What can you add about yourself to your resume? Detailed recommendations and examples for filling out the “about me” paragraph in your resume

This section is quite small - compared to the block on work experience, for example - but important. This is one of the most read sections of a resume: it largely determines whether an employer will study your resume more carefully or switch to the resumes of other applicants.

It is important to make this block meaningful, but not too voluminous. A text of up to five sentences is sufficient.

What to include in this section - “About Me”

To get started, do a little self-analysis and answer the following questions:

• what skills and qualities do you consider to be your clear advantages (you are better at them than others, or these skills and qualities are rare);
• what types of work are you most effective at?
• what professional achievements do you have;
• what awards, certificates, diplomas and other documents you have that confirm your competence.

Essentially, these points are a plan for composing the text for the “About Me” section.

In this section of your resume, you need to provide information that sets you apart from other applicants and that convinces the employer that you are the best candidate for the job.

Before writing the “About Me” section, carefully read the job advertisement again. Perhaps the employer has special requirements. For example, for a translator it is important to have an open visa, and you have it. Or for a sales manager, it is important to have your own transport and license, and you have them. Be sure to indicate this in the text about yourself.

What you shouldn’t write in the “About Me” section

There is no need to repeat the information described in the resume. For example, copy the list of skills (there is a section “Abilities and Skills” for this).

You should not give a fragment of your autobiography, as in the following example:

“I, Alexey Anatolyevich Ivanov, was born on September 15, 1967. In 1985, he graduated from 8 classes and entered the Electromechanical College. In 1988 he graduated from technical school and was drafted into the Border Troops. He served in the army and, after a freelance inspection, entered the USSR KGB school No. 302. After graduating from school, he worked in operational work. In 2001, he retired from the authorities. Computer skills: confident user (Word, Excel, 1C, Internet, various search and information systems, databases). Personal qualities: goodwill, hard work, discipline, activity, exactingness, accuracy. Additional information: sociable, efficient, energetic, I can work in a team, I get things done.”

You should not include a list of personal qualities in the “About Me” section, as in this example:

“Stress resistance, dedication, focus on results and quality, healthy image life, self-education, easy learning.”

To inform the employer about the personal qualities of the applicant, there is a section “Personal Qualities”.

Your text should not be template. It should reflect your unique professional experience, you as a professional and as a person.

Don’t forget to note in the “About Me” section if you have any awards in your professional field. For example:

• For the vacancy “translator”: “In 2013, awarded a diploma from the VINCI 2013 Innovation Awards Competition (International Region).”
• For the vacancy “Head of the Labor Safety Department”: “1st place among enterprises of the Temryuk region in the competition “Organization of labor protection work.”

Examples of successful wording for the “About Me” section in a resume

Deputy Director for Economics and Finance

High organizational skills, integrity, perseverance in achieving goals, discipline, dedication, responsibility, exactingness, quick self-learning. Compliance with the principles of business ethics, honesty in meeting business obligations. Analytic skills. Knowledge in the field of accounting and tax accounting, labor legislation, labor economics, forms and systems of remuneration, labor standardization methods, the basics of business planning, financial analysis and financial flow management. Knowledge of the specifics of financial and accounting activities, building a budgeting and management accounting system, understanding the basics of strategic marketing and management of an organization, the desire to improve business processes. Confident user of the Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), legal systems and programs - Garant, Consultant+, Glavbukh System, System " Financial Director" Proficiency in programs for automation of accounting, management activities and electronic reporting (KonturExtern, SBiS++). Availability of recommendations.

Head of Production, Chief Mechanic, Chief Engineer

Management of a team of more than 100 people. Organization of workshop and production work. Maintenance and repair of equipment and vehicle fleet of the enterprise. Conducting negotiations and concluding contracts. Conducting audits. Resolving administrative and economic issues.

Commercial Director

Sales management and after-sales service organization. Personal sales experience. Negotiations at all levels. Development of pricing policy. Maintaining a client base. Drawing up and concluding supply and sales contracts. Analysis of the competitive environment. Logistics. Product promotion (exhibitions, Internet, media).

