Job Seekers: KEY Resume Writing Tips
In today's BUSY job market, QUALIFIED applicants can be easily overlooked simply by not having the RIGHT resume. You really need to make yourself stand out from the other potential employees and have a glowing resume! Our HR consulting firm at the Lake of the Ozarks can help you identify possible careers that relate to YOUR passions, string together your skills and past experience to show you are GREAT for the position, and then help you reach out to your connections and network. Part of this process is getting your resume and up to date and making it shine like a new penny. In this blog, we are going to give you some KEY TIPS to creating an effective resume.
Generally, job interviewers are only scanning the resume the first time. Scanning a resume is hard if your resume is already difficult to read. It can also be difficult if it's poorly organized and exceeds 2 pages. Try the following to better organize your resume:
A resume is designed to show your strengths and skills, not just a general bio of the candidate.
Typically, when a hiring manager looks at a resume for the first time, they are weeding out the ones who have no chance, they will give each resume about 25 seconds.
Here at Kmet Consulting, our experienced HR consulting firm at the Lake of the Ozarks can assist you with resume writing, interview preparation, interview tips, and even interview etiquette. Your attitude and behavior are as important as your resume, experience, training and technical abilities. We will help you brush up on the interview basics. We can help you make all the right moves before, during, and after the interview to make you surely shine!
KEY Resume Writing Tips
Format Your Resume in an EYE CATCHING Way
Generally, job interviewers are only scanning the resume the first time. Scanning a resume is hard if your resume is already difficult to read. It can also be difficult if it's poorly organized and exceeds 2 pages. Try the following to better organize your resume:
- Bullet your important points, for example, your accomplishments
- Strategically place bold and italic interface throughout your resume to better guide the reader's eye
- Use wide margins and a logical format that includes a clean type and clear headings
Capitalize on Your Accomplishments, Don't Rely on Job Descriptions
- Show what YOU DID on the job, not what the job was. (This can make a HUGE difference.)
- Ask yourself, "What was the benefit of doing what I did?", at the end of each description line
- Make your accomplishments UNIQUE to you, not just a list of what someone else did
- Avoid using generic descriptions, act as if you were the hiring manager reading this
Quantify Your Accomplishments
A resume is designed to show your strengths and skills, not just a general bio of the candidate.
- Don't make general claims, using too much industry jargon
- Include numbers in your achievements, for example, interest percentages, number of employees, likes, dollars, etc.
Grab Your Viewers Eye With a "Career Summary" Instead of a Boring Objective
Typically, when a hiring manager looks at a resume for the first time, they are weeding out the ones who have no chance, they will give each resume about 25 seconds.
- Grab a hiring manager's attention right from the beginning
- Develop a summary that immediately gets their attention that POWERFULLY describes you as a solution to their problems.
Job Seekers, Don't Be Afraid To Seek Help!
Here at Kmet Consulting, our experienced HR consulting firm at the Lake of the Ozarks can assist you with resume writing, interview preparation, interview tips, and even interview etiquette. Your attitude and behavior are as important as your resume, experience, training and technical abilities. We will help you brush up on the interview basics. We can help you make all the right moves before, during, and after the interview to make you surely shine!
Your Source for HR Help in Iowa & Missouri
sue@kmetconsulting.com
877-783-5638
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