YOUR DREAM JOB

2009-11-05T01:30:00.000-08:00

The average resume is scanned for about ten seconds. Since your resume may be the 99th one selector looks at that day, you must think of resumes as an attention getting device not just as an story of your life. That means you need above all to think about your reader. What is she/her looking for? Its best to know plenty about the company and the jobs but, short of that, you can assume employers hire people who can help them immediate, who won’t require a lot of hand-holding and who have hands on experience at similar jobs. Employers also look for people with good academic records (which demonstrates consistency predictability and responsibility).

Objective
What job types of job are you looking for? State the title of the position, if known. If you are using the resume for general purpose, be as specific as possible without limiting job possibilities. Its hard to say how specifics to be “planner is a little vague. “Transportation planner is better; “transportation planning with an emphasis on trip analysis and ride demographics and trends” may be better yet, depending on the job. State the type of position, selling and skills and abilities you would like to be able to use. You need to state your core competence. If you are unfocused as to the type of position you seek consider omitting this section from your resume.

Education
Include your degree dates (expected or earned Mention your honors, scholarships and awards. State your GPA it is above 3.0 spell everything out for example “Bachelor of Arts in mass communication, university of Nigeria. Expected date completion May 9.

Experience
List all relevant experience paid or voluntary and even if it was only for a short time if a number of jobs were for short periods, omit dates in this section. Emphasize skills and abilities you have learned, responsibilities you have had, and accomplishments you have made. You can pull “transferable related skills from unrelated position:, in one example the applicant was a secretary all of a real estate company, but emphasized the knowledge skills she learned and used there software, zoning information, etc.

Skills To Develop and Put On Your Resume
You need to state clearly what skill you have acquired if you are computer literate you need to state it in your resume. Other skills which you will state will also be an added advantage for you. Skill like, reporting presentation etc.

References
Available upon request have a nicely-printed list ready to go and make sure to alert your references, and supply them with a copy of your resume.

Helpful Hints
Get your resume either professionally printed or done on laser printer information. Make action verbs and short phrases. Complete sentences not necessary.

And never, ever lie or misrepresent yourself on a resume. People get fired for this!