Updating Your Resume

Updating Your Resume

• Your first resume should not be your last
  
• You need to grab the attention of the resume reviewer when presenting your resume, so it should be no longer then 2 pages in length
  
• Honesty is the best policy, never lie on your resume. You are looking for a company that you can trust and they are looking for the same
  
• Re-examine accomplishments and achievements, particularly those that may be relevant to a prospective employer. We recommend maintaining an accomplishments file with descriptions of successful activities in your career such as articles, congratulatory letters from the boss or clients/customers and a list of projects that would not have been such a success if not for your involvement. In the course of daily business life, one often forgets those notable successes
  
• It is important to adapt your resume so that it is tailored directly for a position.
  
• Emphasize your strengths
  
• Double check to be sure all dates are accurate
  
• Be absolutely certain your resume is error-free
  
• Use your accomplishments as a springboard to reassessing your resume
  
• Depending upon the opportunity, accomplishments-based resumes rather than descriptive based ones have a greater influence on the resume reader. They also open up further discussion possibilities in the interview
  
• Remove all irrelevant material
  
• You may want to utilize bullet points but always use complete sentences