Head of Legal Service

I have high organizational skills and can lead a team of 5 or more people. Able to organize systematic work and precise implementation of assigned tasks. I have many years of experience in legal work in various departments and organizations. I have a high degree of knowledge of criminal, civil, administrative, tax, labor, procedural and other branches of law. I have skills business letter, techniques of interpersonal relationships, rules of business etiquette. Experienced PC user. Self-organized, efficient, constantly focused on results. Driving license categories A, B, C.

Office manager, administrator

Professional skills: experienced PC and office equipment user. Organization of document flow, development of regulations and instructions. Office work, skills business communication. Ability to resolve conflicts. Organization and control of the work of subordinate services.

Furniture wholesale department manager

Big practical experience and a professional approach to working in the B2B, B2C segment. Ability to negotiate at all levels. Knowledge of standard business processes for introducing and promoting unknown manufacturers to the market. Computer skills: MS Office, 1C Enterprise. Ability to accept independent decisions and bear responsibility for them. The ability to convince and rally a team to achieve set goals. Experience in personnel selection, adaptation and motivation. Ability to delegate authority. Communication skills. Quick learner, perseverance and desire for professional growth.

Accountant

Experience as a chief accountant - 7 years. Two higher education, total experience of 12 years in accounting. Excellent knowledge of 1C 7.7, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, electronic reporting, Fireplace, ZiK, ZUP, Client Bank, Online Banking, Internet, office programs. Individual services for restoration of accounting, tax reporting, reporting to the Pension Fund, different systems taxation for LLCs and individual entrepreneurs.

Mechanical engineer for baking equipment

Professional skills: I own all types of power tools; I own welding machine. Computer skills: Internet, MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, Bat, AutoCad, Monolit automated control system. Experience public speaking in front of a large audience. Personal qualities: Ability to self-learn, punctuality, dedication, thoughtfulness, responsibility, communication skills. Driving license categories B, C.

Excavator driver

Experience in the construction of gas condensate production in the north of the Tyumen region in a team ( pile field), digging trenches for pipelines, arrangement of oil and gas condensate fields, piping of pipelines with a team of welders, construction of a booster pumping station, central pumping station, oil refinery. Experience working on Kamatsu RS-200, 300. Hitachi ZX-330 ZX-450, on Terex 820 and GCB wheels. Experience in construction at the Messayakhinskoye field in Yakutia. Conscientious attitude towards work. There are no bad habits.

Driver

Professional truck driver. 20 years behind the wheel. Driving license categories B, C, E. Experience driving foreign cars. Without bad habbits.

Elena Nabatchikova

It would seem that this is the simplest point in a resume, but for some reason it is the story about yourself that causes difficulties for applicants? Most of them do not pay enough attention to filling out this section and have no idea what information needs to be included in it.
It's time to correct this unfortunate misunderstanding once and for all.

What should not be included in the “About Me” section?

1. Work experience and education
2. ZUN is an abbreviation that literally means the following: Z knowledge, U menia, N skills
3. Personal qualities

“Are you sociable, stress-resistant and easy to learn? Forget about it! And most importantly, cross them out from your resume, because these are the words that no longer mean anything to recruiters and irritate them,” advises Natalya Golovanova, head of the Superjob.ru research center.

What should be included in the “About Me” block?

If you fill out this section correctly, you will be able to raise your resume to new level and increase your chances of getting an invitation to an interview.
The main task is to tell why you might be interesting for this company. There is no need to tell the same thing that is already in your resume, even in different words. You will still not be noticed if you simply present a list of where you worked and studied, and what you did before. Today "Who" And "How" much more important than “what” and “where”.
You must answer the employer's most important question:

Who are you and what do you offer?

Who are you? How do you do your job? Focus on how you are going to help your future employer.

The authors of the book “Resume for the Winner” B. Faust and M. Faust suggested calling the block “About Me” promising qualities.

What are these promising qualities?

Promising qualities is a guarantee of the employee’s future performance. Your promising qualities clearly show What exactly you offer and why should we continue read your resume. Perspective qualities are the highlight of your resume.

