8 Things You Must Know While Writing a Resume

We know that writing a good resume is time taking. But it may help you lead a job quickly if written properly. A good resume give the aspirants a better prospect to get selected in an interview. Below are the five fantastic ways to write an effective and good resume.

1. Avoid Useless, Hackneyed Resume Buzz Language

Resume buzz words can be classified into two types – first type of buzz words are those which are exclusively used for a profession or industry like accounting, IT industry and so on. This group of buzz words is generally used to describe the specific work experience of the candidates. However, make sure to avoid the overuse of uncommon words. Second type of buzz words are those which are used to demonstrate the skills and qualities of the candidates. Again you must avoid the overuse of these buzz words. These second types of buzz words are nowadays used by almost every applicant so they seem to be meaningless now.

2. Choose The Appropriate Words To Describe Your Expertise

Add good and relevant words to illustrate your skills and expertise. The overused words may lessen the impact of your skills. Highlight the important words that suitably describe your achievements and accomplishments. Use the words which enumerate the percentage and date of the accomplishment.

3. Mention Your Winning Projects

If you are the one having a long successful career in past, do not forget to mention your achievements, but make sure that the whole resume is not chock-full of that single past project. Give a short and snappy but to the point illustration of it.

4. Give The Appropriate Subheading To Each Illustration

Keep in mind that the subheadings must be exactly relevant to the matter in the paragraph. Be specific in giving the subheadings and writing the matter.

5. Use Bullets And Numbering

Bullets and numberings make a resume readable; therefore it is important to use the numberings or bullets in the resume. It also makes your resume look neat.

6. Details Of Past Experience

The past work experience details also play an important role in the resume, however make sure that you are not criticizing your old employer and the colleagues. This will leave a bad impact on the interviewer.

7. Avoid The Use Of Pronouns

Using the words “I” “he”, “she” etc. in the resume does not leave good impact on the employers. It rather seems weird. Use of pronouns in the resume shows your amateurish and unprofessional nature. Actually there is no need to use pronouns as it is but obvious that the resume is about you.

8. Order Of Points

Write the latest work experience or education first, this include the degree earned, company worked with, college or university or any other academics. Similarly if you have won certain awards write the most recent ones first.

These are just a few of the major resume writing tips. Following the above mentioned tips will make you stand out in the crowd.

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Career Advice by Career Experts J.T. O’Donnell & Dale Dauten : CAREEREALISM

‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com.

Dear J.T. & Dale: Ten years ago, my husband joined a start-up engineering firm. The company grew, and he’s now a VP with a department of 25 employees. He and the CEO have frequently clashed. Things came to a head when they got into a rather heated discussion and the CEO claimed nobody likes working with my husband and that he’s not a good communicator. Although he still works there, my husband has been job-hunting for the past two months. He’s been applying to job postings, but with no success. Advice? — Robin

Dale: Before we get to job-hunting, let’s back up and consider saving his current job. Your husband should be open to the possibility that his boss is right. Yes, the boss could be right on this one. Based on much consulting experience, I can tell you that technical people who end up in leadership positions often are ill-equipped for management. Not only have they not studied it, they cling to their old, technical roles, and become Head Know-It-All instead of becoming a motivator and leader. I’d suggest that your husband swallow hard, get some coaching and perhaps start a new relationship with the CEO.

J.T.: If that doesn’t work, your husband should know that VP-level jobs almost always are gotten via referral. Executive positions rarely are listed on job boards, so combing them will not be a good use of his time. Instead, he should devote a bit of time to signing up with an executive recruiter and then spend most of his time and energy on building his networking skills, both online and in person.

Dale: Meanwhile, Robin, you should brace yourselves for a lengthy job search.

J.T.: Yes, the average length of unemployment is almost eight months, these days.

Dale: As for networking, he should think about the type of company where he can be of most value. I’m guessing that would be small, rapidly growing companies, ones he can help through the same evolution he has recently experienced. He can help them grow and, if all goes well, start over in his relationships and grow as a leader and as an employee.

Jeanine “J.T.” Tanner O’Donnell is a professional development specialist and the founder of the consulting firm, jtodonnell.com, and of the blog, CAREEREALISM.com. Dale Dauten resolves employment and other business disputes as a mediator with AgreementHouse.com.

Please visit them at jtanddale.com, where you can send questions via e-mail, or write to them in care of King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th St, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10019.

© 2010 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Are You A Career Conservative?

I generally haven’t taken any major career risks.  So mostly my career history looks fairly conservative.  Because the mindset has always been about taking care of my family.

Although my last three companies have been owned by private equity – an ownership environment that suggests that after 4-5 years your job may be lost.  Due to the company being acquired.  So, you might see that as risky.  But 4-5 years feels like a lifetime to me.

