Most common mistake I see in resumes (and cover letters) : jobs. Imagine a random guy walks up to you and says "I'm hard-working.
" Would you believe that person? Probably not (or you would at least be skeptical). Now imagine that person telling you that he did over 20 hours of overtime this week. You would probably believe him AND thought he was really hard-working even though he hadn't really proved it. Do that in your resume. Bad: I am a fast learner. Good: Shortly after I was hired for this position, I became an expert salesperson and I trained new employees. Better: Three weeks after I was hired for this position, I became an expert salesperson and trained 2 new employees. Remember, we're more likely to believe concrete examples with numbers than self-descriptive statements.
What are your resume tips? : resumes. I'm putting together the Job Hunt issue of a college newspaper, and would love to feature top resume tips.
Just browsing r/resumes today, I've already seen a few good ones: Put your resume in PDF format, because a Word doc will include red and green underlines. This can also help avoid formatting issues. How to: Get a job 1 of 3, the posting/resume. : howto. I've seen a number of posts/comments in the past few weeks with people looking for help with jobs/resumes/interviews.
So while I'm not a hiring professional I've been on the interviewer side of the table, and the other half works in HR so I've learned tones through osmosis. I started writing, and ended up with a wall of text (which I've tried to pare down). I'm going to break it up into 3 bits, and post 1 a week so it's a little easier to go through: META: Can we post some of our favorite resumes/templates in one place, and get it sidebarred? : resumes. We made a FREE app to help you create beautiful, elegant and effective Resumes & Cover Letters : productivity. Hello citizens of of /r/productivity We think most resumes and cover letters could use a visual and formatting upgrade...
That's why we built a resume building app for the iPhone & iPad. It's a FREE tool that lets you create beautiful, elegant & effective resumes that stand-out from the crowd and you can get it here: RadResume features include: We know this app isn't for everyone, but if you're applying for a job where you think not only the content of your resume but also the way it looks matters, give our app a try. EMSKR: What to put and not to put as your 'interests/hobbies' on a resume/at your prospective employers request? : everymanshouldknow. IWTL How to write a professional resume : IWantToLearn. Although repeat/duplicate requests are explicitly allowed or even encouraged, why not search our subreddit for previously given advice before making a post of your own?
Have you ever wanted to learn a martial art, or to play the guitar, or how to program a computer? Have you had difficulty figuring out where to start, what path to take or just wanted some advice to get you to the next level? Well, that's what /r/IWantToLearn is all about! IWTL the most effective way to research a company for potential investing : IWantToLearn. Resume advice from a headhunter : resumes. I used to work in HR and reviewed thousands of résumés. Here are my tips based on that experience (which involved a lot of me getting pissed off at really bad résumés). Happy to answer questions. : jobs. (My experience is entirely in the US; other regions may have different preferences.
This advice is geared towards those who don't have years of full-time experience and are applying to entry-level-ish positions, i.e. your average in-their-20s Redditor. Also, the usual disclaimer: Every employer is different, and there's no one-size-fits-all list of rules for résumés. Use your head, and get opinions from other people.) 1.
Your résumé must be one page. There are CVs (curricula vitae) and there are résumés. A résumé is like a one-page magazine ad. It's made even more difficult by how a résumé is unlike a magazine ad: instead of being printed in color and sandwiched by interesting articles, it'll very likely be printed in black and white using a crappy office printer and sandwiched by several dozen other résumés in a big stack. 2. Your résumé should be only black and white/grayscale. Many web-safe and/or sans-serif fonts (like Arial) don't read well. Balance your blank space. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The most frequent advice I give about resumes... : resumes. So I've helped at least a dozen or so people on this subreddit rewrite their resumes, and I put together something on the advice I give the most: Do not include an objective.
It really doesn't mean anything, and unless you are at the executive level you probably don't have any real objective other than getting a job. Instead of an objective, put a summary with one to three sentences describing you and your background, tailored to the specific position to which you are applying.When trying to figure out what to list in what order, consider how the various things will be important to the employer. If you just graduated, go ahead and put your education up at the top. It's fairly reasonable to follow this with a bullet list of your skills and then your experience (because your experience up until now is likely not very substantial). The single most important comment I give out on a regular basis concerns how work experience is formatted.
Times New Roman is a pain to read. You Should Know, How to make a resume if you never had a job. : YouShouldKnow. LPT: Sending a resume by email? Name it "YourName.pdf" instead of "resume.pdf", so the person downloading and reading resumes can tell which is yours. : LifeProTips. For someone downloading and reading resumes, it can get a little frustrating to have a bunch of files all named "resume.pdf" or "resume.docx".
So make the file name your full name, or something like "YourNameResume.pdf" or "YourName-Position.pdf" so whoever is reading them doesn't have to rename yours. It's a nice touch, and shows you're thinking of the needs of the company you're applying to. Also, use the body of the email for your cover letter, (so it's more likely to be read) then have the resume as an attachment. If you want to send a properly-formatted cover letter along with your resume, make it a two-page document with the cover letter as the first page and the resume as the second page. And if you have a choice, pdf is better than doc or docx, because you can be absolutely sure it looks like you want it to. edit: For anyone having trouble saving a document as a PDF, CutePDF is a nice piece of free software that will work with any Windows software that has a "Print" function. LPT: Have a friend call your references on your resume before using them as references. : LifeProTips.
LPT: Avoid adding references or "references upon request" to your résumé : LifeProTips. In your Google calendar (or web calendar of your choosing) make the start/ end dates for employment with companies. LPT: Use Trade Shows to Network Your Way Into a New Job : LifeProTips. Why I'm filtering out your resume : jobs. IWTL how to write an interesting résumé. : IWantToLearn.
IWTL How to write a professional resume : IWantToLearn. META: Can we post some of our favorite resumes/templates in one place, and get it sidebarred? : resumes. We made a FREE app to help you create beautiful, elegant and effective Resumes & Cover Letters : productivity. EMSKR: What to put and not to put as your 'interests/hobbies' on a resume/at your prospective employers request? : everymanshouldknow.