Resume Tips!

Today I thought I would share some tips to those out there on the job search or those looking to work on their resume! After a couple years in the recruiting industry I have reviewed 1000's of resumes! There are a couple of things that drive me nuts as well as some best practices I would like to share so here is my list of DO's and DONT's for resumes! Enjoy!

DO:

• Cater the resume, objective and cover letter if you are including one TO THE POSITION!!
• Make sure you spellcheck, your resume should look BEAUTIFUL. Make sure the size, font, spacing is all the same.
• Use specific examples of things you have accomplished at each position, a few bullet points is enough.
• Make sure you include anything relevant, and take anything not relevant off the resume.
• This is your chance to sell yourself on why you are the best for the position, make yourself LOOK GOOD!
• Include specific dates of employment (April 2006-June 2010) is far better and does not shoot up a red flag like 2009-2010 does for all I know you worked there December 2009-January 2010, that is not the assumption you want them to make.

DONT:

• Use words like "spearheaded" in every bullet point
• Use the same resume for every position, especially don't leave the previous job/company you applied!
• Apply for every position on the company's website, read the job description, are you qualified? could you do the job?, if yes, then apply.
• Use a silly email address you created for fun like sparkles123@hotmail.com, create a professional email specifically for job searching.
• Write your resume in a paragraph, this is hard to read and more than likely the reviewer will not read it all.

That is all I have for tips right now!!