Thursday, April 2, 2009

Resume – The Marketing tool – Six Tips for resume writing

Resume is the tool that gets you to the next step – interview, here are the Six Tips to build a powerful resume

  • Compile Skills – Start with making a list of all your skills has been utilized or skills you know, review thru as may Job Requirements as possible to get the list of skills you want to add to your resume
  • Synergize. Second step is to gather your Responsibilities not Job Functions for each job you held
  • Utilize PAR Technique - Third step is to use the PAR “Problem Action Results” technique to see what you have accomplished in each job with quantitative support
  • Compile Key words – Fourth step is to compile a list of key words to be use liberally in your resume make sure to use both abbreviation and expanded form for example MBA and Masters in Business Administration
  • Organize it - Fifth step is to Utilize the chronological way to organize your resume
  • Package it – Finally Create a objective that would summarize your skills and why you should be hired .

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