Posted in Resume Tips on Aug 31st, 2009
Preparing a resume is not as simple as one thinks. It is the intial part of a succesful new job employment. Some may choose to cram all of his/her criteria into a few pages resume. Based on my experience, it is not a god practise, as the reader of your resume may tend to be [...]
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Posted in Resume Tips on May 26th, 2009
In today current economic crisis where a number of graduates and unemployed increasing tremendously, job seekers must be creative to attract employer to select you as a candidates being short listed.
If you are still stuck on the habit of searching job ads on the newspaper then you are certainly missing the great wonder of technology [...]
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Posted in Resume Tips on Sep 27th, 2008
Get free resume samples online via Susan Ireland Resumes now, and use them as reference for your resume.
The resume samples were categorized into:
RESUMES by OCCUPATION
Administrative Support
Consulting
Education Administration
Executive Management
Finance
Human Resources
Inventory Management
Law
Marketing
Media/Creative
Project Management
Sales/Customer Service
Teaching
Writing
RESUMES by FORMAT
Chronological
Functional
Combination
RESUMES by PROBLEM SOLVED
Employment Gap
Short-Term Jobs
Career Change
Unemployed Now
Age Discrimination
Temp Jobs
Promotions
Same Career Path
Concurrent Jobs
New Degree
No Degree
Job Alternative
Re-Entering Workforce
Self Employed
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Posted in Resume Tips on Sep 27th, 2008
Susan Ireland landed 5 Top Resume Tips which are useful. In summary, always keep these 5 tips while you are writing your resume:
Your resume is about your future; not your past.
It is not a confessional. In other words, you don’t have to “tell all.” Stick to what’s relevant and marketable.
Don’t write a list of job [...]
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Posted in Resume Tips on Sep 25th, 2008
QuestCareer.com has an interesting post about 15 tips for writing resumes. In short here are the 15 tips:
1. Determine your job search objective prior to writing the resume.
2. Think of your resume as a marketing tool.
3. Use your resume to obtain an interview, not a job.
4. Use bulleted sentences.
5. Use action words.
6. Use #’s, $’s [...]
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Posted in Resume Tips on Sep 23rd, 2008
CHRONOLOGICAL
Definition:
The chronological resume is prepared by job titles with the most recent position listed first.
How Employer See:
Employers preferred the chronological resume as the format will lists prior positions at the earlier part (most current). Employers recognize such resume style as fact-based and easily scanned.
When to use:
Job seekers equipped with concrete experiences and a logical job [...]
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Posted in Resume Tips on Sep 19th, 2008
We normally try to use an ‘extraordinary’ wording for our resume, in order to catch the reader’s attention. But be very careful with such phrasing that you are about to use in your resume. Below are some of the tips that you may find useful in establishing a better resume terminology.
Normal Phrasing: Team Player
Better Terminology: [...]
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Posted in Resume Tips on Aug 15th, 2008
A resume is the first vital tool that an HR personal will look into, whether to include the candidate to their short list or not. They will normally go for the superior one, which they feel reflects they owner of it. Resume can be in any format, but how do we create a good one. [...]
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Posted in Resume Tips on Nov 5th, 2007
Fashion designer Coco Chanel had a personal rule: Before she left the house, the style icon always removed one piece of her ensemble to avoid the faux-pas of wearing too many accessories. Were Chanel alive today and working as a hiring manager, she would likely offer similar advice to job seekers: You don’t have to [...]
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