Today we have a guest post from Katheryn Rivas, blogger at OnlineUniversities.com. She can be reached with any questions or comments on the article at katherynrivas87@gmail.com.
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Anyone can send in a resume, but what makes the difference between viable job candidates who land an interview and those whose CVs get lost in cyberspace is how persuasive the resume is.
Everything from utilizing correct grammar and the right font to understanding how to quantify your job accomplishments is important. Keep reading for tips from the best resume and career bloggers, and use their posts as guides for sending in a persuasive resume.
- Resume 2.0: Seven Ways to Upgrade Your Resume: Coach’m Up Boni revisits the old resume rules in this post, often dispelling outdated myths about correct resume-writing. “Don’t be afraid to use ‘I’ in your resume summary,” and learn how to customize your resume according to each company you’re applying to. It will take some extra time, but you can also consider it as prep work for your interview. It’s also important to include volunteer work, especially if you took on leadership roles, and make sure you post your resume in your Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook profile.
- Resume Writing Tips – Composing a CV That Will Get a Response: Read over this blog post from Suite101 to learn about the basics of resume organization. Jessica Oman explains why it’s important to clearly highlight contact information and how to format your resume so that it’s easy to read and understand, even when hiring managers are skimming over lots of other resumes.
- Resume Editing Tips That Get the Job Done: This blog post from FastJobResume.com explains how to rework your existing resume so that it’s fresh, grammatically correct, and consistent. Make sure your formatting is the same throughout, and it only contains the information that fits with the job description. Don’t be afraid to remove ancillary information if it clogs up your resume and takes attention away from what the employer is really looking for.
- Five Tips for Better Resume Writing: Dummies.com outlines in great detail — but in its typical easy-to-follow format — its rules for straightforward resume writing. The post recommends using plain English, bullet points and a logical sequence, but doesn’t agree with Coach’m Up Boni’s approval of the use of the first person. That may be a decision you’ll have to make yourself.
- Seven Tips for a Better Resume: This great blog posts from Rezamaze.com will help you critically examine your resume. Tips like “think accomplishments rather than job duties” will help you clean up your resume and choose your words carefully. Instead of listing every stapling and filing duty you ever had, you’ll be challenged to think about more significant contributions to the whole company.
- Five Quick Tips for a Better Resume: The Student Branding Blog’s first tip in this post is extremely important for making your resume stand out and act as a persuasive tool on your behalf: “quantify whenever possible.” Instead of using general terms like “many” or “lots,” give exact numbers and explanations for budgets, results, gains, to back up your claims.
- The 7 Deadly Sins of Resume Design: Before shooting off your resume, take a look at this illustrative blog post from LifeClever.com. The post points out major design “sins” like using fancy resume paper, the wrong font, odd paper size and a horizontal format, all of which can turn off the hiring manager. You’ll learn simple tricks for making your resume stand out, in the right way.
- What’s Holding You Back from Writing a Better Resume?: Emurse.com’s blog takes a different spin from some of the other blog posts on this list. It challenges you to figure out why you’re making a mistake that many of us make when writing up our job skills — selling ourselves short. Read it to find out how to explain your accomplishments without bragging.
- Get-It-Done Guy: How to Write a Resume: The Get-It-Done Guy Stever Robbins on Quick and Dirty Tips can help you get over your fear of writing a persuasive resume. He explains how to lead with results, use specific action verbs, and even use your daily to-do lists as inspiration for your resume.
- Give your resume a face lift: This blog post is also from LifeClever.com, but it’s got great tips for sprucing up an existing resume. Even if you’re not actively looking for a new job, check out this post to learn how to make your resume easier to skim and more effective aesthetically.
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