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Posted By: Staff Editor In: Job Seeker - Resume
8 Tips To Enhance Your Resume
With the economic recession, for each position posted there are a large number of applicants and recruiters have issues handling all the resumes. There are a few things that can be done to ensure that your resume gets recognized and you get optimized results. Here are 8 tips to optimize your resume to get noticed:
1. Portray Achievements: Don't simply list your job responsibilities. Include your achievements and the unique work you performed throughout your career.
2. Give References: Reviews matter. If you purchasing a product online you would check the online reviews, same goes for job candidates. Create a reference sheet of colleagues/friends/mentors that can vouch for your work. But before you add them to your list be sure to inform them that they may be contacted on your behalf.
3. Uniqueness About You: Target your resume to the job you're applying for. Make sure you read the job requirements carefully and then match your skill set to the requirements, this way you'll look like the perfect fit!
4. Personal Branding: If you have blog, Twitter profile, LinkedInm you can always mention them on your resume. This will add more credibility to your profile.
5. Don't Use An Objective: Instead of an objective statement use a professional summary to let employers know how you can add value to their organization.
6. Your Work Approach: Portray to employers how you approach your work. Instead of the using passive terms, use action words to show that you have the ability to get the job done. Using strong action words will add more meaning to your resume.
7. Describe Your Personality: Some people use resume templates to create their resume, but this can portray a negative message to an employer. Its okay to use samples to get ideas of what you want your resume to look like, but copying a resume template exactly may tell an employer that you cannot think outside the box.
8. Have Your Resume Verified: Over 45% resumes contain false statements or misrepresentations. Bad hires cost businesses billions of dollars in losses every year, so employers are cautious as to who they hire. Have your resume verified and you'll be seen as a serious candidate and have a leg up on the competition. Learn more about having your resume verified .
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Posted by: George Harry
Depends on the job you are applying for. Also, don't make the mistake made here and use richtext that adds fonts to your text unwanted
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Posted by: Sall I
Im wondering how I go about getting a better resume that will stand out to an employer?
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Posted by: Tina
Great resume video tip. This alternative did not exist 10 years ago. I was completely unawhere that video resumes are being done today. At this pace, eventually, paper resumes will be obsolete. The tip was very insightful.Thanks again
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Posted by: Demelyn Asido Ico
Thank you so much, I have learned more from your tips.
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Posted by: Stephen Schmid
It is a good overview of some basic elements that everyone considers at one time or another. It's always better to know more about the meat and potatoes.
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Posted by: Dave K
Item 2 - Give References - My advice is don't give out a reference unless requested by a perspective employer. Many recruiters and hiring managers see a gazillion resumes - and they will contact you and request a reference if they are interested.
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Posted by: Michael Spriggs
These 8 points are informative and I will use them to update my resume and myself for future interviews. It's very helpful.Michael Spriggs
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Posted by: Barbara Halladay
Just how many pages should your resume be? I was told to keep it one page.References are on a different page.
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Posted by: Carolyn Haughton
Thanks for the validation on including references along with your resume. This differently spends upon the hiring process. I have just started adding my contacts rather than using the all to familiar phrase,"References available upon request".
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Posted by: lalpri
Really a fabulous article.
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Posted by: Sandeep Chaudhary
This website is very good!
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Posted by: Mahmoud Assaad
Thank you for these excellent tips.
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Posted by: Londean Holden
All topics were very mind opening, I can't wait to update my resume and hope this will improve my chances for an interview.Thank You, Londean Holden
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Posted by: Quach Phi Hung
Very good. Thank you!
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Posted by: Ravanna Heyward-bey
May 20, 2009:These were all very good tips, I feel even more confident, with these helpful hints, while going forward in finding a better position, within my chosen career field.Best Regards:Van Heyward
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Posted by: Katherine ODonovan
Thank you.
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Posted by: Linda
I feel these comments were very helpful. There were things that I had not thought of.
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Posted by: Mishelle Goodwin
It's so helpfull and now I have a proffessional RESUME! Thank You!
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Posted by: evden eve nakliyat ankara
thank you!
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Posted by: þanlýurfa nakliyat
thank you.
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