Employers tend to require that either a resume be submitted, a Curriculum Vitae (CV), and sometimes – both. Both employers and job-seekers should be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the resume and curriculum vitae.
Both your resume and curriculum vitae should serve you as a job-seeker as power tools for landing your desired job/position. Thus, it is extremely important to make the most of your first opportunity to impress the hiring employer, perhaps your only opportunity.
Talent acquisition is the process of acquiring new employees, while making sure that the most talented and matching candidates and employees are chosen throughout the process. An extensive amount of money, time, and effort are invested to find the best fit for an employer’s position.
One of the first step of becoming a professional and successful job-seeker is creating a highly-professional resume. Unfortunately, most people do not invest the amount of time and effort they should in order to create a high-professional resume. Let’s create a list of the steps to creating a highly-professional resume, one step at a time:
Step #1:
Research the employer’s website and learn about them everything possible. Yes, actually read their main pages. Focus on who they are, what do they do, why do they do it, their values, their origins, their leadership, their strategic plan (if relevant), locations, services, etc. Make a list of their most common phrases and values used and keep it.
Step #2:
Read their job posting several times (at least 2-3 times). Search for phrases being repeatedly used, value mentioned, timelines, minimum requirements, and preferred requirements/job-related skills. Search for anything that comes-across as them being proud, or of importance to them.
Step #3:
Visit their Human Resources department for any clues, advise, or requirements that might have been missed in their job posting ad. Especially, seek if there is a template that they prefer. This is common with large employers and/or industry-leading employers. Comply with their requirements in-full if possible.
Step #4:
Start creating your resume. If following the employer’s template, make sure to include the information they are requiring in the order, extent, and structure they are asking for. If the employer did not mention a required template to follow, use the following pointers to create your highly-professional resume:
Keep your resume as short as possible. The preferred length is 1-2 pages at most.
Create a resume that takes no more than 120 seconds (2 minutes) to read.
Use the most relevant and important information, especially at the beginning of your resume.
Use active and positive language/phrasing in your resume.
Use as many phrases, ideas, and values as possible that the employer uses on their website and in the job’s posting.
Make sure that your career-goal statement (appears immediately after your contact information, if not presenting it as part of the footer) fits what the employer is looking for.
Step #5:
Proofread your own resume several times. Address all the red and blue lines/indicators that document auditors such as Word use to indicate something is wrong. If possible, use a professional grammar editorial software. It is advised to create a checklist and use it to make sure that your resume meets all the pointers.o not think that anything of the above pertains to you; You are seriously in denial!
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Step #6:
Have several other people go over your resume. Make sure of the following:
The person has the background, knowledge, and skills to proofread your resume. For example – is their English as good (hopefully better) than yours? If not, do not use them as a proofreader.
Do not tell them what you are trying to achieve or convey via your resume. Instead, after they have read your resume, ask them a few simple questions to better understand how your resume comes across.
These questions could include: “briefly describe your impression of my resume”; “What stood-out the most about me?”; “What do you remember the most from my resume”; “describe me in five phrases according to my resume”; “where there any words/phrases that bothered or annoyed you?”; “Where was the most important information about me located?”; “Did I come across as positive, negative, or neutral?”.
Do not argue with them, take notes of their feedback, and do your best to change your resume accordingly. Especially if certain feedback is repeated by more than one person.
Step #7:
Have the same people read your resume again. Get their feedback again and address it. You may also choose to have different people read the revised resume in order to avoid prejudice on their behalf.
Want to learn more on how to create a highly-professional resume? – Visit our article titled: “The Structure, Language, and Secrets of a Highly-Professional Resume”
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