résumé outlines
outline of a resume:
- Remember your resumes job is to get you to interview; it needs to be concise, informative, interesting and appropriate to the position.
- Adapt your resume to the position you are applying by using keywords relevant to the position.
- Length of document: always less than 5 pages plus a cover letter.
- Put testimonials at the beginning ie short excerpts singing your praises in short concise wording with strong adjectives taken from referees.
- If your resume has many years career experience elaborate on your last three positions and put the rest in a table with headings Company, Position, Dates and Responsibilities.
- Put some personality in there somewhere…remember your audience possibly has piles of resumes to scan.
- Always get someone else to proof read.
cover letter for resume
A cover letter for a resume should be succinct, powerful and professionally drafted. It should state the position you are applying for and briefly outline how your skills and attributes make you most appropriate. A cover letter for a resume should be in modern format ie left aligned with only punctuation in the body of the letter.
Cover letters for a resume should come with a professional resume service as part of the price.
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