3 Tips to Setting Your Resume Apart

I see a lot a resumes. It amazes me how many people do not know how to do it properly.
They are hard to read and when time is at a minimum I certainly don’t want to spend the time trying to figure out if the person applying for the job is qualified. And what is with listing your hobbies? Unless it helps someone do the job who cares. So here are the 3 things that I suggest when writing your resume.

1.Unless you are applying for a President or CEO position one page please. Less is more. I am sure you can edit your resume to the key points and keep it to a page.

2.Bullet points are easier to read. Please don’t write essays.

3.And a most effective way to write a resume is to not just list what you have done and what you are capable of, but list your accomplishments/successes. For example: opened a new account with so and so, implemented a new filing system, started a PR program. Even if you are just graduating from school list the successes you had a school. Started a club or was president of a campus charity. These show leadership.

Follow these guidelines and your resume will have way more impact.