Even though I am not officially in the resume writing business, I have written many of them over the years, for many different people, in many different job search and application situations. In fact, earlier this week someone contacted me for a resume price quote.
In most cases, when someone contacts me they already have a draft resume, or a previous version, that they want me to fix or rewrite. When I review these documents I am often amazed by the way people tend to self-sabotage when it comes to writing their resume or c.v. Here’s how they do it…
People ask me to write their resume on a regular basis. Almost every time, when I review their “draft” or “old” resume or cv, I find the following problems:
- It is almost always too long.
- It doesn’t focus enough on what you can do for the new employer “today”, in the job at hand.
- It tends to give equal weight to “ancient history” with not enough emphasis on recent experience.
- It does not focus enough on actual results achieved in the various job experiences described.
- It does not make a clear statement as to what the applicant is looking for job-wise and career-wise.
To help people deal with these deficiencies more effectively, I recently reviewed and updated each of the resume writing pages on my Writing Help Central Website. There are now five separate “themed” pages that focus on different aspects of resume writing, as follows:
Resume Writing Tips
These are the 10 rules that I always apply when I write resumes for clients.
Resume Writing Tools
My short-list of resources that I believe will help you write your own resume.
Resume Writing Services
A short-list of some of the best resume writing services available online.
Resume Writing Samples
Just to get you started, I have posted 15 real-life sample resumes online.
Self Employment - A Real Option
Maybe you should be thinking “outside of the box” and doing your own thing.
For more on any of the above subjects, click on the following link to check out my new Resume Writing Resources page:
www.writinghelp-central.com/resume-writing.html
September 6th, 2007 at 5:12 am
Many thanks Shaun.
God be with you.
September 8th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Though I am not intending to leave my present job, your guidance on how to write a better RESUME have made me change mine for the better. I believe can now land on a better paying job should I decide so. Thank you so very much & God Bless.
I am,
Hussein
November 26th, 2007 at 7:06 am
Thank you for the resume writing tips. This has made me self
confident to write my own resume for a better job.Thank you very
much for extending your help to people like me to make us self
confident.
god bless you
with regards,
shailaja