Your Resume
Your resume may well have been the sole
reason you managed to get to interview, so it is important that
it was well written and that you can substantiate anything
written in it. Questions during interview may well be based on
your resume, so be prepared to be questioned on it in
detail.
Your resume should
demonstrate your education, qualifications and work experience
and give a good indication as to why you are admirably suited
to the type of job for which you are applying.
Any other work outside your chosen field, any
accomplishments made within it, should be included.
If you decide to enhance the appearance of
your resume so that it stands out from the crowd, do so
conservatively.
Don't go overboard
with fancy graphics and fonts that merely distract the reader
from the important information about yourself. They may have a
negative impact on the hiring
manager.
It is generally considered that
recruiters do not always go through all of a resume, but they
do. Unless that is, it is quite clear that the applicant has
paid no heed to the criteria required for the job as mentioned
in the recruitment advertising.
In cases where there are hundreds or
more applications for the same job, recruiters will sometimes
automatically discount applications that fail to meet minimum
basic requirements for the job.
There are some things that recruiters don't want to see in a
resume, and these should be avoided altogether:
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Resume
Tips
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Ensure that
any resume you submit to a
prospective employer is free of
errors. This shows them you care
enough about the company (and
yourself) to edit any material you
present to them.
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When
preparing your resume, avoid
detailing every little daily task.
Rather, emphasize particular
achievements that facilitated
improvements in a previous
employers operations.
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