get that job with a great resume. Get noticed! Article and website by Diane Palmer
If you are looking for a job, then you know you need to write a resume.
A resume shows the potential employer your qualifications and ability to do the job that is either posted, or if the employer is looking for someone with your qualifications for a job posting that will be coming up soon.
As part owner, of a family business, and bookkeeper to another, I can tell you from first hand experience, that one page resumes get noticed. When writing a resume, keep this in mind.
If you are applying to a small to medium sized business, where the owner wears many of the hats, such as boss, and human resources, such as our family business, then the owner does not have the time to scan through pages of a resume.
He wants to know right away, basically three things:
1. Are you Qualified to Do the Job - he bases that on your present and recently past employment.
2. Your name, address and where you learned your qualifications. eg: trade school, university, college, apprenticeship etc..
3. References that he can check out, before he even considers calling you.
He doesn't need to know your part time job in high school 25 years ago, and he doesn't need to know the most mundane details of your jobs. Just the highlights, and important aspects of the job you were at or are doing presently that are of interest to a potential employer.
We don't even bother reading cover letters, unless they are short and sweet.
When writing a resume, try and keep the most important parts of your work history to one page. I know this can be hard, but we don't have the time to be reading 3 or 4 pages of how great you are! We need to know the highlights of your career and we will get the rest from you at an interview.
Just a peek at Resume writing 101 from a small business point of view!
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