting plastic surgery these days and they are doing so, without doing the proper research. And frankly, too many people are getting plastic surgery for the wrong reason. Free will is free will and people can do what they want. But I can’t tell you how ridiculously sad it is to see teenage girls heading to the plastic surgeon with mommy and daddy because they want bigger boobs or lip implants. The media constantly tells women, young and old, that they are inadequate because they don’t look like the airbrushed girls in the magazines and commercial advertisements. Nobody on the earth is perfect by media standards. Photoshop makes them look perfect.

People need to stop focusing on their outward appearances and look a little deeper for this intangible thing, called self-worth. Your self-worth doesn’t reside within your cup size or dress size. Self-worth resides in your heart, your character and drive. Do things that are good and you’ll feel good. Do what is right for yourself and others, you will feel good. Looks inevitably fade, fashions will change and you will always be left with the thoughts in your mind. Forget plastic surgery and altering your outside, work on your inside.

You can expect to receive about ten responses for every 100 resumes you send out. Some will be simple acknowledgments; some will be rejected as spam or incorrectly addressed. The remainder might be in a recruiter or human resource department inbox ready for inspection. Those reviews of the final three or four are the critical ones that will determine the effectiveness of your current job hunting campaign. These ten tips will help you get better responses.

1. The name of your resume document should be in the form: Last, First. Add your middle initial if your name is common. Using resume or tomresume05 or such is certain to cause the recipient to lose it or lose interest because of the time consuming step necessary change it so it can be saved correctly. Make the document name unique to yourself. It should be in Microsoft Word format, not PDF or WordPerfect.

2. The cover letter is basically wasted material. No one reads cover letters with any degree of interest or attention. Make it short and to the point. You are looking for a position in a certain area and your salary needs are $. That’s enough. If you will relocate or not it is a good idea to state that also. Any detailed information will have to be in your resume to do any good.

3. Your resume should have many methods to reach you. Home, cell, work, alternate, these numbers must be at the top of the resume. Your home email and postal address’s are essential. Some firms search resumes by zip code. If you are a student or using a university email then get a free hotmail or yahoo type account for your job hunting. If your email address is drinksalot@yahoo.com or similar nonsense please pick another one instead. Try obtaining last.first@yahoo.com . It looks very professional.

4. Pick a standard type face. Courier New is fine. Use any others with caution. Eliminate any bullets or arrows or pointers in your text. No photos, no graphs, no long lists of two or three words on each line. Print it out and look at it from across the table. Is your resume too dense? Too long? Too much open space? Look at your composition critically on several different computer platforms. Send it to a couple of friends for review. Send it through a virus checker, spell checker, grammar checker and through AOL’s system too.

5. As a recruiter with 30 years experience reading resumes I can tell you that these first four items are the most important basics of increasing resume response. What follows are my personal preferences. Put your best foot forward on the resume. That is not that you have “23 years of experience” in some field. That is certain to cause me to hit the delete key immediately. My client companies are not interested in how many years of experience you have; they are looking for results.

6. Results are numbers, ratios, percentages, and dollar signs of accomplishments and achievements. Put those first. It’s all we care about people that we hire; what can they do for our business? What have they done for others?

7. Your educational accomplishments are essential. For younger people they should be near the top of the resume. Others can slide that towards the end. In either case make absolutely certain that the degree format is exactly what you received. Any degree statement has certain parts: Type of degree, BA or BS. Field of degree, Accounting, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry. Year received, 1998. Final GPA 3.1/4.0. Name of institution, City and State. If you are thinking that this is too detailed, then you are not thinking like a reader who is looking for any reason to discard your resume. Any mistake, any fault here is fatal.

8. Your employer’s names are not enough for readers to understand who you worked for. With the many name changes over the last 10 years it is hard to read much into a two or three word name. Put at least one sentence after the name of each employer with a description of the business they are in. Size of company, number of plants, employee union status, multiple state operations, world wide customer base. These are simple additions that can make your resume stand out.

9. The section describing what you did, found under each employer, should contain a description of what you actually did, not a list of duties lifted from your job description. If this short section contains the phrase “but not limited to” you can be sure I am going to delete your resume. Why? Because that is a phrase from a job description and has no place in your list of outstanding results and accomplishments. I am looking for something I can relate to your skills and abilities that might be useful to my client companies.

10. Put a few keywords into your resume. Many resumes are searched for keywords automatically by computer systems. You can incorporate them into your text or make a list at the end of the resume. You can skip Windows XP or Word, etc. We all expect those skills, like driving or reading English, to be exceptional. Keywords like HPLC or OSHA or MBA or CFA or GIPS might not make much sense to the casual reader but to a counterpart that you want to work for in a new company they are essential.

These items are culled from my long list of mistakes and misunderstandings of the purpose of a resume in today’s job hunting environment. I think they will help you achieve better results. If you think you can do the perfect resume, send one to me for a free check up and critique.

Dan Brockman

Professional Recruiter Since 1975

Barrington, IL

847 382 6015

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Dan Brockman is a recruiter with 30 years experience reading resumes.