- First of all, have you highlighted your best achievements in the first half of the first page?
- have you read the job description and tried to use some of its keywords within your resume?
- Have you taken your utmost care of your covering letter?
- Have you picked the right layout design?
If the answer is YES for all the above mentioned points, then please consider the following tips:
- Make sure to add the years of experience beside each employers name.
- Don't repeat the strong keywords at your achievements section. (i.e. Experienced doing...,performed..., Succeeded in... etc.)
- Put your first and last name in the header part of the page as well as your contact details, phone number then e-mail address underneath.
- Your career objective has to reflect your resume details.
- The professional resume shall not be more than 2 pages.
- Add all the related specialized training that you have taken.
- You may have subscribed with trade exhibitions presenting your previous employers products and services, its good to add them to your resume.
- Always remeber that the employers/recruiters have very short time to consider or disregard your resume, its all about what you write on the first half of the first page.
- When you get a call for interview, its always good to have a power point version of your resume at your laptop or somewhere on the internet to be presented during the interview (if the employer will be interested to have more details) as with this resume you may add reference photos, videos and other helpfull details
- Finally, be passionate & accurate with your resume writing and get ready for your first interview!
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