Resume writing - Australian Style - find career advice, review employment news and search for jobs at careerone.com.au | Career Advice | CareerOne.com.au. By Kate Southam, Editor of careerone.com.au. The thought of writing a resume fills many people with dread. However, all you need is a plan that covers both lay out and content. CareerOne's website editor and Ask Kate columnist, Kate Southam passes on the advice from the experts. The plan below should help you produce a resume that is easy to read and packed with facts employers want to know. Contact details Centre contact details at the top of the page. Birth date and marital status You are not legally obliged to include either detail. Lay out Again, this is really open to debate but the best advice I've heard is “keep it simple”. Bold for headings is easier to read than bold and underline (overkill).
Summarising your strengths upfront You can do this two ways. Key Strengths Based on my conversations with recruitment consultants, a Key Strengths area represented with dot points is the popular option. For example: High level computer skills including Excel, Word and Powerpoint. Career Overview.
Strategy roles. Interviews. Social Media Recruitment. Considering a career in consulting? Avoid these 5 stupid mistakes. March 10th, 2008 - 32 Comments This is a guest post from Pamela Slim, who writes at Escape From Cubicle Nation. A lot of young people are interested in pursuing a career path as a consultant for obvious reasons: Good moneyThe opportunity to travelExposure to many different industries and business modelsThe chance to work with many different kinds of leadersSmart coworkersFlexibility and freedom As someone who spent nearly a decade as a self-employed consultant, I can attest that these are all valid and good reasons to consider this career path.
But before jumping in with both feet, it is important to understand what you are getting into, and how to avoid stupid mistakes. For context, there are a number of different types of consulting businesses with some advantages and drawbacks in each: What are key skills required to be a good consultant? 5 stupid mistakes of new (or sometimes very experienced!)
Acting like an arrogant colonist. Related Articles Read More 5 unconventional truths about money. Why You Need to Take 50 Coffee Meetings. Anybody who has spent any time with me in person will be tired of this advice because I give it so frequently. It is a piece of actionable advice that if you put into practice starting next week will start paying dividends in the near future. There’s a direct correlation to your future success. 5 / week = 250 / year. Imagine the human progress you could make with 250 short, relationship-focused meetings. Here’s why it’s critical: 1. You don’t have time in your day to always be interviewing. 2. This takes 50 coffee meetings. We take action when we need results. And one thing is certain – you can’t look for a job remotely. 3. 4. 5. 6. I know I’m getting repetitive. For almost everybody else I work with I know that a little more dedication to coffee meetings would have a positive impact.
Yet most of us resist the coffee meetings seeing them as a distraction from: shipping our release, refining our business plan, working on our new website, etc. Go on. Image courtesy of Fotolia. 10 'Due Diligence' Tests: Ensuring you get the Right Job. S Get Headhunted Service.