I can’t tell you how to make your resume work fit for each and every job you apply for but I can give you some decent tips that I have found over the years. As I have said before you need to use your resume to put your best foot forward.

We have already covered the things you shouldn’t be doing…

Now we are going to cover some of the things that you should be doing in your resume.

The first thing you should include in your resume are your skills and the results you have gotten. No matter what you should list out your job responsibilities. You want to give your prospective employer the meat and potatoes of what skills you have that you can bring to the table and what results you have received directly from those skills.

They want to know that you can make things happen and that you understand your related field.

Allow me to give you an example:

Don’t do it this way – My duties as financial consultant included working with clients, dealing with people, and guiding them to retirement.

This way – I have consulted clients overseeing over $1,000,000, yielding them a 20% return on their investments. I have saved $500,000 in taxes for my clients over 2 years.

You get the picture.

Next I would include keywords that your prospective employer may be looking for. You see if they don’t get the warm and fuzzy because you haven’t used the keywords they are looking for they may pass you over. How do you do this….

Read the job description. Pull keywords from the job description and use them in your resume…as long as it is true of course.

Finally I would suggest that you would include soft skills in your resume. In many jobs you have to deal with people, clients, executives, managers… you name it. You want to present your potential employer with skills that they know they can use

Can you document very well? Tell them.

Are you an outstanding public speaker and do well in presentations and meetings? Tell them in your resume.

This is your time to shine. This isn’t water cooler talk with your neighbor about how good you think you are. This resume may be the catalyst that gets you that new job paying $10,000 more per year.

Get it done and do it proud. You have worked for it.

Good luck discovering the best of how to make a resume.

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