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7 Best Tips to Eliminate Obstacles in Resume writing

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What is resume writing? How a good resume is successful in winning a job? What are the mistakes to avoid?



Resume writing is a very important task for writers and job seekers.  In spite of having a lot of information on Internet, there are still many doubts among many to create a resume. This blog post focuses on some of the worries in writing a resume for career success.

  1. Resume Template

It is your choice to choose a template and just remember that you should be able to facilitate appealing presentation of different components of resume and make it readable.

  1. Font selection

Generally Times New Roman and Arial font is in use as the letters are clear and save space. But if you wish to choose Calibri, Cambria or any other font, ensure to get a clarity in PDF or docx files.

  1. Font size

Font size 12 is greatly in use as it gives plenty of visibility and clarity. But for address, email and phone number, you can choose 11 or 10 size, if you wish to make it appear as small.

  1. School Information to add or not

School information is not required, when you have graduated from a university. Name of education program, name of college/university and year of completion and name is required.



  1. Pursuing Education – How to add



If you are pursuing education, you can add the world “pursuing” or “student of” and add the name of course and you can also state, the month and year due for completion.

  1. How to write content

Content for writing your achievements and accomplishments have to be very clear and convey the needs of your targeted job. Avoid irrelevant words and make it directly related to the job.

  1. Mistakes to avoid

Too many sentences or a long line of irrelevant jobs can be avoided as it reduces your scope for recruiting you.   Avoid grammar and spelling mistakes and check thoroughly before submission.

Conclusion

Since your profile is unique for a job, you need to make it closely relevant and highly applicable to enable the system to track your application and call you for an interview. Never copy someone’s accomplishments or achievements or sentences. Prepare your own sentences and make it look informative and meaningful.

Read more of my blog posts – Why you need a professional resume




 

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