Resume Writing Techniques That Get You Noticed

When you are job hunting, your resume is a valuable tool. While just about everyone has a resume, few people know just how to write one correctly. If your resume has not been getting you the interviews that you want, it may need a little polishing. Follow these tips to perk up your resume and get you noticed!

1. Focus your resume to reflect the job that you are seeking. Generic resumes even though they are easy and convienient are not very efficient. Review the job description for the position in which you are applying. Think: skills, knowledge and abilities and allow your resume to reflect your talents for each requirement. Use industry buzzwords to show what you know about the industry that directly pertains to the position.

2. Focus and keep your objective short and to the point. Your employment objective should be directed towards your intended position and tie it into your experience, education and skills. Use power words like qualified, experienced and dynamic. One or two lines is all you should include and definitely not more than three. Just make sure that those fews lines make a real impact to get their attention to get to the interview, making them want to know you more.

3. Use your personal resume as a marketing tool. You want your resume to sell yourself to the interviewers. Structure your resume in a way that it is easy to read, gets the interviewer's attention and gets you an interview. Use bulleted lists and brief descriptions to highlight your experience and skills. You are not creating a book, so don't go into great detail.

4. Your resume is meant to get you an interview, not a job. You don't have to explain in great detail every duty for every job you have ever held. Highlight the jobs that you have had that tie into the position you are seeking. You can mention the others to fill in gaps in time, but don't feel compelled to go into great detail about those positions. You can list your main jobs in one section and list the less significant ones under a heading "Other Employment" or something similar.

5. Utilize action words. Your resume will really stand out when you use action words such as negotiated, implemented, conceptualized and streamlined in your descriptions. These action words let your interviewer know that you are a "doer" and that you are assertive. Make sure that you use words that demonstrate what you have accomplished and can do, don't just tell.

6. List your strengths in the upper third of your resume. You have about 30 seconds to wow the interviewer when they pick up your resume before they either move on to the next resume or pick up the phone to set up an interview with you. With that in mind have a powerful objective and move right into your experience and skills. Use symbols like %, # and $ to stand out in a resume. For example, you led a team that increased sales by 20%.

7. Create your resume to be easy to read. Stay away from long paragraphs and use bullet points to highlight instead. Be concise and get to the point. You want it to be easy to read and understand. Make sure that you don't say anything to detract attention from what you can do and your qualifications.

Let your resume show who you are and what you can do for the employer. Use your resume to sell yourself and get your foot in the door with an interview. Try to keep your resume to one page while keeping it simple and to the point. Use these tips to make your resume rise to the top and get the job that you want.

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