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Ingredients of a Good Resume

The overall objective of a powerful resume is to exhibit relevant information about your career achievements, growth and academics in order to grab the attention of the Recruiter.

A resume could act as a job landing savior by catching the eyes of the Recruiter or could prove fatal and will be shown the face of the Trash can in the very first go. Another aspect of the same thing is that a good resume will give you an edge among the rest and you can enjoy the command of the employer’s attention.

In order to build a good resume, one needs to invest time and lots of critical thinking. We have the following tips from the industry experts (specialized in Resume Building) which will help you in making a brilliant Resume, making your every career move more and more successful.

  • Always submit your resume professionally (Use White paper only, never use colored paper)

  • Try and use the best combination of Fonts with information in Bullets (at appropriate places as per the requirement)

  • Resume should not be more than two pages (in some cases even one pager with relevant information clearly defined, will be sufficient)

  • Clearly define your career goals

  • Resume should have all the dates (To-From) for all the past positions you held with the major job responsibilities and requirements

  • Highlight your major achievements in the previous position/s with emphasis on your most recent jobs.

  • Emphasize the fact if you added an extraordinary value to the company by delivering results.

  • Always stress more on Job-related skills, knowledge base and abilities

  • Stress on the fact if you have any additional skills (e.g. multilingual skills or International experience etc.)

  • Make sure to use correct grammar and there are no punctuation & spelling errors. (you can have some one help you in checking the errors (if any))

  • Good resume should not contain information regarding salaries and perks.

  • A good resume should have a note about the References (e.g. to be available on request or to be provided at the time of Interview)