Tips for writing your resume
FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO SUDDENLYFIND THEMSELVES OUT OF WORKDURING THE PANDEMICā ITMIGHT BE A WHILE SINCE YOU'VEHAD TO WRITE A RESUME.
AND IFYOU'RE ABOUT TO SIT DOWN ANDFIGURE OUT HOW TO LAYOUT YOURRESUMEā IT CAN BEOVERWHELMING JUST FIGURING OUTWHERE TO BEGIN.
AS PART OF OURREBOUND MARYLAND SERIESāWMAā2 NEWS' MARK ROPER HASSOME TIPS ON HOW TO GETSTARTED.
MARKā A LOT OFDOCUMENT PROGRAMS COME WITEMPLATES.
DOES THAT HELP?THOSE CAN GIVE YOU SOME IDEASā BUT I SPOKE WITH APROFESSIONAL RESUME WRITER ANDCAREER COACH WHO SAYS THERE'SA REASON WHY IT'S BETTER TONOT USE THOSE TEMPLATES ANDJUST DO IT YOURSELF INSTEAD.THIS SHOULD CONTAIN A LIST OFTANGIBLE SKILLS WHICH ARE ALSOCALLED HARD SKILLS.
BUT YOU'LLALSO WANT TO MIX IN SOME SOFTSKILLS WHICH ARE PERSONALITYTRAITS.
THINGS RELEVANT TO THEJOB YOU'RE APPLYING TO LIKEEXPERIENCE WITH PROBLEMSOLVINGā OR CONFLICTRESOLUTION THE MID SECTIONGIVES YOU A CHANCE TO LISTYOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAND RESPONSIBILITIESTHROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER.BUTBESIDES WRITING OUT YOURACHIEVEMENTSā YOU'LL WANT TOEXPLAIN HOW YOU DID IT AND SAYWHAT WAS THE RESULT.ANDPROFESSIONAL RESUME WRITERDEBBIE SHALOM HAS ONE PIECE OFADVICE TO PREVENT YOUR RESUMEFROM GETTING LOST IN THESHUFFLE... a lot of peoplethat I see use commercialtemplates (1:15) andunfortunately commercialtemplates a lot of times havetext boxes, and columns builtinto them, they don't gothrough the applicant trackisoftware IF THE JOB YOU'REAPPLYING FOR WILL LET YOUSUBMIT YOUR RESUME AS A PDFāTHAT WILL HELP ENSURE THEPERSON WHO'S READING ITāSEE'S IT FORMATTED EXACTLY ASYOU WANTED IT.
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