How to make your resume more effective

  • Fps Jobs Team
  • 2020-01-17 07:58:57
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Out of the long list of documents, your CV (Curriculum Vitae) is perhaps the most important piece of paper that recruiters take a look at. As soon as you start applying for jobs, you start making your resume with the best skill set you have. Along with writing your skillset, there are many things that matter while you represent your resume to the recruiter. Today we are going to share a few very important tips to make your resume more effective and attractive.

 

While making a resume you might have gone through a series of questions like what to add in Profile summary, which skills to add, how to represent your past experiences and certifications? Your Resume makes it all. The first thing on which you can be shortlisted is your resume. A resume is a comprehensive and ordered appearance of your educational, and professional life along with a few glances of your personal journey so far, including but not limited to your education, internships, work experience, extra-curricular activities, volunteering experiences and any positions of leadership that you’ve held.

 

Tips to make your Resume more effective

 

1. Resume Headline

 

A Resume Headline matters a lot. Not all the recruiters have time to go through the entire resume. So it is very necessary to write an appealing Resume Headline. What actually a Resume headline is? A Resume Headline is a brief statement that shows what you can do for the recruiter. A brief of your Skillset can be written here.


Some Examples of Resume Headlines are:
 

UI Designer: Master in creating striking visuals. Lead and execute all visual design stages from concept to completion. Experienced in Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Self-motivated and proactive. Works well with Team.
Chartered Accountant: Certified by ICAI. Strong Accounting Skills. Completed a 6-month internship in Taxation and Financial Reporting. Skillful in dealing with numbers across different accounts simultaneously. A methodical approach to work. Believe in Teamwork.

 

2. Profile Summary
 

This is another main thing that should be written well in your resume. Your profile summary is a short paragraph of 3-4 lines. It is not only for experienced but for freshers too. Experienced can represent her what they did in past years and freshers can write what they can do and what they want to be.
 

Some of the examples of profile Summary are:


For Data Analyst: An extremely competent, skilled and diligent individual is looking for an opportunity to build a career as a Data Analyst. Certified with Diploma in Data Analytics from XYZ University.
Strong enthusiasm to exhibit my ability in Analytical tools, Statistics and Computing Methodologies in the professional environment.


For Digital Marketing: A lucid and agile thinking young individual with a natural talent to communicate and build relationships online. Thorough understanding of Digital Marketing Strategies. Skilled at Integrated Marketing Methodologies and can strive hard to drive sales and increase brand awareness.

 

3. Skill Set to Make your resume more effective

What to add to your skillset? What to not? Maintain a good skill set. The questions the interviewer asks during an interview are purely based on your skillset. Whatever you write here, you have some basic knowledge about it. If you write something in your skillset but don’t read about it then be ready for rejection. Here I am sharing a few tips to align your skillset to make your resume more effective.

 

• Write skills in Order of Priority

• Use numbering to make it more impressive

• Match your skills according to the Job description

• Along with Hard Skills(Technical), Add some soft skills too. Example: Works well in a                   pressurized environment.

 

4. Employment History


It is extremely important to make a separate section representing your Employment History. This gives Recruiter that what you are doing so far and what you are capable of as of now. So, the recruiter takes a quick decision after reading your Employment History. If you are a fresher, Ignore this point. Here you have to add details like designation, organization, duration, job profile description, and notice period.

 

5. Proper Formatting


After writing everything well, now its time for proper formatting tips. You can use a proper Template and add your things there. Firstly, Always maintain your details in Chronological order with the latest employment or educational detail coming first followed by the preceding one and so on. Secondly, Clearly outline the dates in your Employment history. Third, Top heading, subheading and text size should be in the proper order(14-12-11)

 

6. Language and Grammar


Last but not least, The Grammatical errors shouldn’t be ignored! It doesn’t matter how highly educated you are, what certifications you have, what’s your employment history, If you have made grammatical errors over here, it’s not at all acceptable.

 

Conclusion


Well, job seekers! Make an effective and appealing resume using the above-given tips. Follow these simple points to make your resume more effective. You can reach us out here in case of any confusion. We wish you Goodluck for your journey of interviews. All the best!

Thank you!!

 

 

 

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