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Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Resume
It may be back-to-school season for kids and their parents, but for a lot of people it has been find-a-good-job season, especially for recent college graduates who have spent the summer interning or preparing for the work force all summer.
In order to score the interview for that job you saw that you swear was made for you, you’re going to need a resume and because you have a lot of competition, being one person in a big crowd of people who all firmly believe that job was made for you, you’re going to need a resume that accurately sings the praises you know you deserve. So here are some simple things you can do to improve upon that resume you’ve been pouring over.
- Keep it up-to-date
If you’re still sending out the resume you wrote three, six, or even twelve months ago, make sure to take a few minutes and think back over the course of where you have been and what you have done since you first wrote your resume. Have you acquired any new skills or become more proficient in something you didn’t feel confident including in your first draft? Be sure to add them before you change anything else. Potential employers want to know who the person applying for the job they are offering is now, not who they were a few months ago.
- Organization is key
If you Google how to write a resume, you’re going to find a ton of results that look super fancy, have embellished language and design and frankly, a lot of stuff that doesn’t need to be there. To pull off a distinctly professional and clear resume, all you need to know is how to use headers to announce distinct sections of your resume and bullet points to separate your thoughts and experience.
- Don’t marry your words–self-edit
Speaking of embellished language… a resume is a list of your skills and accomplishments and it is meant to be a quick way for your potential employer to see if you possess the skills and knowledge in order to get the job done. While correct spelling and grammar are a must, you do not need to include your life story in your resume, nor do you need to write more than what is necessary. Keep your resume condensed and easy for someone to read quickly.
- Use keywords
Managers who are constantly receive a high volume of resumes are beginning to rely on search systems that filter through someone’s resume and places them in an automated search based on whose skills match those of the job description. Use keywords when and where they make sense, but be sure to include the keywords that you saw in the job description for the job you’re applying for without copying and pasting the full job description language.
- Include your name in the file name
Instead of just naming your resume ‘resume’ on your computer and sending it to your potential employer, be sure to get noticed and stay noticed by including your full name in the file name of your resume. For example, your file name could be “Jane Doe Resume” or you can also include the date along with your name to refresh the employer’s memory of who you are and when you first showed interest in the job.
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About the Author: Holly Ord
In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.
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4 Comments on Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Resume / Add Your Comment
I am almost 2 years doing Internet business and is very happy, children are always close and I have more free time, so it pays to work at home!
Another tip to add on to the list is to have action verb to highlight what you have achieved. It help to bring out your achievements without you having to sing your own praise.
Also, you should bold words that you thing that the recruiter would be more interested in. In short you must guide your reader how to read your resume so that he/she does not miss out on things that are very important for them to know
Thanks, all good and helpful info. Can’t thing of anything to add and was reminded of things I had forgotten. Helpful as can be thanks!
I have one main cv that I keep on file as well as several other versions that are slightly tailored for each job I am applying for.