The following are tips on writing a good resumes that all employers and recruiters will love to see:
1. Resume Format
If you are a fresh graduate with limited working experiences, put your academic accomplishments first, especially if you have good grades. If you have sufficient working experiences (2 years or more), you should put your working experiences before your academic accomplishments.
2. Contact Information
It is important to put your contact information, preferably on top of your resume to allow the recruiter and/or HR personnel to contact you. If you have a decent picture, put it up. This will give you a slight edge. Otherwise do not put any picture.
3. Highlight Key Points
After reading the job descriptions of your desired job, highlight key points that either matches or enhance the job description using a different font colour. This will allow the recruiter / HR personnel to spot it faster and easier.
4. Job Responsibilities vs Accomplishment
Writing a good resume through mere detailed job responsibilities is not sufficient. It merely tells others what you have been doing, and not how good you are. Putting some accomplishment after your job responsibilities details like the extra projects that you have undertaken and how that contribute to the company, will allow the reviewer to estimate your capabilities.
5. Know Your Audience
Your resume is written for 2 types of reviewer : The HR practitioner, and the hiring manager. Both types of reviewer are usually looking for different things in a resume. Writing a good resume means that you will need to cater in these 2 types of reviewers.
6. Limit To Not More Than 5 Pages
Do not write your resumes more than 5 pages as the reviewer will find it too lengthy, and be discouraged by it. Instead a good resume will be around 3 pages. So write the essential points. You can elaborate it more during the interview.
7. Cover Letter
The cover letter is the most important aspect of a good resume. Make sure the cover letter is within 1 page, with the main paragraph occupying not more than 2/3 of the page. The cover letter is a teaser, to attract the reviewer to read more in the resume, so no details.
Writing a good resume is critical as it is the first impression that the reviewer gets. I wish you all the best in your job hunting and hope you will get your desired job as soon as possible!
To Your Success,
Allan Heng
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