Career
Hints and Tips: Advice on Interviews, Job-hunting, CV's, Communication
skills, and more.
Writing a Resumé :
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Get the key
information on the front page. Try to keep it to one or preferably two
pages.
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Make it
professional. One or two fonts. 12 point print is about right. Colored
paper and graphics are not usually helpful .
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Bullet points
are useful for listing your qualities.
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When sending
it thru the mail use a large, preferably a full size envelope. If hand
delivering use a transparent binder or simple folder.
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Keep it single
sided.
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Before you
submit it do a spell check.
You can use a
separate sheet to list experience or technologies. This is very useful
if you have a lot of experience.
Impress the Boss? No actually
it is his boss you have to impress. If you are ambitious then make sure
that he recognises your worth, but try not to let the guy you actually
work for see you as a threat. -- Sharon Luther
When job hunting always
present yourself as a desirable commodity. Remember that
you are offering your very valuable self and your skills, certainly not
asking or begging for work -- Stewart Carnegie, Palo Alto
Use
positive words, you can download a list of such words from the internet
(search criteria "positive words" career jobs)
Useful
links: www.jobs.net
-- www.monster.com
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