arright, besides the basic Education/experience/skills, any other useful tips on writing a great resume? =)
Also, on the cover letter should i incude my career goals? and can it just be 5-6 lines long( a tiny paragraph)?
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hope this mite help :).
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thankx Maham.ill check it =)
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u can find some good hints if you search in the careers forum here.
u will get responses, but when ppl will have time.
biggest tips i can give you are
1) customize resume for each position u apply for make sure u are addresing the needs of tehposted job, of the company and the industry in there.
2) make sure your skills summary is aligned with job requirements
3) your statements for each position should eb quantifiable accomplishments and not statements of what you did. many ppl get this wrong.
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^^
on the same note, when you are customizing for that specific job, and you are transitioning from a different industry, avoid using acronyms from previous industry on your resume ..
List your major accomplishment with in the first half page of your resume if your resume is more than 1 1/2 page long.
Use right size font that is easy to read ..
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^ and my two cents... one format of resume can have Following elements as well:
Profile Highlights:
Bullet Point the specific experiences related to the potential job you are applying for
Skills Summary:
Summarize your skills for example, each line under this heading may be similar to this:
**Skill in Bold --- **Specific task you can perform regarding that skill
Professional Experience
Here you can provide your job experience as all resumes have starting from latest to the earliest...
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Sweetpoison, Ive worked within the HR/recruitment/employment sector and i can definetly say the following layout of CV will help it appeal to prospective employers:
First things first, dont start putting DOB details and gender, etc - as that is a very old style of CV - just basically give ur full name (wid title) - i.e. Mrs Sweet Poison, then give your address on second line, then give ur contact numbers on third line, and finally give your email address - centre align these details and bold them - these should be directly under the Curriculum Vitae heading... and then you start off wid the following headings:
1) Profile - brief details of the kind of work u been involved in and the goals u have for future - also add any other 'selling points'... ie. good team worker? good at problem-solving? able to deal wid pressure? organised? flexible? etc.. - but keep it max two paragraphs at d most.
2) Education - only give month/year u left school/college/university i.e. 07/2008 or Jul '08... start dates are not compulsory. Also it is not essential to put down names of college/educational establishments - as usually d main info which is required are date finished course/left and course title - also a tip, if u dont have all oh-so-good grades, is just to mention the course title wid dates left - i.e. Jul '08 A Level English....
3) Training - these should be given in same format as point 2 above.
4) Employment History - give dates started/left, then your title, and then organisation/company name - put these in bold and do not give employer's address details on CV. Then list main duties/tasks in bullet formats and ensure that all paragraphs / sub-headings are aligned correctly.
5) Spare Time Activities - here just give one short brief to-the-point paragraph blagging your spare time activities - good ones to include are: reading, socialising, travelling, and maybe a hobby/activity related to the field/sector u work in....
6) Referees - Just put down ' available upon request' - no need to start giving names or addresses of referees on CV as it just looks 'old style' and lengthens the CV unnecessarily....
Also font should be either Arial or Times New Roman and font size should be either 10,11 or 12 max.
Good luck!
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'selling points'... ie. good team worker? good at problem-solving? able to deal wid pressure? organised? flexible? etc.. - but keep it max two paragraphs at d most.
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These are not selling points, these are expected. if someone is going to note it in their resume that they are good team worker, my first thought is...and you want to list that as some sort of bragging point because???
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Yep, selling points would be a specific skill-set pertinent to the position you are applying for. As well, some kind of an achievement would be a good way to substantiate this claim.
A great resume is one that would let the reviewer make a reasonable mental profile of you in 30 seconds.
Having said that, try to have key words around the periphery of the page and bulleted contents **... Try to divide the page into **odd numbered sections (preferably 3) and further sub-divide them into odd sub-sections and those, further into odd numbered bullet points (wherever possible). Make sure the content sectioning is balanced: Do not make one section too long and the other too short (where possible).
This structure facilitates a top-down (hierarchical) reviewing methodology and actually works to your advantage since the more easily the reviewer finds relevant information, the faster he'll make a decision to take your application to the next level (which is where the resume's role in getting you hired is usually done - well, that is so unless you tried to pull a fast one by over-embelishing your work).
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Thankyou so much X2, TLk, AQ, Miz Attitude, and hypnotix =)
these are some really great tips, which im looking forward to use in my resume.so thanks for your time guys! 
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why is it called resume in america and CV in england??
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theyare supposed to be 2 diff things, although european CVs are now getting more in line with resumes for corporate world. for research and academia teh CV is still the default option
what is the difference between a résumé and a curriculum vitae (CV)? Depending on where you live and what your occupation is, your answer will vary from others’. Truly, it’s a bit of a conundrum, but there are certain “rules” which apply in the résumé versus CV debate.
Geographical Considerations
Are you living in the United Kingdom or any part of Europe? If so, you might be able to use the terms CV and résumé rather interchangeably, as there is little difference between the two for persons residing in the UK/EU (in fact, “résumé” is rarely used.) However, across “the pond” in the United States, the chasm between a résumé and CV can be significant, as there a CV is, essentially, a type of résumé.
In America, most professionals working in the so-called “business world” create succinct, two-page “résumés”, and it’s rare for many young people to even hear the word “CV” during their formative years. However, if they become interested in medicine, research, or academia, they will eventually be writing substantially involved, multi-page CVs.
Length Considerations
Naturally, the differences between résumés and CVs are much broader than how many sheets of paper are used; specific nuances and expectations (such as scholarly listings of academic publications, residencies, and peer-reviewed articles in CVs and more “sales-oriented” achievements, skill sets, and credentials in résumés) separate the two types of documents.
However, the basic guidelines for an American résumé state that one or two pages is the maximum allowed to “sell” yourself to a prospective employer. Alternatively, the American CV (commonly used by academicians, scientists, and physicians) can contain the same amount of pages as a novella. This is due to the fact that in America, the CV contains every aspect of scholarly work that an applicant has undertaken. Rather than picking and choosing only a few key accomplishments, all the relevant and mandatory achievements and credentials are noted.
In the UK and EU, CVs can be very short or extremely long; it all depends upon who is writing the document and for what kind of position he or she is applying
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I have almost finished my undegraduate degree (just have a few exams to go), on my CV do I just add the programme title of my degree? or list all the modules I've taken for each year?