A few days ago
Malgorzata B

How do you write a good resume?

I am looking for an internship in DC area and I have to write a resume. Anybody knows the trick to writing a catchy resume that employer will remember

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Besides setting all margins to 1″, the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is “scanability.” Here are some helpful tips:

1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as “Confidential Resume,”Do Not Contact Current Employer,” etc.

2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;

3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;

4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;

5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;

6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;

7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;

8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;

9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.

In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file.

Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.

Good luck!

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A few days ago
Chelsea
Put it on a memorable color of paper. Write something cute in there like a clever joke. Key word: CLEVER. Don’t be modest. Write like you’ve had a crush on yourself since the second grade and you think you are fantastic. Good luck.
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A few days ago
Beck92
Check out

http://www.resume-resource.com/examples.html

Also sign up for free job search engines like Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, and Dice.com, all three of them will give

you actual samples that you can use.

Plus Monster offers a free virtual interview, where you can be asked questions and choose answers that you think mihgt be correct.

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