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5 Simple Rules for Building a GreatResume
Here are five rules that will help you craft a resume that does its job:1.Summarize Your Unique Value2.Communicate with Confidence3.Watch Your Language4.Key in on Keywords5.Keep it ConciseWhat do these really mean?
1. Summarize Your Unique Value
A resume usually begins with an Objective or Summary. Use this space to tell employers who you are andhow your skills and qualifications meet their needs.Although your real objective may be to get away from your micro-managing boss or to shorten your commute, don't say that on your resume! Your Objective or Summary is where you explain how and whyyou are uniquely qualified to contribute to the company.When you're creating your resume, click on Tips & Advice and Phrases within the Resume Agent box tosee what you should emphasize and how you might word it.Bonus: Once you've crafted a solid Objective or Summary for your resume, you can use that as the basisfor your response to every hiring manager's favorite line: "Tell me about yourself."
2. Communicate With Confidence
Tell the potential employer what you've accomplished in your current and previous roles to show howyou made a difference. This is not the time to be humble or modest, or to assume the employer will read between the lines.For instance, if your resume says you sold 50,000 widgets, the reader doesn't know if that's good or bad(had you sold 40,000 or 60,000 the year before?). But a confident statement like "Boosted widget sales
 
35% in the first six months" or "Increased widget sales from 40K to 50K within six months" is bound to jump off the page.For more examples of words or phrases you can use, click on Phrases in the Resume Agent box.
3. Watch Your Language
Don't start your sentences with I or We or Our.In fact, don't even use full sentences. Bulleted statements that begin with strong action verbs typicallyhave the most impact.Here are two ways to say the same thing. The first is a bad example; the second is much better:
Too Chatty and Long 
I helped form a safety project team that was supposed to reduce our accident rates. I would say our effortswere successful, because my boss told me the company's workers' compensation costs were improving.My coworkers were happy, and we got more work done.
Concise and Businesslike
Spearheaded team safety project that eliminated accident hazards, reduced workers' compensation costs,improved employee morale, and increased productivity.
4. Key in on Keywords
Here's an awful truth: Resumes, in many cases, are not even read. Rather, they're scanned (either by amachine or by someone who is not the hiring manager). What they're scanning for is keywords or phrasesthat match their hiring criteria. Not sure what keywords to put in your resume? Read the job description for the position that interestsyou, as well as descriptions for similar jobs. Read your target companies' web sites. Certain words and phrases will come up again and again – those are keywords. Work them into your resume to make it easyfor the scanner to spot what's important.
5. Keep it Concise
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