How to Write a Better Resume
There are always people looking for jobs. It doesn’t matter where you live, there is unemployment and jobs being advertised, as well as job seekers looking for jobs. A lot of the time the two groups never meet and this is why unemployment is higher than it has to be. Your resume can be the difference between you even being considered for a job or having it discarded. You may have ALL of the necessary skills, but if you can’t get that across to an employer, then it is useless.
There are a lot of differences between an unacceptable resume and a good one. There are also a lot of differences between a good resume and a great resume. I will come back to the cover letter later. You have to think of yourself as a salesperson when applying for a job and your resume is your advertisement. You have to make your advertisement as appealing and as accurate as you can, so that a prospective employer will stop and take the time to consider employing you. Bear in mind that for every job advertised, there can easily be over 500 applications.
I have had experience from all angles over the years. I have been an employee, an employer and a recruiter. So I have seen firsthand how resumes are treated and analyzed by different people, depending on the type of job opportunity. The first thing you have to do when reading any job advertisement is to check whether you meet the selection criteria. If you do, or think you do, then definitely apply. If you have absolutely no experience in a field that is demanding experience as essential, it is a waste of your time even applying. I can tell you from experience that I found it extremely frustrating receiving resume after resume for a job demanding specific skills and the majority of applicants did NOT have any of the skills required.
The resume introduces an applicant to the employer, it should always be presentable. Thanks for those wonderful tips for jobseekers.