I have always been the sole breadwinner.  And that has driven a lot of decision making.  Sole breadwinner means that I do what it takes to “provide”.  Including long commutes, long hours and a “work” mindset when I am at home.  A very traditional view of work.

As a result, I missed a lot at home.  I’d leave the house before everyone woke and came home at or after bedtime.

Now I know that a lot of you have done the same thing (sole breadwinner or not).  You’ve made sacrifices in the name of “family” or “career” or “ego”.  Whatever your reason, the sacrifice is still there.

And many of you would take a job today even if it forced you to move your family or simply move yourself from Monday-Friday to return the income to your bank account.  And I can’t blame you for that.

But I wanted to ask you today to think about “why you do what you do”.  Especially if you are in the midst of a career transition.

If you wrote your career history and read it back to yourself, what would you learn?  Are you focused on safety and stability or risky business?

Because if you ask my wife about her husband’s career, she will say that I should have been less conservative.  That my career commitment was beyond my family’s interests.  In short, she wanted me home more.  Even if that meant less comfort.  Less stability.

Want to write your career history?  You can download the Careerback™ template along with other free downloads for job seekers.

So here are a few questions to think about:

1.  What risks have you taken in your career?

2.  If you didn’t take any, what kept you from pursuing them?

3.  If you could take one risk today, what would that be?

Because if you are currently in job search or employed but thinking about something new.  You are in the opportunity zone.  To step off the proverbial shore and into the salty crisp cool water.  Even if the step is into something part-time as you pursue a full-time position.

But it has to be the right time for you.  And for your family.  I truly believe there is a right time for everyone.  You just have to be looking for it.

For example, I had been pining for the right time to begin writing again.  To let my ideas flow and find a proper stage.  And until two years ago, that stage was not obvious.  Then one day I lost my job.  One day a few months later I got a new one.  And one day a few months after that I started writing two blogs.

Now I am on a path.  Someday soon, I will say thank you to the old conservative me.  For keeping me safe all these years.

And as this path shifts left and right.  Through cold streams, across warm meadows and up steep hills.

I’ll have a backpack full of work experiences, work ethic and drive to keep me safe.  Relatively speaking.

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Career Goddess: Top Lists of Job Search Bloggers and Twitter Users

With tons of data on the Web, it can be overwhelming to research and try to follow all the advice given about job search, personal branding, and career management. You would likely need to have more than 24 hours in your day! How can you judge whose advice to heed?

In an effort to make your information-gathering more streamlined and efficient, I have compiled the following lists of top-rated blogs, personal branding consultants, and Tweeters who have best-of-the-best recognition:

• Top 100 Career Advice Blogs – OnlineDegrees.org
• The Top 50 Job Hunting Blogs – GuidetoCareerEducation.com
• Top 101 English-Language Career Blogs – Risesmart.com
• 100+ Career Blogs ALL Professionals MUST Read – CareerRocketeer.com
• 50 Personal Branding Consultants Worth Working With – SmartLifeBlog.com
• 100 Best Blogs for Your Job Search – JobProfiles.org
• 50 People on Twitter Job Seekers Should Follow – ResumeBear.com

You will see a lot of overlap on these lists. It makes sense that many of the top-quality job search / career coaches and consultants would also be tweeting up a storm! I am honored that my Career Goddess Blog is included on many of these lists, along with Career Hub Blog, JobHunt.org, The Personal Branding Blog and College Recruiter Blog, for whom I write blog posts or articles.

Tap into this readily available knowledge from top-notch professionals. Advance your job hunt quickly. Don’t re-invent the wheel! Start following these career industry leaders on Twitter. Sign up for their blog feeds. Make the best use of your precious time – there is much to learn in the new world of Job Search 2.0!

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Are You Working Up a Sweat in Your Job Search? - Careers Articles

Whenever I ride my road bike, I see all kinds of people getting exercise. I often try to guess what their goals are. Obviously, many are focused on weight loss. But some of these folks are not working very hard. I realize we all have different constraints on our exercise routines due to injury, illness, and disabilities. All programs need to be designed with these serious considerations in mind.

However, what thought goes through your mind when you see people walking along slowly while drinking coffee or talking on the phone? Do they come home feeling invigorated and step on the scale to see how they did only to be disappointed?

It seems like a job search can be a similar situation. You can plod along and do the minimum required to convince yourself that you're engaged in job search. You can update your resume and put it out there on the job boards. Perhaps call a company or two inquiring about the job postings you saw on the website. Or you can run.

Both situations call for effort. Now, I know many of you are putting in huge efforts in one or both scenarios. I'm not picking on you. If you can look at yourself in mirror and say you're doing everything you can, I'm your biggest fan and applaud your efforts and tenacity. Really.

But if you're thinking you're putting in effort and not burning some calories in the process... different story.

