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How to Make Your Résumé Shine

Your résumé is a work-in-progress. You will probably revise it dozens of times during your career.

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    Difficulty:
    Moderately Easy

    Instructions

    Things You'll Need

    • Computers
    • Printers
    • résumé software
    • résumé paper
      • 1

        Gauge the relevance of your résumé to your current career goals.

      • 2

        Add, then highlight, action words such as "promoted" and "increased."

      • 3

        Sprinkle your résumé liberally with industry buzzwords to demonstrate your insider know-how.

      • 4

        Tailor your previous job responsibilities - within reason - to best match the description of the position you want.

      • 5

        Use the active voice and bullet points to make information easier to digest. Steer clear of passive verbs.

      • 6

        Fit your résumé onto one page, no matter how extensive your experience.

      • 7

        Choose stationery with a little personality. Or, if you are interested in high-technology fields, send your résumé by e-mail.

      • 8

        Plan to send your résumé so that it arrives at an opportune time.

      • 9

        Leave lots of space on all four margins.

    Tips & Warnings

    • If sending your résumé via e-mail, use standard fonts and avoid bolding, underlining or italicizing text.

    • Leave out information about your race, age or political, religious or sexual orientation.

    • Print your résumé on a high-quality laser printer or new ink jet printer for crisp letters. Avoid using dot matrix and old ink jet printers that can smear and blur.

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    Comments

    • Mar 14, 2011
      Thanks for your tips
    • fantasyeagle Jan 22, 2007
      Thank you.
    • fantasyeagle Jan 22, 2007
      Thank you.
    • Aug 08, 2006
      If you're having trouble filling up some space for work experience (especially first-time workers and college students), make sure that you put in any volunteer work that you may have done! Don't make it sound self-glorifying, just humbly put it in. Employers notice people who give of their time to help others.
    • Aug 08, 2006
      If sending a rsum to a company's HR department (assuming you did not send it to the person doing the hiring), NEVER staple a two-page rsum. Staples send rsums directly to the trash. They don't have time to unstaple them before scanning.

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