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Resume Writing Tips – How To Impress Prospective Employers

When the idea of this article came in to my mind I decided to start with an analogy. When you go for shopping and see different types of products in the racks do you understand how helpful the products could be? Can you guess the functionalities of a specific product unless you go through the brochure or the usermanual? Once you are impressed with the description written in the product page you take more interest in the product.

Applying for a job is no way different! You need to market yourself properly to get the job. Your employer does not know anything about you unless you are an icon! So prepare your resume in such a way that gives your employer a fair idea about you your abilities your strengths and your skill set. This would help them judge how helpful you can be for the organization.

Hence in this case your resume is the brochure! If the employer likes your resume they will call you for an interview and you will get a second chance to prove yourself.

So you need to put adequate effort and thought while preparing your CV or resume whatever you call it. Make sure it attracts the viewer so much that they pick it up readily leaving all other resumes on the stack.

To start off judge the requirements of the employer carefully; do your homework before you start resume writing. If you are applying in reference to an employment notice or advert in newspaper magazine or online job board go through the entire text thoroughly. Read the about us job responsibilities and requirements line by line. Once finished read it for another time. A lot of people do the mistake of scanning online employment notices lightly and often miss the important points.

Having the requirements inspected carefully start preparing your resume. Highlight the facts about you that are helpful for the employer. For example if you are applying for jobs in advertising and the advertising agency is looking for a creative person why dont you start your resume describing the advertising project that you did in college and how successful it was!

Resume Formats: Chronological Functional Combination

Three resume formats are there chronological functional and combination. In a chronological resume you list your work experience in reverse chronological order i.e. the latest work experience is mentioned first and so on. After work experience educational background is listed in the same way. Chronological resume expresses your career growth.

On the other hand a functional resume highlights your abilities and skills under the title of various functions you have performed in different organizations. Functional resume is useful when you decide to switch your career this format helps your employer understand how swift you are at adopting new job profiles.

Combination resume is a hybrid of both of the above mentioned formats. Here employment history is listed chronologically and then the skills and abilities are presented adhering to functional resume writing properties. Combination resume can be useful for those who are changing career and have worked on various industries in past.

Choose the right format for your resume and hit the job market. A wellwritten resume is the key to successful career.

About the writer:  Steve is a media professional and writes for different online publications on media and advertising industry. For more information on jobs in advertising he recommends you to visit http://www.mediajobmarket.com