{"id":536,"date":"2016-06-25T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T16:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/?p=536"},"modified":"2016-07-06T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T17:08:46","slug":"6-tips-writing-great-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/6-tips-writing-great-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Tips for Writing a Great Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hiring insiders are saying more and more that they are seeing higher rates of poorly written resumes in recent years. To ensure your resume doesn&#8217;t fall into the throwaway pile make sure to follow these six key tips:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1. \u00a0Format your resume in a clean way<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Most resumes just get a skim upon first reading. But that first lookover won&#8217;t go well if you&#8217;ve put together a poorly formatted resume. You want something that is pleasing to the eye, and is ideally no more than two pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Employ a basic format with wide margins, simple fonts and clean headers<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Use bold and italics sparingly and only to make things easier to read<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bullet points should be used to highlight key items<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>2. \u00a0\u00a0Include accomplishments with your job descriptions<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Interviewers are on the lookout for people that will help achieve things or solve problems at their companies. As such, it is imperative that you show on your resume how you have acted as a problem solver in past jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">State what your jobs achievements were, not just the tasks your role required<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Have a line describing the job, then describe how you excelled<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">For each task, consider how you brought something to the table<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Achievements should be specific to what you did, not the company as a whole<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Don&#8217;t be vague or generic, use details<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>3. \u00a0\u00a0Provide evidence<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Don&#8217;t get caught up in generalizations or industry lingo when writing your resume. Don&#8217;t be vague here; use real world examples to back up your claims so employers realize you know your stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Use achievements that show off your skills as an individual<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Back up those achievements with details and proof, citing specifics to give employers confidence in you<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ask yourself what would have happened if you had not done xyz&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>4. \u00a0Adjust your resume for that industry<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Don&#8217;t send the same resume to every job you want to apply for. Employers want to see that you know something about their industry, so cater your resume appropriately each time.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Keep a conservative style that would work for any job<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Include skills and objectives that are appropriate for the job you are applying to<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>5. \u00a0\u00a0Employ a &#8220;Carrer Summary&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Instead of a career objective line, consider using a career summary. A summary talks about what you&#8217;ve done in your career and your current goals, while a career objective often comes off a bit robotic and sounding like everyone else&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Put the career summary at the top to catch an employer&#8217;s attention right away<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Take the time to craft something engaging and attention grabbing, showing off how you would be the ideal candidate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>6. \u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget to network<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A great resume only goes so far; you have to also get it into the right hands. This is where networking can really help you out. Oftentimes, employers bring in candidates for an interview off of a recommendation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Networking examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Your business contacts or people you&#8217;ve worked with before<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sales reps and sellers you&#8217;ve done business with<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">People who went to the same college as you<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Put together a great resume and you&#8217;ll have a good tool in your hands to land the interview.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiring insiders are saying more and more that they are seeing higher rates of poorly written resumes in recent years&#8211;don&#8217;t let yourself be one of these statistics. To ensure your resume doesn&#8217;t just fall into the throwaway pile, make sure to follow these six key tips to crafting a brilliant pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resume-guides"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingjobs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}