Top 10 Things You Need to Know About a Resume
31. Mar, 2009 
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Your Resume is a very important tool in your search for a job. With the current state of the economy, a powerful resume could be your key to finding employment. It is essential you understand exactly what a resume is and is not.
Your Resume is:
- A concise presentation of yourself targeted to the needs of a specific employer
- A marketing tool that distinguishes you from the competition (highlights your major accomplishments)
- A document that focuses on “the whole person” (your unique qualities, experience and strengths)
- A results-oriented document, which highlights not just what you did but the IMPACT your efforts had on previous employers
- A document that demonstrates career progression or an increasing level of complexity in your work experience
Your Resume is NOT:
- A history of your life from high school to business school
- An autobiography which describes your life to date
- A laundry list of everything you have ever done
- A long (2+ pages) document that is dense and difficult to read; 2 pages are fine if your work experience requires two pages
- A detailed list of all your job responsibilities
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Thanks, I believe this will be quite helpful for my own resume.
But only 2 pages? It’s true that a resume shouldn’t be too long, but 2 pages seems rather short. Though this may be due to my layout.
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This a great list of do’s and don’ts for people who have never wrote a resume before. People may be too concerned about whether they put enough information in their resumes and they may start to pull information from the list of don’ts in order to produce a “good-sized” resume which may actually be detrimental to their chances of actually getting a job.
What a wonderful list of all the do’s and donts in a resume. I have seen many resumes with the responsibilities that the individual has in his current job..A great list for more than a page. It is a new word I learnt from this post not to mention all the responsibilities as a list in teh resume. A good informative post.
These are very helpful tips for all the job seekers. It clearly mentioned about the dos and don’t s in the resume. By using this smart tips people can easily build a great resume.
Thanks for explaining in clear and precise terms what a great resume is all about and what it is not. As we all know, it is important to have a great resume to improve one’s chances significantly in getting selected for a good job. Overall, I liked the way this blog has been designed and relevant information presented.