Crafting the Perfect Resume

These days, it isn’t uncommon for people to be turfed from a contract job mere months after getting hired.

The age of the single job career are dead and gone. What this means is that your resume game needs to be on point if you are to land on your feet again within a relatively short period of time.

Larry Pohill Cafe Valley has  plenty of experience sifting through resumes during his many years of experience in the food management industry.

If you sat him down and asked what to do when crafting a resume, he would likely present you with a good deal of useful info that would help you get more interviews.

However, since he likely isn’t available to help you, this article will serve as a useful substitute, as it addresses many issues that many employers and job counselors have with resumes that fall short of greatness.

Here’s what you should keep in mind when you are assembling your CV…

1. Tailor Your Resume to the Position

While you might think your summers of leading summer camps have given you transferable skills that would make you a desirable employee, nine out of ten resume readers at a programming firm likely won’t care about that.

This greatly increases your chance that your CV will be tossed into the trash prematurely, so pack it full of data that is relevant.

Include hobbies, academic and work experience that is easily relatable to the job to which you are applying, and you will find yourself getting more phone calls asking when you can swing by for an interview.

2. Objectives Might (or might not) be a Good Idea

Many job applicants are big fans of writing out an objective statement at the top of their resume, as it helps to define who they are as a professional before the eyes of a hiring manager drifts down to the meat of their CV.

However, it may be a good idea to omit this category sometimes, as its wording can put you out of the running for certain positions that hiring managers might have otherwise considered you for.

Read over your pitch carefully and ensure your language doesn’t disqualify you from being looked at for certain roles.

3. Stand Out with a Custom Template

With more competitors for fewer quality jobs, any step to stand out in a reasonable manner can make the difference between getting a phone call and spending yet another fruitless day lying on the couch.

Avoid the standard templates that Microsoft Word gives you, as every recruiter in history has seen these, so even if one of them looks good to you, it will have no effect on the manager you are trying to impress.

Get ideas from the internet, and experiment with crafting your own resume design. If you are not confident to pull this off by yourself, hire the help of a professional on the web, as there are plenty of them available for hire.