A well-presented resume is an essential job search tool. An effective resume will assist prospective employers in searching through the information in an effective way.
If the information is promoting your strengths and the benefits that your experience has to offer, it will drastically increase the odds of you progressing to the next stage of the recruitment process.
Following are some tips that will help you create an effective, a professional resume that will enhance your chances of employment (A poorly written resume will do the opposite).
Do:
Try to keep your resume to 2-5 pages depending on length of employment (If your employment history is long and varied, try to focus on the positions that are relevant to the position you are applying for)
List qualifications and written references on resume and keep all original documents in a portfolio. These can then be used for verification purposes at interview.
Use bullet points, refrain from the use of jargon and minimise the use of pronouns such as “I” and “we”.
Don’t:
Do not exaggerate, (or worse – lie) this can be embarrassing when the recruiter verifies your information.
Do not use different fonts and colours unless you are applying for a graphic designer’s position or similar.
Layout: The following order of details is what most recruiters expect and will enable them to access your information a familiar and effective fashion.
First page
Personal Details:
Name
Date of Birth
Nationality (If non-Australian, include visa class)
Address
Phone Details
Email Address
Education:
Tertiary Qualifications and/or current studying details
Last year of High School, name of school
Further Training and skills:
IT Skills
Relevant Certificate Courses
Language skills (other than English)
Objective:
Your personal career objective and how it will benefit the prospective employer.
Subsequent pages
Career History in reverse chronological order by starting with the most recent position first:
Date started and date finished (month and year only)
Company name, Location
Your job title
Briefly sumarise your duties, responsibilities & Achievements (Milestones)
Last Page:
List referees in order of relevance.
Remember to ask your referees permission, before including them.
Include referee’s name, title, name of company and the his/hers relationship to you as well as contact telephone and email.
For any help, please visit our Signature Staff’s Career Help or send us an e-mail HRsupport (at) signaturestaff.com.au
Tags: Career, Career Help, CV, Job Search, Resume
