February 14, 2010

Update Your Cv

resume

If you take a little effort in the setting of one’s curriculum vitae, you should have a much higher odds of being called for any career interview.

Before you send yours out, follow this words of wisdom make certain you are sending out the ideal top quality manifestation of yourself.

  1. Ampersands - Ampersands (&) do not belong on a resume. There are a few exceptions. One exception is a well-known company name (AT&T). Another exception is well-known industry terms (P&L).
New Job

Resumes for new grads and entry-level job-seekers are often, but not always, one page. Most college career-placement centers tell students to limit their resumes to one page, notes cv writer sharon pierce-williams, 75 percent of whose business is writing for the college population. Indeed, if there is one group that should strive for a one-page job application, it is college students and new graduates. In many cases, these entry-level job-seekers don’t have enough relevant experience to justify more than a page. Some new grads do, however, have lots of relevant internship, summer-job, extracurricular, leadership, and sports experience that justifies a two-page curriculum vitae. Pierce-williams takes an unusual approach to new-grad resumes. “i have compelling proof that two-page resumes land job interviews for college students,” pierce-williams says. “length depends on extra-curricular involvement and leadership. It takes a certain ‘go-getter’-type student for a two-page job application.

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