So how do you make your resume "engaging" enough to be forwarded to the next decision maker? Take note of these pointers from Money Magazine.
- Pay Attention to Format. See attached downloadable template.
- Make the Top Count. Use the upper space of the resume to direct the reader to your LinkedIn account, your website, your mobile number and email address (preferably gmail).
- Promote Your Brand. Take out "Objectives" and instead use that space for qualification summary (answers the questions: who are you? what can you do for the prospective employer?)
- Emphasize Skills. Indicate what you can do for your prospective employer, not descriptions of your past part time jobs, internships or school organization roles.
- Highlight Performance. List down your achievements in college and in your practicum.
- Show Key Work Metrics. If your can cite specific figures as outcome of your contribution to a project or assignment, the better.
- Control Your Timeline. As a new college graduate, you can go as far back as your achievements in high school, but no earlier than that. Cut out the special awards you got from grade school.
A lot of you what you include in your resume would be common sense. Imagine yourself as someone from the HR department leafing though hundreds of resumes everyday. Make the reader's life easier. Make your resume convenient to read but heavy with important details that would make the reader know you more, enough to call you in for an interview.
P.S. Looking for other pointers? Please consider "Pointers for New College Graduates, " available at FULLY BOOKED, St. Paul's, Pauline's Bookstores, and Catholic Book Center outlets.
