Not exact matches
and will most
probably have
added some interesting skills and experiences
to your
resume along the way.
As a jobseeker you
probably only dig out your
resume once every few years
to blow off the dust and
add your latest job
to it.
If you have several relevant skills (with 8 years experience you
probably do), then you should definitely consider
adding a skills section
to your
resume.
This has the
added benefit of your experience: back when you applied, you
probably framed your
resume based on what you thought would apply
to the job.
Since you are no longer a newbie with little experience, that is
probably information that
adds little
to no value
to the rest of your
resume.
You've
probably heard it thousand times that
adding facts and figures
to your
resume helps you stand out among other candidates.
While we
probably wouldn't be able
to retain movie trailer voice legend Don LaFontaine for our
resume previews, Pawlak suggests that
adding accomplishments, creating your personal «wow» factor, and focusing on successes in the
resume will generate employer interest.Does your
resume convey an enticing value proposition, or are you bound
to flunk at the job - search box office because of a poorly written preview?Best wishes, Kim Isaacs
But they're smart enough
to know that their
resume is
probably the most important document they'll ever write in their career, and they know the value
added by getting an experienced
resume specialist's perspective.
While it is in no way rare
to be in this category (in fact, most
probably are), hear me out on this: if you think you can fit all of your information easily onto 1 page, it is much better
to do it in FEWER pages than
to add a bunch of dangerous
resume FLUFF just
to fill 2 pages.
As you can see, the online
resume also allows you
to add links
to other pages of yours, such as twitter or linkedIn, you can even put up a twitter feed
to let visitors know what you have most recently been up
to (
probably not a good idea if you are going
to tweet about lunch.