Resume Writing

Writing a winning resume.
It all starts with your resume – a short, concise and highly valuable look at your professional life on paper. In nearly all cases, your resume will have to compete strongly with a host of other resumes. Your "life on paper" will co-exist in a stack of others – all vying to grab the attention of the person who's job it is to wean through the masses and glean out the winner. Hopefully, that's you.

A few tips:

Stay focused. Remember that your resume is a marketing tool, not a detailed description of your personal and professional life.
Sell yourself. Don't just itemize your work history, describe how you perform and what you can bring to a new employer.
List accomplishments. Create a clear, concise picture of what you've done.
State your objective. Accurately describe what you want to do in your professional world.
Keep it short. Fluff can hurt you.
Stay recent. It's rarely ever necessary to go back beyond 10-15 years.
Be relevant. Avoid listing things like your hobbies or religious affiliation.
Focus on information. Recruiters are often annoyed or sidetracked by fancy paper or overly complex formats.
Keep your reader in mind. Answer questions before they need to be asked – if your name is Jamie, don't keep them wondering if you're a mister or miss.
Create an advantage. Describe relevant volunteer or civic work if it pertains to the job you seek; sell your winning attributes.

Sample Resumes – Great ideas worth sharing

Your resume can sell you to a potential employer – it’s the sum total of your work abilities and experience, all on one sheet of paper. So how you put your resume together can be critical.

Learn from what others – including industry experts – can share. Use these links to research various resume types and actual samples so that you can create a resume that gets results.

(Note: These links are provided as reference only. Pro Staff does not endorse, and is not affiliated with, any organization or service represented.)

http://www.bestsampleresume.com/
http://www.distinctiveweb.com/samples.htm
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/Samples/default.htm
http://www.career-resumes.com/resume_samples.html
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresumes/a/sampleresume2.htm
http://www.careerperfect.com/content/resume-writing-help-sample-resumes/
http://www.susanireland.com/resumeindex.htm
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/samples.php
http://www.resume-resource.com/
http://www.resumeedge.com/

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