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Start the process of improving your career:
What is a resume or CV?
A resume or curriculum vitae is not only a document
stating employment history - it is much more.
It is a written representation
of you!
While a photograph provides an exterior compilation,
a resume is a snapshot of your accrued skills, strengths
and creative talents. To an employer, a resume IS
you – and it will be what compels them to either
contact you or to throw your resume into the wastebasket,
along with your dreams and aspirations.
The average person who writes his/her own resume
usually believes:
"With this resume I'll get the job I want,
the money I deserve, and finally have a career where
I can reach my goals."
While this is well and good, the typical employer
does not lose much sleep fretting about your career
or financial well being. An employer worries how
he/she can find the right person to run the expanding
computer network or wonders why he/she can't find
a competent manager to direct the burgeoning sales
staff.
For a resume to be successful, it must do three
things:
- Convey a positive image of yourself to the employer
in less than five seconds
- Showcase how you can satisfy the employer’s
needs better than any other applicant
- Compel the employer to contact you for an interview
How can a resume do this?
- The writer must know what skills the employer
requires in an employee
- The writer must have expertise in the written
word
- The writer must know how to produce a document
that will highlight relevant skills in an informative,
effective and concise manner
A poorly written resume conveys the same impression
to the employer as showing up at the interview in
tattered and torn clothing.
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