| First, keep the following two things in mind when you | | | | Tip #3 - Concentrate on Your Benefits |
| write your resume: | | | | Many resumes are just plain boring. Is that box of |
| 1. First impressions count and your resume is the first | | | | tissues on the hiring manager's desk for perpetual |
| impression you make on the employer, and | | | | cold and flu? No, the boring resumes are driving them |
| 2. Hiring managers and recruiters don't give a dolly | | | | to tears. |
| about you, and they have piles of similar resumes to | | | | Your resume is your very own personal |
| choose from. | | | | advertisement. What do have most ads have in |
| Tip #1 - Make a Relevant Resume | | | | common? They focus you on the benefits because |
| Get more information on the particular job and write | | | | that's what convinces people to buy. People only |
| your resume specifically for it. The effort is not that | | | | "buy" when they believe they will benefit from what |
| much and it could land you the job. | | | | they are buying. |
| Don't try and cram all your experience into the | | | | Don't be yet another candidate who comatoses the |
| resume. Only include what your research says is | | | | hiring manager with a boring list of features. |
| relevant to the job. | | | | How do you distinguish between a benefit and a |
| You'll make the hiring manager love you if you give | | | | feature? |
| just the relevant information and save her the effort | | | | "Ten years of developing websites," is a feature. |
| of wading through irrelevant experience. | | | | "Ten years of website development that will enhance |
| Tailor your resume specifically to the needs of those | | | | user experience and improve sales," is a benefit. |
| who are going to read it. | | | | Tip #4 - Spell Check the Resume |
| Tip #2 - Make The Summary Interesting | | | | Nowadays you really don't have an excuse if there |
| Think of the summary at the top of your resume as | | | | are spelling errors in your resume. What motivation |
| the teaser at the top of a newspaper article, after | | | | would someone have to hire you if you're too lazy to |
| the headline. That's how hiring managers read | | | | press F7? |
| resumes. | | | | You cannot "recall" your resume once it's out there in |
| Your resume will be just another one of hundreds if | | | | the wild. |
| you don't catch the hiring manager's attention in the | | | | Make absolutely certain that it's as near perfect as |
| first few paragraphs. Catch their attention with a | | | | possible. |
| relevant and compelling summary of you and your | | | | Spelling mistakes never make a good impression on a |
| experience. | | | | prospective employer. |
| An interesting summary makes it easier for the hiring | | | | It's one of the easiest how to write a resume tricks |
| manager to find the right candidate - you. | | | | that many people forget. |