Robert O. Snelling, Sr.

Robert O. Snelling, Sr.
#1 Job Search Coach in USA

Thursday, March 24, 2011

    Five simple rules to clean up your resume & get it read!

1. Put the title of the job you are applying for at the top left of your resume. We read from left to right, top to bottom. Put your name on the same line at the right, same type font & size
2. Move the important (phone #'s if have Voice Mail & email address) contact information to the bottom of the page. It has nothing to do with anyone deciding to give you a call and nobody writes to you so eliminate the address
3.  Use a little color instead of headings. Make companies worked for and job titles in Blue to stand out.
4.  Eliminate all area titles like Summaries, Accomplishments, Experience, Education...  if they don't recognize these things do you really want to work for them?
5.  Keep to five one line bullets per company & use figures $'s, #'s & %'s to show accomplishments rather than a long list of job duties
Try it you'll like it. Keep the resume to one page. We put CEO's, CFO's, VP's, Presidents, et al on one page.

Bob Snelling  www.rosshr.com  bsnelling@rosshr.com

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