Resume-tip #6

Revise your resume regularly, even if you are not looking for a job.

Have your career goals have changed? And what about new skills you may have acquired during the past year? Perhaps update your accomplishments.

Have a resume prepared incase your situation unexpectedly changes:
1. Your role or position changes
2. Your employer asks you to relocate but you don’t want to
3. Your spouse wants to move and you agree
4. Your employer falls on hard times and you are affected
5. You are unhappy with your boss, co-workers, or assignments
6. You get laid off or fired
7. You learn about an attractive job opportunity
8. A friend or recruiter contacts you about an interesting job

By staying on top of this, you will have a resume already up to date and ready to e-mail within minutes.

Resume-tip #7

Strategize how your resume can best relate to a cover letter and job interview.

Your resume should always be accompanied by a cover letter. A cover letter provides an opportunity to express your unique qualities and express your energy, enthusiasm and personality that may be difficult to express in the resume.

Your resume should be written with the expectation that a prospective employer will use your resume as the basis for raising several questions about your experience, skills, and accomplishment during the job interview.

Resume-tip #8

Write your own resume, but seek professional assistance if necessary.

How well you write your own resume will depend on your knowledge.
Writing based on the advice and examples found in resume writing books and websites like this will help greatly in creating a targeted resume.

If you have difficulty being objective about yourself and putting all the elements together in the language of the employers then seek professional help. Paying a professional to produce a winning resume will more than pay for itself if its result in job interview and offer. A professional resume writer may charge between $100 -$600.

If you are interested in engaging a professional service, explore the resources of these professional resume websites.
Most will give you a free resume critique prior to using their fee-based services.

Resume-tip #9

Craft a resume that represents the real you.

Assuming you have conducted a thorough self-assessment and crafted a targeted objective. Developing each section of your resume will take some time.
Draft and re-write each section, conduct both internal & external evaluations.

It needs to be perfect in every respect since it will represent your best effort to the prospective employer, and perhaps help you to get a job you want with much higher pay

Resume-tip #10

Always remember what employers are looking for in candidates

1. Problem-solvers who are focused on their best interests
2. Who can contribute to productivity and profitability

Always remember this when you write & market your resume
Each section of your employer-centered resume should be focused on the needs of employers.