10-Minute Résumé Makeover
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Would you like to know a fast, easy way to make a dramatic improvement in your resume?
You can do it, right now.
Here's what to do: Ask 3 trusted friends to read your resume.
Doing this gives you 2 big benefits.
First, when you get 3 more pairs of eyes looking at your resume, they can help you eliminate the misspellings and grammatical errors that can instantly wreck your resume -- and your job search.
Resume mistakes are made by literate people, just like you and me. But most folks are simply too involved with the story of their resumes to accurately judge the contents. So they miss the forest for the trees, as it were. They fail to see errors in spelling or grammar that are obvious to someone else reading their resume for the first time. Which can cause the phone to NOT ring for a very long time ....
That's why it's crucial to get a second opinion from 3 friends you trust.
When your friends are reading your resume, ask them to check the following areas:
* accuracy of commas, periods and hyphens;
* spacing between words;
* spelling of words; and
* the overall meaning of the document.
A spell checker won't spot the difference between there, their and they're, but your readers will! So ask your friends to circle every word that isn't 100% clear. This will help you produce a resume that's 100% accurate!
Now. What's the second big benefit of asking 3 people to read your resume?
Instant networking!
When you email or hand your resume to your friends, tell them exactly what kind of job you're looking for. While they're proofreading your resume, they will also be thinking of any jobs or companies they may know where you can apply. When they return your resume with their comments, they might also give you a job lead or two. Talk about a win-win situation -- it doesn't get any easier than that!
This article is just a small sample of what you'll find in my Instant Job Search System!
It's guaranteed to get you hired, or you don't pay. Why not give it a try?
Best regards,
Kevin Donlin |
