Using Your Voice During Your Job Interview

Monday 25 July 2016

RESUME WRITING: DOES YOUR RESUME TELL OR SELL?

DOES YOUR RESUME TELL OR SELL?
HOW AN AMAZING RESUME CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Written by John Little, Managing Director, Successful Resumes Group International
An amazing resume will bring you results for years to come. Not only is it a priceless tool that will help you climb the career ladder, earn more money or enter the industry you’ve always wanted to work in, but it can also open up new opportunities you may not have even thought about. Having a well-written resume that highlights your best skills and experience is something that you can’t really afford to risk going without, particularly these days when competition for each advertised job is high.
How to entice…
Given your resume is one of the first pieces of information a prospective employer receives, it’s important to get it right. It’s their way of meeting you before they really meet you, so help them come to the right conclusion about what a perfect fit you are! Call them to action and make sure they call you to schedule an interview. Make your resume so tempting an employer will have no choice but to hire you! Or at least meet you in the flesh face to face, the actual hiring part is mostly about how well you’re able to perform once you make it to the interview.
Inspire the readers of your resume to want to meet you and want to get to know you better. Think of a resume as part of an elimination process. Prospective employers will scroll through hundreds, if not thousands, of resumes and will shortlist just a few. Having a unique and well-crafted resume will ensure you make the shortlist, and that means you’ve achieved half of your job seeking goal right there. Once you make the shortlist, then you’re in with a real chance at the job
Increase your success rate
Think of your resume as a reflection of how you’d like to be remembered. Does it highlight your assets and downplay your challenges? Does it definitely cover all your skills and attributes in enough detail as well as list and explain your employment history? This piece of paper works as your very best marketing tool, so make every sentence counts. Hiring a professional to do the job for you will make an enormous difference to your rate of success. Hiring Managers can generally tell the difference between those who have gone out of their way to developing a professionally written resume, and those who crammed the information together at the last minute themselves.
Contact for assistance
If you’d like assistance in crafting an impressive resume that will be hard for employers to refuse, please contact us to make an appointment.
Successful Resumes Singapore and Career Management Institute
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