Comments on: How to Make Sure Your Resume is Seen http://campustalkblog.com/job/make-sure-your-resume-is-seen/ A collaborative conversation about student activities and college success. Wed, 12 May 2010 16:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Marja Lee Freeman http://campustalkblog.com/job/make-sure-your-resume-is-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Marja Lee Freeman Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:24:00 +0000 http://campustalkblog.com/?p=912#comment-601 ABSOLUTELY! Even with the resume building and others the formatting software is so overdone that EVERY resume tends to look the same. One of the things I have done is have someone in the field of HR actually look at your resume and critique it. Not for information, but for format. I was speaking today to someone who is the HR director of a major hotel chain. One of her biggest problems is that often people are applying for positions have ALL the wrong information. Don't focus so much on the job description, rather than the qualities they can actually bring to the position. Something as simple as how much information you put on a resume can determine whether they bother to read it. If you want to stand out, design it as a one-sheet rather than the standard. Use two different formats for certain positions and see which gets the better results. Don't give up yet. 8-) ABSOLUTELY! Even with the resume building and others the formatting software is so overdone that EVERY resume tends to look the same. One of the things I have done is have someone in the field of HR actually look at your resume and critique it. Not for information, but for format. I was speaking today to someone who is the HR director of a major hotel chain. One of her biggest problems is that often people are applying for positions have ALL the wrong information. Don’t focus so much on the job description, rather than the qualities they can actually bring to the position.

Something as simple as how much information you put on a resume can determine whether they bother to read it. If you want to stand out, design it as a one-sheet rather than the standard. Use two different formats for certain positions and see which gets the better results. Don’t give up yet. 8-)

]]> By: Kinoshita@yahoo.com http://campustalkblog.com/job/make-sure-your-resume-is-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Kinoshita@yahoo.com Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:52:19 +0000 http://campustalkblog.com/?p=912#comment-598 Your post certainly struck a tone. It is extremely difficult to even get so much as a response to a resume. The whole process of job hunting is time consuming as it is, and lets's not forget creating a resume (whoo!) There is though <a href="http://www.jobresumewritinghelp.com" target=blank rel="nofollow">job resume writing help</A> in the form of web based <a href="http://www.jobresumewritinghelp.com/products/resume-resources/the-resume-builder-review" target=blank rel="nofollow">resume builder program</A> solutions, such as The Resume Builder.com. This is a <a href="http://www.jobresumewritinghelp.com/topMenu/free-online-resume-builder" target=blank rel="nofollow">free online resume builder</A>, which means you can build your resume, <STRONG>but </STRONG>if you want to download it you do have to pay. Anyway, just though I mention this application, as I know that creating a resume for some can be a royal pain in the A! Your post certainly struck a tone. It is extremely difficult to even get so much as a response to a resume. The whole process of job hunting is time consuming as it is, and lets’s not forget creating a resume (whoo!) There is though job resume writing help in the form of web based resume builder program solutions, such as The Resume Builder.com. This is a free online resume builder, which means you can build your resume, but if you want to download it you do have to pay. Anyway, just though I mention this application, as I know that creating a resume for some can be a royal pain in the A!

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