Information on Writing a Resume

First, keep the following two things in mind when you write your resume:

1. First impressions count and your resume is the first impression you make on the employer, and

2. Hiring managers and recruiters don't give a dolly about you, and they have piles of similar resumes to choose from.

Tip #1 - Make Your Resume Relevant

Write your resume with the specific job in mind. The effort is not that much and it could land you the job.

Don't try and cram all your experience into the resume. Only include what your research says is relevant to the job.

You'll make the hiring manager love you if you give just the relevant information and save her the effort of wading through irrelevant experience.

In other words, know your resume's audience, and write your resume specifically for them.

Tip #2 - Write a Compelling Summary

Think of the summary at the top of your resume as the teaser at the top of a newspaper article, after the headline. That's how hiring managers read resumes.

If you don't give them a compelling reason in the summary to read further, your resume disappears into "perhaps relevant" hell. Draw the reader's interest with an interesting and relevant summary of your experience.

An interesting summary makes it easier for the hiring manager to find the right candidate - you.

Tip #3 - Sell Your Benefits

Many resumes bore people to tears. You wonder why most hiring managers keep a box of tissues on their desks? Do most of them have hay fever? No, the boring resumes are driving them to tears.

The resume contains your own individual ad. What are common to most ads? They sell you on the benefits of the product, not the features! The benefits drive you to buy a product, not the features.

Don't bore the hiring manager with just a list of your features.

What is the difference between a benefit and a feature?

"Ten years of website development," is a feature.

"Ten years of website development that will enhance corporate image and website search engine rankings," is a benefit.

Tip #4 - Make Sure There are No Spelling Mistakes

There are no excuses for having spelling mistakes in your resume. What motivation would someone have to hire you if you're too lazy to press F7?

Once you've sent out your resume, you cannot call it back.

Make absolutely certain that it's as near perfect as possible.

Spelling mistakes never make a good impression on a prospective employer.

It's one of the easiest how to write a resume tricks that many people forget.

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