What is Resume?
Resume’ is a word you’ll hear a lot during the job-hunting process. A resume, sometimes called a CV or curriculum vitae, is a document that lists your work experience, education, skills and achievements.
You’ll need a resume for almost any job application. It’s considered essential information to give to an employer so they can weigh up whether you’re suitable for a role, and if they want to invite you to a job interview.
Design and Layout of the resume:
A great resume can capture the attention of a recruiter or hiring manager and help you stand out from other applicants. Formatting your resume is an important step in creating a professional, readable resume.
Here are the key steps for formatting a resume:
1.Apply appropriate margins:
Setting proper margins for your document ensures the information fits within a highly readable space on the page. Standard margins for resume is 1 inch.
2.Select a professional, readable font:
When deciding what font to use for your resume, keep in mind that it should be clear and easy to read. Making sure employers don’t have to work to understand words on your resume is the most important factor when choosing a font.You should also avoid “light” or “thin” fonts which can sometimes be difficult to read on a screen or on paper.
Here are some examples of the best resume fonts:
Avenir
Calibri
Cambria
Constantia
Corbel
Franklin Gothic
Garamond
Georgia
Gill Sans
Helvetica
3.Make your font size 10–12 points:
Another factor in making your words highly readable is setting an appropriate font size. Generally, you should stay between 10 and 12 points. If you are trying to reduce white space, select a 12-point font. Anything more might appear cartoonish or unprofessional. If you have a lot of information on your page, start with a 10-point font and increase it if you have space.
4.Feature section headers:
Bolding, underlining or increasing the font size for section headers can help employers quickly find the information they are looking for. Be careful when formatting section headers. They should be differentiated from the section body in a clean, professional way. You can stylise your headers in a few different ways.
- Use a ‘bold’ font on your section headers.
- Increase the size of your section header fonts to 12, 14 or 16 points.
- Underline your section headers.
You can also apply these styles to your name and contact information at the top of your resume. This information should be the first thing employers see and it should be easy to read and reference.
5.Use bullet points:
Using bullet points in your experience, skills or education sections allows employers to easily pick the most relevant pieces of information from your background. Bullet points should be used to list your achievements. Avoid using one or two bullet points. If you have less than three pieces of information, simply list them without bullets in sentence form or use other punctuation to separate different ideas.
6.Ask for feedback.
After you’ve finished writing and formatting your resume, ask trusted friends or colleagues to review it. It can be helpful to have a third party provide their view and feedback. While they should look for grammar and spelling mistakes that you might have missed, they should also pay attention to your formatting. Ask them to look for readability, consistency and a professional look and feel.
How long should the resume be?
Depending on your relevant experience, your resume should range from two to four pages long. Focus on quality, not quantity, by keeping your word count tight. Less is more when it comes to providing context for the roles you have listed. Describing what you’ve achieved in your career in as few words as possible will make your resume stand out.
What to include in the resume?
1.Your name and contact details
This should be at the very top, in the header. Use a larger font for your name. Include your personal phone number and email address, and include location information so your resume is searchable for potential employers.
2.Personal summary
Your personal summary should paint a picture of who you are, why you’re ideal for the role you’re applying for and what your career aspirations are. It’s best to tailor your personal summary to the prospective role and limit it to three to four sentences.
3.Key skills
Listing these is a must, so that potential employers can quickly see your core capabilities. Aim for three to four bullet points.
4.Education and training
Clearly highlight this. In bold, state the years you started and completed your training, then the course and institution. List your most recent qualification first.
5.professional experience
Your most recent role should appear on page one, followed by previous professional experience on the remaining pages of your resume.This is the most important part of your resume and it’s crucial to get the formatting right.
After this you can include
Hobbies and interests
References
What not to include:
1.Photos : It’s not about how you look, it’s about your relevant skills and experience.
2.Roles which you undertook more than 20 years ago which is outdated and it is not usefulfor the recruiter.
3.Do not label your resume with "Resume"
4.Do not include any personal information beyond your address, email, and phone number.
5.Don't add the skill which is not relevant to the current job position.
6.Don't tell lie.
7.Try to avoid grammatical and spelling mistakes in your resume.
Finally Remember
if you want your resume to stand out, focus on getting the content right, rather than dressing it up with fancy fonts or graphics. A clean and functional resume will be a much better tool to get you noticed by Recruiters.
I hope you liked all the tips to create a professional resume
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