Thursday, September 28, 2006

Be Creative Writing Your Resume (Second Part)

"Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful."

Brian Tracy

Now you are ready to draft your resume.

In order to increase your chances, you need to know some principles.

It is obvious that you have to customize your "business card", but keeping your style classic and more important clear.

There is not a perfect rule! Everybody is a case, has his or her own experiences and capabilities.

The most important thing is to be comprehensible, clear and direct.

There is not a golden rule, clarity itself responds to logic.

Put yourself in the examiner's shoes.

He or She has to read a hundred resumes a day.

He or She wishes after a first reading to keep enough elements to evaluate your candidacy.

If He or She is forced to decrypt your resume, He or She will probably throw back your letter without scruple.

Base Rules:

Five Points are essential concerning the impact of your presentation:
  1. Clarity
  2. Draw the attention
  3. Hold the interest
  4. Match your purposes to the interlocutor
  5. Choose enhancive details

Second recommendation: Be (not only appear as) self-confident!

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