HOW TO WRITE A GOOD RESUME

HOW TO WRITE A GOOD RESUME

So, one morning after you woke up, went to the bathroom and had a nice breakfast, all of a sudden you realize that it is high time to start looking for the job. There are two most wide-spread ways to look for the job.

The first way is through somebody’s protection using your family, friends or any other type of relations. There is no advice here except for to have as many acquaintances as possible, especially in your professional sphere. It has been proved by experience that communicative people have less problems searching for jobs because the more acquaintances you have the more it is possible that your future employer might be among them. But at the same time you should not expect that all of your friends will recommend you to their bosses. We live in a very competitive time when everybody is afraid to lose their job (what might happen if you fail to succeed in the new place? It is quite possible that the person who recommended you will be fired too).

The second way of searching is more civilized – through the agencies. That is when you go to some career agency which has a number of vacancies. In that case you start competing with other claimants. To win the competition is not an easy target. Except for professional knowledge, you should know standard technologies used by employers for personnel search. And, of course, you should convince your employer that you are the kind of specialist he has been dreaming about during his whole life. Here you will need basic psychological knowledge to go through all the testing, interviews and other terrors.

That’s why when you decided to start searching for job, do not rush to phone all the agencies in town which you have found in the directory. You will have to do it but later.

Instead, start writing your resume. The advice is reasonable because first of all, 99.9 % of the agencies require resumes designed according to certain rules and, secondly, the process of resume writing is a good way to structure your thoughts and ideas. What kind of job do you want to get? In what activity sphere? With what degree of responsibility? What is your knowledge and professional experience in that sphere? What are your strong and weak points? What career path do you imagine for yourself? What post will satisfy you? You should be maximum honest and objective. Be the judge for yourself. The final resume will depend on your answers.

Being unemployed in a critical for the economy time, one feels at least helpless without any means of subsistence. And there arises an important question what to do in the first place (especially if one has never faced such a problem). However saturated the today’s market is, the demand for professionals has not just remained but is also constantly growing. It goes without saying that the supply exceeds the demand which leads to a great competition. That’s why the most important aim of the competitors is to attract attention to his/her nomination. And the professional resume is a visiting card here. One should not hastily send his ill-defined resumes which have been once seen in the press, in the Internet or on TV to all faxes and e-mails. First of all, one should pay attention to how one’s resume is printed, structured and written. Here is advice on how to write a correct resume. A lot has been written on the subject of resume writing. So, let’s concentrate on the most important details.