Resume

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Ok ladies and gents. I have to write myself a resume for the first time ever. yes, surpisingly ive never needed one. Does anyone have any tips for guidelines i should go by. Maybe a specific site that you have found helpful?

I think Microsoft Office Word has a couple different resume templates that are good.

Office does have several templates.Aside form that keep it short, noone wants to read a long drawn out bastard paper and ost people skim thru it looking for highlights of interest.make one long detailed one and offer to submit if more info is require but only submit it if asked. after the long one is done edit it to make it short, no more then 2 pages. list education, skills and duties. after all of that shit is done you cna submit it to either resumebuilder.com or mosnter.com.One of those two, I forget what one it is, will evaluate your resume for free and offer to sell you a full evaluation.Take the free on and see what it says, it helped me and I didnt pay for the full one but the brief summary made my resume better after its suggestions then it was before.when you print it, do it on resume paper, hita real store and get teh good paper made for resumes, I use a light brown tinted paper, on white paper it makes it a pain in the ass to read and strains your eyes. its just easier for a person to read it on slightly tinted paper then on white.make sure to list all personal references and profession refferences and dats for each job and wages earned and why you left.after you get it done and are happy with it, give it to someone else to read.my g/f slash proof reader found numerous things on my resume that either the spell checker missed because it was spelled right but the wrong word, or the idea was conveyed for someone else besides me to understand.its a pain in the ass to do a good one.after its done, back that fucker up to a disk so you dont lose it ever!update it each time you get new skills or job changes that way its always done and you dont spend a weekend making a new one in teh future.enjoy, its alot of work, the older you get with more experience the bigger pain in teh ass it is to start a new one instead of just updating an existing one

make sure to list all personal references and profession refferences and dats for each job and wages earned and why you left.That stuff does not belong on your resume. If you get an interview and things go well (i.e., they're planning to make you an offer), then you provide references. I've never had a job that requires personal references. At that point or after, you discuss salary and salary history. I'd stall the salary discussion as long as possible.In some cases, a cover letter is appropriate. That's where you can talk about the company, yourself, and how the company would benefit by hiring you. You can also target the resume to the employer, emphasizing relevant stuff.Absolutely make sure there are no spelling or grammar errors on your resume or cover letter. If there's a time to be anal retentive, this is it.Just to reiterate, do not put your salary history or references on your resume.

Thanks guys, and gals. Well i was looking at the word templates but they wanted me to download one online. So i went and there was about 15 of them. yea, so what i think i may do is go and talk to my advisor at school and get some tips from them and see what they say, since they often send graduates to employers. I will take all your advice in hand when i go to type it out, thanks much. I'm not graduating yet, but i talked to someone that works in the corporate level of the company i work for now and they asked me to submit a resume so i could maybe do an internship in the corporate offices. This way i can keep my seniority and profit sharing. They all know me in the district offices, so hopefully ill have good references.

I agree with you on that. References should never be listed on your resume, and you only give out references if asked. Never put why you left a job on your resume either. If it comes up during the interview then you can tell him/her why. Salary is something that should be discussed after you are offered the position. Letting employers know beforehand what you made in your previous jobs is setting yourself up in a negative way. I wouldn't make your resume more than one page either. I wouldn't worry about templates either. Just start a fresh word document. It's not that hard. Put your contact information at the top, list your objective, education, previous/current jobs and their descriptions, and your skills.

Perhaps by "references" grvtykllr meant lists of referees and employment history. In my profession it's usual to include a couple of referees' names and contact information in a résumé, though not actual references.

It's also desirable to include employment history - all the jobs you've done, usually in reverse chronological order (most recent first). Include a very brief list of duties if the job involved more responsibility than the title would suggest. Don't include salaries. Even non-relevant, casual jobs count, as showing your work ethic.

Usually you should always include a covering letter, saying what you are applying for, and including one paragraph pointing out how particular bits of your education and experience make you especially suited for the position. The résumé is a general document, while the covering letter is specifically written for the specific position you are going for.

A résumé should include a brief description of your interests. Don't put "noisy parties" as someone I know did, but employers like their employees to be well-rounded people. It is better to say you play a sport than that you are just interested in it; even better to say you referee it. It is better to be specific than general, thereby showing discrimination, e.g. "18th century historical novels" is better than "reading". Don't forget to include any voluntary work, especially service on committees.

It is expected that a résumé, while never lying, will tend to talk things up a bit. Certainly you mustn't leave anything out due to modesty.

In my profession it's usual to include a couple of referees' names and contact information in a résumé, though not actual references.That may be true when applying for an academic position, but not for an industrial position, at least in the U.S.You do need to cast everything you list in the most positive light, and don't forget to use action words (although don't go completely overboard). You are right: it's not the time to be modest.I'm not sure that a cover letter is really needed when applying for a different job in the same company, but it can't hurt, as long as it's done well.It's good to list activities (discussing them can be a real ice-breaker at an interview), but I'd leave off anything controversial.

Yes all good advice. Even though its the same company, its a higher position and i think i just want to make it as professional as possible. Plus i may send out to other companies, so i might as well make a rounded one. I was going to add in how i played baseball for 9 years, im a black belt in karate, and i played soccer for 4 years. of course ill make it sound better than that. im going to make everything sound so much better than it does. like you guys said

I find it helps to give the facts to someone else to write it for me. I tend to minimise my own accomplishments. You should talk more about accoplishment than just duties and use the action words."worked to improve.... succesfully built... etc"

I was in a hurry when I wrote it and I screwed up, what I had in my head when I wrote it but didnt translate to the keyboard was references at each copany you worked for.like your boss or first line supervisor. Some one at the company who has personal knowledge of your work and ethics while you were at that job.EDIT:a point of contact if you prefer it worded that way. they can verify that you did work that you did work there and if you wree any good or not.hope this clears up my muddled writing from earlier.

That still doesn't belong on the resume; they'll ask for that information when they're planning to make you an offer. They'll probably want something like the contact information for your last supervisor (it wouldn't hurt to provide the name of the one before that also, if things went well at that job), and some peers (people you worked with...the closer, the better). You need to make sure that you've spoken to your references beforehand, and that they will say good things. A lukewarm reference will probably kill your chance of getting an offer.

Maybe I missed what you're applying for, but putting that you play baseball, karate, etc., doesn't really belong on a resume unless it relates directly to the position that you're applying for.

You can put things like that under "Interests", before the traditional "References available upon request" line. It makes you seem well-rounded (especially if you're in a technical field), but it should just be a brief list, not an essay.

A lot of people know what a good resume should look like.

People who've hired other people might have a pretty good idea.

"interests" belong on a dating profile, not a resume.

Have things really gotten that dry and serious? In all my years, it's never been a problem, and has probably done more good than harm. Some people don't pay attention to it. It might be a slight positive if your interviewer is looking for players for the company baseball team.In Fundamentals of a Good Chronological Resume, some PhD says:In reply to:Affiliations/InterestsThis section is optional; include only if you have room on your resume for it. Items from this section are often used as an ice-breaker by interviewers looking to start an interview on an informal basis.This section should only include professional memberships and non-controversial activities/interests.

Thanks again everyone. The reason i am putting those interests in, especially my black belt is that it shows dedication and that i follow through with things. i dont know i was always told it would look good on a resume. And i am a finance major, with at the second a Bussiness Administration minor. So basically ill either be management at the corporate level or in the financial offices. Things like that. And Unfoghetto, thanks i appreciate it, ill let you know when i type it all up and see what you think as well