By the numbers

One calorie approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree. Using a calorie burn calculator, here are a few facts about calories burned in one hour for a 158-lb. person (keep in mind there are 250 calories in one Krispy Kreme chocolate iced glazed doughnut):

• Walking for pleasure: 251 (I'm guessing this doesn't include walking with coffee or cell phone in hand)
• Running at a pace of 12 minutes per mile: 574 (a fast-walk pace is around 13 minutes per mile)
• Running at a pace of 9 minutes per mile: 790

At very high walking speeds, you are using more muscle groups with arm motion that burn up extra calories with each step.

There's a pretty significant difference between a casual walk and moving along briskly. And, now multiply the difference by the number of times you go out to exercise. I'm not advocating that walkers need to be runners. But I am wondering about how much effort some of the casual walkers are putting in. If they're out for a breath of fresh air, a casual stroll is perfect. If they're looking to lose weight, the numbers don't lie.

Don't walk, run

In looking for a job, how many hours do you research companies, leverage social media, go to networking events, talk to recruiters, set up informal/informational interviews, tweak your resume to fit specific job postings? Maybe you need to talk to a career coach. There's always a new avenue to explore. Slowing down doesn't help. Get there faster: Run.

To "run" in your job search, you need to spend approximately five to 10 hours per week networking. Networking takes on different flavors than you might think. For instance:

• Researching who your LinkedIn contacts are connected to counts as networking. You might find ideas on where to apply or who to talk to about new opportunities.
• Within Facebook, you will find groups that you might be interested in and that may lead to jobs. How? Join the group and watch for meetings. Go to their meetings and learn new things and meet new people. Ask them if the company they work for is hiring.

There are lots of creative ways to meet new people -- and new connections are the link to new opportunities. Find ways to connect.

How many calories are you burning in your job search? Are you working up a sweat?

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10 Reasons Why A Blog Must Be Your Main Personal Branding Hub | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel

A few weeks ago, I asked you What is the Main Hub of Your Personal Brand Online?

Real people, real blogs

2 people took up the cause:

Steve Campbell of the Social Branding Blog had this to say:

“My blog is my main hub. It’s the site that all of my social profiles link to and it is where I do the majority of my personal branding.

Blogs are great because if you update them frequently they do really well in search engines and you can show off your expertise in your field of interest. I think everyone should have a blog, especially if you are developing your brand and trying to stand out from the crowd.”

Altaeeblog‘s Mohammed Al-Taee, a long-time Personal Branding Blog commenter, added:

“I would say my Blog and twitter… I think I looked at many experts’ hubs and try to see what suit my brand. It’s important to be you, not someone else at all whether offline or online.”

The 10 reasons to blog are…

Together, Steve and Mohammed give 5 reasons to use your blog as your main personal branding hub:

1. Centralized brand-building target for visitors from your social media profiles
2. Grow your brand by more easily attracting visitors from search engines
3. Show off your expertise
4. Stand out from the crowd, only limited by your imagination and the blog software
5. Develop your own voice, even if inspired by others, without the baggage of others

To which I will add another 5 reasons:

1. You’re more likely to bond with bloggers if you are one too
2. Blogs are open and don’t require membership to impress, unlike forums, clubs and professional associations
3. However, blogging in a closed community is a great way to endear yourself to that community
4. If you buy your own domain name and host your own blog, you own it completely and can reuse the content any way you like without having to worry about what some company thinks
5. Similarly, your blog exists as long as you choose i.e. you’re not depending on others – blog network or social network – who may disappear at any moment and take your blog with them

Author:

Jacob Share, a job search expert, is the creator of JobMob, one of the biggest blogs in the world about finding jobs. Follow him on Twitter for job search tips and humor

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14% of Resumes Not Written By The Job Seeker [POLL RESULTS AND ANALYSIS] | JobMob

Started: May 14, 2010 @ 10:00 am
Total Voters: 201

86% You did it alone

Not much surprise here, you probably wrote your own resume too.

8% Someone else (mostly)

This poll answer could have been clearer, but I think voters did understand that it was for the case where the main writer of your resume wasn’t you or a professional resume writer. Perhaps it was a family member, a friend, a school counselor, a job search coach, a career center staffer, etc.

When I found my job at Amazon, a friend helped translate translated my resume into French. He did a great job, and the result was memorable in a completely unintentional but positive way- there were some Quebecois expressions that got a chuckle from French recruiters.

6% A professional resume writer

A little surprised at this result, I expected it to be lower, as in closer to 2-3%.

However, combining these last 2 results means that 14% of resumes are not written by the job seeker.

I take this as a good sign that people are beginning to appreciate more how relying on experts can get them expert results.

Why was this poll so accurate?

Although the final poll received 201 votes, the percentages were almost identical as when there were only 20 votes, and they barely changed over the next 3 1/2 weeks. In other words, although the vote count increased steadily while the poll was open, the bar chart you see above kept the same bars throughout.

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