Need Help Writing your Resume? - Making a Resume a Winner With These 7 Tips

In todays crowded job market and the ease of submitting to many jobs via the internet your resume must stand out from the crowd to even get you considered for a position. Even those who consider themselves experienced at looking for jobs and at making a resume may find they are lackign many key elements and if you are new to the search you definatly need help writing your resume!

First lets just quickly look at some statistics:

* One study showed that 82% of job hunters can't prove their top ten skills for the jobs for which they are interviewing.
* Recruitment firms sort the 1,000's of resumes daily by computer and only 1% of those get a thorough read through.
* On the average, employers grant one interview per 245 resumes.
* Research revealed that for every 1,400 resumes sent out, there is only ONE job offer!
* According to HR professionals survey, nearly 94% of resumes in circulation (either on paper or in cyberspace) are bad.

Now imagine your resume as just one of those number in that statistic ... you need some help.

1. Use headings to match the job you want!
When you are applying for a job and they start looking at your skill set and you put down just a mundane title like "computer skills" this is so broad and boring that it does not catch the eye. If you have these skills tie them into a more interesting title like "Electronic Administration" or "Electronic Recordkeeping". Make sure you make these major headins for your skills stand out and more importantly be targetted towards the type of job you want. If you are applying for a managerial position from an assistant position make your skills SOUND managerial.

2. Attention grabbing
You resume must grab the attention of the person who is reviewing it. This does not mean it has to be colorful, great design or anything like that. To grab the attention of the person reading the resume you must understand what they are looking for, they are looking at a very quick glance if you are going to be suited to the job at all! If they cannot see that at a quick glance at your resume it will be canned. To do this all the relevent information that pertains to the job at hand must be clearly visible to the eye. When this happns a snap decision can be made to look at that resume further.

3. Sell yourself
Once your resume is read in depth you must not just be catchy, you must sell your credentials to that particular job. This does not mean exagerating or lying about your abilities, skills and history but it does mean changing how you word what you say. So instead of saying "Word, Excel and Powerpoint skills" you could write "Electronic recordkeeping, letter writing, spreadsheet analysis and presentation experience with Word, Excel and Powerpoint" While this may amount to the same thing is is more descriptive and creates a much more full sounding set of skills. The more skilled and well promoted you seem the more chance you will not only get a job but amybe even higher salaries.

4. Use power words
What is a power word? These are words or phrases that have a high level of interest within the industry you work in and in the workplace in general. Saying "Gave" say "Directed" or instead of saying "Completed" say "Acheieved". It is a mix of industry jargon and positive words that make impact on readers minds.

5. Quantify
If you can use numbers in your resume this can be good too. To boast of how many accounts you services or to showcase increased workload or profits shows you understand just how much you helped your previous employers and can be comfortable in showing success. Without using these numbers any boasting of success can seem a little flat or made up.

6. Sell to all the employers needs
With a bit of research into the job you are applying for and the employers company you can sometimes add content that shows your skills can pply to other areas of thier business. Or if you can find information of past failings of previous employees try to promote how you can handle the job better than they did. Stray outside the exact jobs description to show how much more you can bring to thier business.

7. Show how you will benifit them
In the end you need to bring profit to the company you are applying for and as such you need to explain how you can benifit the company with your skills. Do not show that you can just do the job though you need to cover that fully. Create an image of yourself that shows how you can be a great benifit to their company and bring success and wealth because of your skills and abilities far into the future. You must sell beyond the minimum requirements of the job!

Using these 7 tips making a resume that will get noticed will be much easier and may increase your chances of landing that job by enormous amounts!