Here are five quick tips to improving your resume. Even if you aren't interviewing for a job right now, keeping your resume up-to-date is an important exercise that should be done regularly. You never know when you will have a spur-of-the-moment opportunity to interview for a job (either formally or informally). For young professionals, being ready to pitch your skills and abilities through a regularly updated resume, can be an invaluable tool for some great opportunities.- Prioritize your resume. Don't just put things in chronological order. When applying for a job, you want potential employers to see what you've done that's more important and pertinent to them. Consider using a slighly larger font for more important entries.
- Quantify your accomplishments. Intangible accomplishments, no matter how large they seem, are rarely as impressive as actual numbers, facts and figures. Find ways to measure your accomplishments and report those numbers--but don't embellish!
- Use key industry words. Speak the language of the potential job, or overall industry you are working in. Potential employers are looking for straight forward verbiage that speaks their language. This is one case where jargon can be a good thing, as long as everyone concerned knows its significance.
- Match yours skills with industry needs. Don't treat your resume like a menu of a la carte options your potential employer may or may not want; sell your skills! Match the things you do well with the current needs of you potential employer or industry. Make sure to show how you have the ability to fill the needs that your potential employer may have.
- Make it visually simple . You're not creating a colorful piece of art. Keep your headers and titles simple. Make the resume a vertical piece. Someone should be able to peruse it quickly, noting short bullets that catch their attention. Don't go for a novel, go for short, action-oriented phrases.
Contributing: Chris Giovarelli
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