Top ten resume tips
11 February 2010
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- Eliminate spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Ask someone to proof read it for you.
- Make a good first impression, you have a limited amount of initial interest time, use it wisely and carefully.
- Keep it brief as no one have time to read a 20-page resume, be efficient with your information. A three page resume is often sufficient
- Focus your resume on your most recent work experience, keep it brief for anything over 10-15 years.
- Quantify experience and achievements with facts and figures to show how you performed against specific targets, timelines or KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators).
- Give the employer a chance to see your written communication skills in terms of being organised, logical and concise.
- Use simple language; do not try to impress employers with exorbitant or elaborate vocabulary.
- Be honest, nothing turns an interview sour more quickly than the uncovering of exaggeration or the stretching of the truth on resumes.
- Be balanced, clear, neat and structured. Make it easy on and appealing to the eye.
- This is your opportunity to sell yourself. Emphasise previous wins, promotions and rare skill sets, make yourself very difficult to disregard.
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