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Subject:RE: ... what makes a resume stand out? From:"Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:46:52 +0100
> a well-crafted Objective section was a good thing,
>and could really help you impress the person screening the resume, and the
>person actually doing the hiring. Her technique was to craft a two-part
>objective. The first part shows what you want to do NOW; the second part
>shows what you'd LIKE to do in the future.
My CV (crafted with the assistance of several people at the Unemployed
Graduates Jobclub, open to all UK graduates who have been unemployed for
more than six months after they graduated) is designed with one thing in
mind: save the time of the person who's reading it, yet make sure I stick in
their mind.
My name's at the top, in a slightly larger and bolder font. Underneath, my
address, phone numbers, and e-mail addy. Below that, a short statement
defining what I can do and what kind of job I'm looking for. You could call
this my profile/objective, but actually I think of it as my blurb. When
you're looking for a book, you know vaguely what kind of book you're looking
for, but you don't know the title or who wrote it, you read the blurb on the
back cover. Don't you? Anyone scanning my CV only has to read the first
seven lines on the first page to know what my name is, where I live, that
I'm contactable by phone or e-mail (not fax, yet, though it's a thought),
what kind of job I'm looking for and what I can do.
Below *that* I have my work experience, in the usual reverse order - name of
company, dates, what I did there and what tools I used. That's the one
problem I have with this layout - I'm beginning to run out of space on the
first page! The back page has the usual education, interests, my early jobs
(pre-degree), and a few basic facts of the sort often asked for on a UK job
application form, like age, date of birth, nationality, marital status, etc.
Basically I include what seems useful and leave out anything that isn't <g>.
Jane Carnall
Technical Writer, Digital Bridges, Scotland
Unless stated otherwise, these opinions are mine, and mine alone.
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