Tips For Electronic Resumes
by Work Her Way Expert Contributor Karen Burns, Working Girl
Your job hunt should never consist solely of submitting your resume to the online job boards. You need to be out there in the real world networking with real people.
But you do still need to know how to format your resume so it can be submitted online and/or be scanned.
Hence, here are a dozen tips, gathered from here and there:
• Guess what, for electronic resumes you no longer have to worry about that old one-page rule. If fact, be too short and you may appear underqualified. Make your resume as long as it needs to be.
• Forget fluffy terms like “results oriented,” “goal-driven,” “excellent communications skills,” “multitasker,” “team player,” etc. Resume softwaredoesn’t look for words like these. It looks for skills, certifications, and job titles.
• To convey those skills, use nouns rather than verbs. Say “software engineer” instead of “engineered software for blah blah blah.” Include certifications, courses you’ve taken, any applicable training. Read More...
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