How to do a Resume

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Free Resume Example Articles : How to do a Resume by Michael Harrison

As a young ambitious engineer who wanted to break into management trying to do my first resume was something of a trial. Numerate rather than literate with no idea of format or content it was a challenge.

What do we mostly do when faced with such a task? Buy a book. Armed with this new friend the resume took the whole of one weekend to complete. On completion the application was sent off.

Out of 64 applicants I was one of ten to be called for interview. This went well and the final short list of three included me. At this point my application failed. Trying to move to a more commercial role there were other candidates better suited.

That first resume could be thought of as a success and over many years it was used in refined and updated form to apply for progressively more senior posts. Going from shop floor apprentice to CEO seems to validate that it was a reasonable resume.

However at age 50 and 'let go' for the second time in my career a new challenge had to be overcome because of ageism. As part of the termination settlement my company were persuaded to pay for an out placement course. This was revealing.

The main thrust of the service was guidance and help in producing a powerful resume with cover letter and mail out services to target businesses using a variety of marketing techniques. This did produce a powerful resume that was used successfully for number of years.

Many people do not consider producing a resume until forced to by circumstances outside their control. This means a first resume may have to compiled under pressure, which is not the ideal. Visit any forum relating to employment and jobs and you will find there are a lot of people who need help with their resumes and cover letters. In recognition of these difficulties it seemed that some action to help would be appropriate.

How to do a Resume is now available. With guidance on planning, self appraisal, resume formats and writing the resume plus many other features this easy to read manual will be great help to those struggling like I did to create their first resume or update an existing resume.
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Article by Michael Harrison, Author, Publisher and Business Consultant. If you have found these tips helpful you can find more at http://www.how-to-do-a-resume.com/

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About the Author
Michael Harrison is an author, publisher and business consultant specialising in helping business owners and individuals to realise and release the full potential of their situation. He has helped many people to improve their business situations and advised and supported individuals to embark on new directions in their careers.

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