Do you feel good about your resume?

Once your resume is written up, you should feel both comfortable and good about it.

A good resume will not only outline you previous experience, but also highlight your personality and personal qualities that will make you a good employee.

If you don't feel good when you read it, something is wrong.

Does it not outline who are you, but only show what you've done for a living?

If so, it's time to think about what you, as a person, bring to the job, other than past experience and the skills developed through that.

Or do you feel uncomfortable about it because it's gone too far in outlining how wonderful you are, and you are doubtful if you can live up to it?

Either way, it needs changed.

Your resume should outline honestly who you are a person and what qualities and benefits you bring to the workplace, within the bounds of what you are comfortable living up to. But it should highlight them to an extent you look at it and feel pretty good about yourself.

Gut feeling works just as well for resumes as for anything else. Don't go on gut feeling alone, obviously, but if you are feeling not good about your resume, it needs some TLC.
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Resumes need action verbs

When you write a resume and cover letter make sure you include action verbs.

Activated, initiated, created: these are all action verbs. They state that you DID something.

Was taught, was given: these are passive verbs. They state that someone else did something and you benefited. Why should an employer be interested in you because someone else did something for you?

Here are a few more action verbs.

• accomplished
• achieved
• adoped
• adjusted
• advised
• assessed
• assisted
• attained
• audgeted
• calculated
• completed
• contributed
• decreased
• reparied
• delivered
• designed
• developed
• doubled/ tripled
• elimiated
• established
• executed
• improved
• increased
• inspected
• installed
• maintained
• obtained
• operated
• organized
• persuaded
• prepared
• proposed
• realized
• reduced
• saved
• selected
• sold
• solved
• succeeded
• upgraded
• won
• instructed
• trouble-shot
• uncovered

These are just a few to get you started. Remember employers want employees who take action themselves, not rely on others to do it for them. So use action verbs in your resume and cover letter to show the employer what you have done so s/he gets a good idea of what you can do for him or her.

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Welcome to the Resume Blog

Welcome to the Resume Blog.

On this blog I will be writing regular tips, tactics and advice on how to prepare an resume and cover letter that will get you the interview.

There is lot more to a successful resume than a list of the jobs you have had.

And there are some great ways to attract the attention of the employer so s/he takes the next step and invites you to an interview.

Check back often. I intend to create an extremely valuable resume writing resource here for you.