Posts Tagged ‘Resumes’

Looking for some quick advice on how to improve your resume? Check out 8 Things You Must Know While Writing a Resume over at Employment Digest. Written by Anna Stewart, it provides some simple but useful tips for helping your resume stand out.

Among the advice:

Avoid The Use Of Pronouns

Using the words “I” “he”, “she” etc. in the resume does not leave good impact on the employers. It rather seems weird. Use of pronouns in the resume shows your amateurish and unprofessional nature. Actually there is no need to use pronouns as it is but obvious that the resume is about you.

and…

Use Bullets And Numbering

Bullets and numberings make a resume readable; therefore it is important to use the numberings or bullets in the resume. It also makes your resume look neat.

Check out the full list here.

Nothing else you need to know. Avoid these phrases…

Here’s a little humor to brighten your day. The 150 Funniest Resume Mistakes, Bloopers and Blunders Ever should provide a much needed laugh.

Among my favorites:

Objective: “career on the Information Supper Highway”

a resume… was printed on the back of the person’s current employer’s letterhead.

Candidate explained an arrest by stating, “We stole a pig, but it was a really small pig.”

“I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse.”

You can check out the rest of the list here.

Enjoy!

This is a really tough question. I was recently reading a post on Brazen Careerist called Does Your Twitter Handle Belong in Your Resume? which tackled that very issue.

Here the author suggests that your Twitter handle (and other information such as blogs, etc.) belongs on your resume:

In my opinion, yes. I put my twitter handle in my resume. Where you decide to put your social media information is personal preference, but I decided to make my twitter handle very noticeable and included an entire section under “skills” where I include which social networks in which I am active.

While I don’t disagree, I want to add a big, fat caveat to this. You should include your social media profile ONLY IF you are extremely careful and professional about what you post. Writing insightful, meaningful content will help you land a job. Bragging about the great kegger last week will not (especially if you include pictures).

I’m open for debate on this one, but I would strongly caution you to sanitize your profiles before sending them to a potential employer.