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By Donalyn Leskosek Spisak
If you aren’t receiving
invitations to interview,
you need to revise and
improve your resume. You
have to attract an employers
attention. Here are some
examples of how to do this.
Resumes are reviewed by a
glance over lasting usually
no more than 30 seconds.
Focus on skills and areas of
expertise and your
accomplishments.
ALWAYS TARGET YOUR AUDIENCE:
Write your resume with this
one particular job in mind.
Perhaps you may wish to
create a resume for each job
title you may be
considering. Do not include
information pertinent to
management when applying for
a position which is
non-management, etc. Let
them know clearly you can
fill the hole in their
organization with the
necessary requirements.
FOCUS ON THE EMPLOYER’S NEED
TO KNOW: Don’t waste
precious time talking about
things you feel the need to
explain. Keep focused on the
employers need to know.
Emphasize the skills and
areas of expertise they are
seeking.
ALWAYS LIST ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Listing accomplishments in
lieu of a boring
dissertation of every
unrelated job description is
a wonderful way to get
attention. Even if you’re
applying for a position
which is different from
those you’ve held in the
past, showing promotions and
accomplishments will show
you to be the person that
does what he sets out to do.
ACCURACY: Check your work.
Verify all words are spelled
correctly. Review each
sentence for errors. There
is no need to write complete
sentences throughout the
resume. Keeping ideas and
statements brief and to the
point is best. Don’t make
anyone have to read between
the lines to find
qualifications necessary to
do the job. The resume you
submit must be flawless. It
is a sample of the quality
of your work.
KEEP IT SIMPLE: Don’t fill
your resume with useless or
unrelated information to the
position being filled. An
employer will not read every
word. Think of your audience
at all times. This is your
time to sell yourself to a
particular position.
Donalyn Leskosek Spisak is
resume and portfolio writing
expert and is the owner of
Recruitshop. Please call
724.446.7287, or visit
http://www.recruitshop.com
for more information.
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