Career Guide: Why do I need a Resume?
Why do I need a Resume?
So you are looking for a career change or are seeking new and improved employment. The best place to start is to update your current resume. If you like most of us struggle to put your thoughts together on paper don’t despair. If you have struggled with sample resumes, cutting and editing in a desperate attempt to recreate your job history in colourful and bold language but have failed dismally to produce the document that will win you the job of your dreams take a minute to read on.
To be viewed more favorably than your competition you need to be organist and prepared. Having an excellent resume that will immediately highlights your skills, abilities and competencies to a prospective employer is the way to begin your job search.
No one enjoys reading Resumes and more often than not the initial reading of any resume is a brief scan over by personnel or by the prospective manager. In our experience it is in these few moments that two things happen: your resume is either put aside for further review because something has intrigued the person reading it or it is confined to the waste paper bin.
Your resume must demonstrate your value and potential. It must be brief yet contain all relevant information. It must convey your personal characteristics, your work ethic, your experience and your contribution to previous employment.
Your resume must focus on your strengths and abilities while simultaneously drawing attention away from areas that need improvement or more experience. Your resume needs to define you in a one/two page document and transmit to the reader your energy and enthusiasm for your work.
It is difficult to put your life down on paper, much less infuse it with a feeling of energy and vitality. This is where a professional writing service is beneficial. They have the expertise and knowledge to provide you with a document that will be an excellent representation of you and your potential for a new employer. They will work with you to determine your strengths, abilities, competencies and personal characteristics that will get you the position you have been seeking.
They cut the excess words from your work history providing your prospective employer with a one-two page document that will grab their attention and gain you the interview that you have been seeking.
Remember that prospective employers do not enjoy reading reams of information. In the case of resume writing less really is more. It is important to cover all aspects of your previous employment and work experience but through brief sentences that you can expand on at the interview itself. The key is to provide an insight into your potential and then fill in the detailed information at the interview itself.
See also: Career Guide: How your resume works for you?.
