By: Malka Maxwell
A resume is your first contact with a potential employer, and therefore requires a lot of attention. The resume traditionally tells the prospective employer what you have accomplished professionally to date The need or creation of a resume to the best of my knowledge came about quite recently. In the past when someone applied for a job preference was given based on a variety of reasons such as religious affiliation, society or organization affiliations, creed etc. a nd regardless of the perspective employee's abilities. As a result of favoritism, creed prejudice, nepotism and other issues caused a huge employee turn over rate. As a result the concept of a centralized employment department was first written down in the 1920's. The "blue print" or goal of a centralized employment department was to elicit information from prospective employees, and to make it a pleasurable experience. The person in charge of running the departmental was given the title of manager of them employment department, or hiring manager. The application grew out of a need to control the paperwork system used in the past also known as an 'employment form" or the inspiration to the modern day application. The application as we currently call it contained information regarding the interviewee such as education, trade skills marital status and more, as well as the impressions of the interviewer. This form was intended to furnish the reader (hiring manager) with enough information about a perspective employee without ever meeting face to face, and to provide the hiring manager the ability to match the stated skills on the form, to a job description from a foreman, or department manager. The modern day resume is the American name for the Curriculum Vitae ( abbreviation, CV) used in the UK and the Netherlands. The term resume is also used in English Canada. Although a resume tells of your career achievements it should be at least one to pages long. -Malka Maxwell lives on the East Coast of the United States with her children. How To Get Ahead With Resumes (revised) is her first published book. This was written byMalka Maxwell © 2010 How To Get Ahead With Resumes. This article is for non-commercial use. If you are reading this on another website, and not in your personal aggregator, please contact me so that I may take the appropriate legal action.
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By: Malka Maxwell
Every once in a while I read about a job fair. Job fairs can be a good job hunt tool because you get in front of recruiters and get to present your resume, as well as ask questions about a prospective company. In the days of old, it was normal to walk into a place, and leave your resume and know that the candidate employer will call you back for an interview. Today, you tend to send your resume via email (pasted into the body of the email). So lets review how to pull off the big reveal 1.Print out a copy of your resume and references. There are two options to accomplish this. Option one costs money, but alleviates any fear associated with knowing if you have a professional looking resume. That option is to go to a printer and have the employees print out your resume. The other option cost is lower and that is doing it yourself. Either method you use make sure that your resume is printed on a heavier paper than the traditional printing paper. If you are purchasing paper it may be labeled as “resume paper” or “stationary paper.” 2.Make several copies. The old rule of thumb is to have at least four printed copies. If you are going to a job fair, I would suggest more than that especially if you plan to interview at a number of companies. 3.Paper type does matter. Really heavy paper makes the ink spread slightly, you want a crisp look. The paper you choose should be 24 pounds in weight. Use cream or white colored paper for a professional look 4.Its all in the layout. If you are unsure of your layout, do look for some help. There are several sites on line that can help you with the actual layout. They are: resumizer, nice resume, pongo resume and skillcraze. All it takes is a bit of planning and you will be able to make your big reveal as well. Malka Maxwell lives on the East Coast of the United States with her children. How to Get Ahead With Resumes (revised) is her first published book. This was written byMalka Maxwell © 2010 How To Get Ahead With Resumes. This article is for non-commercial use. If you are reading this on another website, and not in your personal aggregator, please contact me so that I may take the appropriate legal action. |
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