Get Started Writing Your Resume for IT Professionals

Friday, September 28, 2007

Computers Resume - Get Started Writing Your Resume for IT Professionals

Source: Expert Resumes for Computer and Web Jobs, by Wendy S. Enelow and Louise Kursmark.

For many technology professionals, resume writing is not at the top of the list of fun and exciting activities. How can it compare to solving a programming bug, developing a new technology, advancing an e-commerce application, cracking a long standing systems malfunction or launching a global systems upgrade? We're sure that it cannot.

But resume writing can be an enjoyable and rewarding task. Once your resume is finished, you can look at it proudly and remind yourself of all your achievements. It is a snapshot of your career and your success. When it's complete, we guarantee you'll look back with satisfaction as you launch and successfully manage your job search.

Resume writing can be the most daunting of all tasks in your job search. For most of you in technology, writing may not be your primary skill. In fact, writing is a right-brain skill, the exact opposite of what you do when you use your left brain to develop theory, analyze, synthesize, extrapolate, plan a process or handle a variety of other functions related to the technology industry.

To make the writing process easier and more "analytical," try consolidating and organizing your technology resume into five discrete sections to help you get your resume under way:

Career summary
Technical qualifications
Professional experience
Education, credentials and certifications
The "extras" (professional affiliations, honors, etc.)
Your resume can have tremendous power and a phenomenal impact on your job search. So don't take it lightly.