Importance of a Resume
by Ethan Obten
http://www.resumern.com
Your resume is a piece of paper, a document that
you give to a potential employer. It it has on it, your
personal and contact information, a brief summary of your
education, and relevant work experience and
accomplishments. It usually will contain references and a
statement of why the person reading it would be wise to
hire you. Then you attach the papers to the employment
application and turn it to a secretary, or mail it off,
and hope for the best. Your resume has a task. It's job
is to get you an interview with the person doing the
hiring. Writing a resume that will accomplish it's only
task is NOT as easy as you may think. There is no specific
rules for writing your resume, you can design the format
and change it to match the desired position. Because
there are no strict rules, tips are just creative
suggestions. So in order to write the resume to accomplish
it's purpose, you have to design it to display the
information in an effective manner.
You need to start the writing of your own resume by
putting together accurate information needed. You will
likely find that most books about resume writing are
outdated, and do not apply very well to the modern job
market, besides those books are what all the other
applicants are reading to write their resumes. It is
likely that asking other people, especially people
recently hired to similar jobs, what their resume was
like. The resume format does NOT have to be new, it just
has to accomplish it's task. It can be the same format as
other people who have gotten good jobs.
You can keep yourself ahead your competitors as a superior
candidate by writing a good quality resume with some extra
effort. Most resumes could not draw the attention of the
prospective employers as the resumes do not give the
require information desired by the employer. You may get
calls for interviews before the competitors who are more
qualified than you, if you write a good quality resume.
So now you are thinking that your resume is suitable, or
even above average, for the job. In reality, your resume
may be more inadequate than you think. You may want to
think of updating the style and method of writing. Change
the way you have formatted your resume. To help you think
of the changes that need to be made, imagine your resume,
on the desk among those of the other job candidates. What
would make yours stand out in a positive way?
When you are ready to apply for your ultimate job, just
remember that there are lots of qualified applicants
applying for that same ultimate job. You need to write
your resume so that it will grab the attention of the
sleepy employer who is assigned to make the first cut, or
to recommend which applicants to interview first. Your
resume should be written in such a manner that the
employer will notice it in the stack at a glance and
become more interested as he/she begin to read.
If your format and style causes the employer to go through
your resume once with interest, the employer will keep
yours on the top of the heap. That is what a good resume
will do.
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