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Reasons to have your resume written professionally

Posted on February 18th, 2008 in Resumes, Uncategorized by

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A resume is acknowledged as a very important factor in getting you the job you want. So make sure your resume brings out all the good things about you and doesn’t end up looking shoddy and unprofessional. There are people who write resumes for a living. Many people prefer going to professional resume writers to have their resumes written. There are a good many things that make a resume good and this includes whether the employer takes a second look at it and whether he places it in the file marked keep or throws it away.

People believe in hiring professional resume writers for the following reasons:

Most employers do not look at a resume for even a minute. So in order to be interviewed your resume has to impress him within that very short span. If your resume does not convey the necessary message to the person in charge of hiring it will land up in the dustbin. Hiring a professional resume writer will ensure that your resume catches his attention within that short period of time.

Many companies these days also use an automated resume database and when a vacancy arises they use a few chosen keywords to pull out the right resumes from these databases. Thus if you resume doesn’t have those select keywords that they’re looking for, it won’t get picked. Thus if you have a professional helping you make your resume he will make sure you have those keywords in your resume.

A resume is not just supposed to be a sheet of paper with your qualifications on it. It can be used as a very powerful tool to market yourself.  A well written resume helps you reach the audience you are targeting and it impresses employers and reduces the time taken to find a suitable job.

It is for the above reasons that many people employ professional resume writers to draft theirs.

The Secret to getting the best out of your resume

Posted on December 14th, 2007 in Resumes by

The secret to impressing your future boss is by writing your resume in a manner that makes you seem more qualified than you probably are. For example many people I know appear less accomplished because of the way their resumes are filled and the opposite is also true for many.

The key is to focus on your strong points and draw attention away from what you feel are your weak areas. For example your CGPA is not your strong point whereas your papers are publications are. In your academic achievements field first list all the papers you have written and where they have been published. Or if you have previously worked or been associated with big firms and companies emphasize on that.

Or in the alternative if your scores are your assets while you may not have had much work experience or publications. Stress on the fact that you scored X grade point and that you secured X rank in your year and so on.

The purpose of a CV is to showcase your achievements and not to showcase what you have not achieved. So if you have a grade point of 5 or so but instead have achieved a lot in various competitions, you could omit your grade from your CV or if it is required do mention it later after you’ve mentioned all your other achievements.

Another very important thing about your CV is the formatting. Choose a format that is appropriate for your profession and post. There are a variety of resume formats both on the internet as well as with Microsoft Word.  The resume should be simple and not too fancy and also formatted in a clear, consistent method. It should draw attention to what you want it to through the clever use of bold alphabets and italics.

A good resume is as much about the way it is compiled as about what goes inside it.