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Top 10 Resume Tips
The following are 10 Top Tips brought to you by TipTopJob
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Keep it Simple
A resume, your first and possibly only chance of securing an
interview. It
is therefore vitally important that it works for you and not against
you. Use it to draw attention to your strengths, achievements and
technical know-how.
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Lead with Achievements
Make frequent use of active verbs, such as, achieved, set up, managed,
responsible for, led. Don't use bullet points to describe jobs or
achievements, prose is easier to read and you can be more descriptive.
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Work Reverse Chronologically
Start with your current
employment and work back, remembering to
include the name of your employer, start and end dates, your job title
and a brief description, plus your accomplishments. If you are looking
for your first job, list any relevant work experience first, paid or
unpaid.
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Be Honest
Lying on your resume is a waste of your time as well as for your
prospective employer. Adding six months to your time in a job can seem
like a good idea, but if you are caught out you will have lost the
job
for sure. But don't sell yourself short. If you think the three summers
you spent working for a charity in France show your knowledge of the
country and its culture you should say so.
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IT Skills
You must list all software packages, hardware platforms, operating
systems, programming languages, databases, utilities etc, that you are
currently familiar with. Don't list packages that you haven't used for
years, because if you are asked about them at interview you will look
foolish.
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Education
Give equal attention to achievements while at University - but not if
you have been in the job market for more than two years. Captain of the
debating team, student union rep, set designer for the university play
all show you to be enthusiastic, a self-starter and full of initiative.
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Don't Overcrowd Your Resume
Don't feel you need to keep your resume to one page.
If it's three pages then fine, as long as the content and layout is
appropriate. If your potential employer has to work hard to read your
resume, they will quickly lose interest.
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Spelling
No employer will want to hire someone who can't
be bothered to check their own work and typos and grammatical errors
mean your resume goes straight in the bin. Don't rely on the spell check to
pick up any mistakes, read it over thoroughly.
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Two Pairs of Eyes
Ask someone else to proof read your resume for you as
a fresh eye is useful to spot mistakes or offer suggestions. Once
you've read your
resume three or four times, it's difficult to stand back
and look at it objectively. Never try and finish your resume in one
sitting, always go back to it after a couple of days.
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References
Check with referees before you use their names.
There's nothing worse than using someone who has either moved on or
holds a grudge against you. The best people to use for references are
your current employer or a professor or teacher at your
college/university.
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