Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Quick Start: Marketing Your Qualifications Through Resumes and Cover Letters 4

We did words. That pop out and Stella's resume our quality customer and leadership other words. That stand out are reports improvement initiatives and specific computer skills in PowerPoint SharePoint Excel and word. This word cloud helps. Us think like an HR recruiter does. This resume match in Stella's case. She may want to place. More emphasis on words such as systems processes and business since those were the strongest terms in the job posting word cloud. That we've discussed core resume sections let's explore a few additional sections. You may want to include on your resume ad technical skills such as software applications and lists.

Any honors or awards. You may have received. You belong to professional associations create and affiliations or memberships section lists professional development activities you've attended and community service or volunteer work do. You have specific certifications in your field. If so create a certification section. If you've presented at conferences or other professional events. You may want to create a presentation section. If your presentations were. More informal. You could label the section workshops delivered or training delivered. You have formal publications list them on your resume. What about articles.

You may have written for blogs or newsletters list those in a section titled articles additional sections can also be added based on your specific skills experience and involvement your resume is your marketing tool so put your best foot forward. We recommend. That your resume be. One to two pages in length in most cases a one-page resume is appropriate. You are just starting out in your field create a two-page resume.

You are a mid-career professional for a professional look. We recommend using 1-inch margins on all sides choose an 11 to 12 point font. That is easy to read such as Arial or Times New Roman your font needs to be consistent throughout the document organize your resume in sections as we've done in our say a new simple concise language. That maximizes key words and buzzwords in your industry use concise phrases instead of full sentences and avoid jargon or slang and abbreviations always use spell check and proofread your document to eliminate.

All typos and grammatical errors. That we've created a quality resume let's shift our focus to cover letters. Now let's add a stellar cover letter to Stella's application the first paragraph should state the position of interest and how the applicant learned about the position Stella states. That her application is for the business operations analyst position and that she learned about the position through the company website. She was referred by a mutually respected contact or employee. She would include. That information as well the first paragraph should also state why the applicant is interested in the organization and the position based on the applicants research and knowledge Stella states. 

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