How to write the perfect Resume
A resume can be the one thing that stands in between you and the perfect job. A resume is made to impress and showcase your accomplishments, skills, and overall experience. It lets employers into your professional background. It is crucial that a resume is organized and reviewed properly to achieve the most success with landing your dream job offer. We are here to help provide you with the skills and tools needed for a perfect resume.
Important steps to creating a resume:
- Gathering information from past employment, contact information, references, hobbies, achievements, service experience, and any skills you have applicable to the job you are applying to.
- Choose a resume template, this can be specific to how you want your information organized or even which resume templates applies to your field of work. You want to choose a template where PDF and word format forms are available.
- Now that you have gathered information and chosen a template you can start arranging your information on the template.
- Check for Grammar and Spelling errors. This is vital to come across professional and standing out amongst your peers.
- Review information, update every 6-12 months. Keep current, you never know when you are going to need it.
Once you have created your resume, consider consulting with a recruiter or manager. They can help provide you with their expertise to make your resume stand out from the others. You can call us at 801-366-4336 to schedule a time to come in for free resume consult with our staff of a combined 36 years in Human Resources and Staffing. We would love to help provide you with the tips and tricks we have learned over the years.
Building a resume and finding the perfect balance of information to use can be tricky, below we have answered some frequently asked questions to help guide you through the process.
Finding the right template can depend on how you plan to use your resume and the industry your dream job is in. The most important thing is that the format is easy to read, clean, and to the point. You want to showcase the applicable skills, achievements, and experience within that industry.
Resumes should be no longer than 1-2 pages, preferably 1 if possible. We don’t want to overwhelm a recruiter with too much information. Keep it short and to the point, but make sure all your necessary information is included.
The most important elements to a resume are contact information, previous employment history, education, and any skills or accomplishments applicable to the position. Depending on the format you choose, some people include a little paragraph about themselves.
It is important to include the employers name, your title or position with them, a brief description of your job duties there so the new employer can get an idea of what experience you have that may be applicable to the new position.
Most employers will look for 2-3 references on your resume. Ensure you include the References name, contact information and relationship to you (ex. Manager, Teacher etc.) It is important to speak with your references beforehand to ensure they are aware and okay with being used as a reference.