Tips

1. Customize your resume to your target position
     and industry.

A Hiring Manager should see a clear link from your resume to his/her open position. Tie your professional experience directly to the position’s qualifications and avoid using jargon specific to your former companies.  If your potential employer can read your resume and visualize you working for the company, you have a much higher likelihood of being selected for an interview.

2. Limit your resume to one page, two pages should be
     the maximum. 

Most Hiring Managers read several hundred resumes for any open position. It is much easier and more efficient to skip the long resume and move on to “one - two pagers” that highlight the important facts succinctly.  Save your potential employer time and increase the chances that you are chosen for an interview by keeping your resume short and precise. The bullet point format (versus the paragraph format) is most easily read and digested.

3. No typos.

Your resume is your first impression to the Hiring Manager. Spelling “their” when you mean “there” does not represent you well at all.  A typo directly reflects your lack of attention to detail and thoroughness.  There are too many candidates who have submitted have well-written, edited resumes and you do not want to be excluded from your dream job because of something so easily avoided.

4. Do not take it personally.

There may be times you are turned down for a position that seemed perfect for you. And, of course, you will be disappointed. It does not mean that you are not a solid candidate. There are many factors that go into the hiring process, some of which have nothing to do with you. You have a great background and has written a fantastic resume for you. Your perseverance and diligence will pay off.