Here are a few examples of promising qualities from the book:

1. “I find new solutions because I understand what needs to be done first to achieve maximum results. I have 18 years of experience with the implementation of many marketing ideas in various industries, from advertising to telecommunications business, which have been successfully implemented in practice.”
2. “A specialist who is ready to take risks after carefully weighing them. I set the overall direction when preparing innovative solutions.”
3. “I never make personal promises or statements that I cannot keep. I’m ready to get to work and lead the company to the desired result.”
4. "I'm achieving high results thanks to a creative approach to projects, proper motivation of my team members and a strategic approach.”
5. “A passion for overcoming large-scale challenges in both business, finance and technology. 14 years of work in the field of marketing and management in situations where it was necessary to dramatically change the direction of activity, as well as start a business from scratch.”
6. “18 years in the world of fashion and business have allowed me to accumulate excellent experience. I have a positive approach and a desire to always succeed.”
7. “A creative, but grounded leader who has a sound understanding of the situation and is able to go beyond the analysis of just what lies on the surface, which helps develop and implement the company’s strategic plans.”
8. “Achieved a personal goal of obtaining an MBA from Henley Management College, a leading educational institution. This was achieved through determination, strict discipline and analytical skills.”
9. “I am a generator of ideas, capable of making dreams come true. With my attitude and enthusiasm, I inspire others and help build professional teams. I am determined and never give up. my strong point is to achieve high results. 12 years in business as a developer and entrepreneur.”
10. “20 years of investment experience as a fund manager, economist, strategist and director scientific research. This experience has been gained almost throughout the entire globe. A strong track record of working in leading teams, thanks to excellent analytical and communication skills, complemented by training on the world-class Sloan Fellowship course at London Business School.”
11. “27 years of experience in the public service, ranging from positions related to operational and project management to strategy development and management consulting. Effective analysis and drawing up plans to solve assigned tasks and increase staff motivation.”
12. “A determined young man, a clear leader, always striving to achieve success at the highest level. I am currently studying a Master of Science program, specializing in investments.”
13. “I carefully think through every step I take. 12 years in positions closely related to consumers, ranging from retail sales to product demonstrator on television and promotion of fashionable clothing models.”
14. “Skilled, energetic business leader with extensive international experience, achieving high results by bringing out the best in his subordinates. He worked as a manager for 5 years.”

I present to your attention easy way filling out the “About Me” section

How to describe yourself in a few words?

Come up with a short description of 15-20 words that would accurately convey what you do and how you do it.
Creating a sentence of 15-20 words

1. Your self-description in a few words should answer the question "What do you do?": what you do, who you do it for, and what the end product of your activity is. Complete the following formula.

What are you doing:………………………………………………………..

For whom:……………………………………………………………….

What do they get:...………………………………………………….

1. Turn this information into a 15-20 word sentence.
2. Now write it from the perspective of helping someone.

I help (who?)…………………………………………………

I create/develop (do what?)………………………………

The result (that they can...)……………………………………

1. Now write it from a problem solving perspective.

I work with (who?)…………………………………………

Solving problems (what kind?)…………………………………

As a consequence (that they can…)………………………

1. Now write a version that would be understandable to your mother or a neighbor with whom you enjoy talking. Make it as clear as possible, since the recruiter who reads your resume may not fully understand the details of your activities. Use as few professional terms as possible.

OK it's all over Now. Now you not only know what to fill in the “About Me” section, but you also know how to do it.

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Perhaps one of the most exciting events in every person’s life is a job interview. The fact is that a tete-a-tete with the HR manager makes you remember all the hidden complexes at once. But such meetings happen more than once in a lifetime. Many people prefer to change jobs approximately every 4-5 years, as new companies and development prospects appear. It's time to write your resume. What to write about yourself on your resume? What does a potential employer expect?

Do you need it?

It is rare to meet a person who has worked at one company all his life. Previously, such people were an example, and those who changed their entry from time to time work book, were considered “defectors”. Today, HR specialists, on the contrary, believe that once every 4-5 years a person needs to change jobs. Let this be a change within one structure, but it is necessary. This is a very optimal time period for career growth. If you are building a horizontal career, then this could be a change of company with the same position, but with an increase in salary. A person should not be confined to one place, otherwise he will not develop. But you also need to know how to look for a job.

If you are sitting at home and need to find a job in short time, then the search will be chaotic. You will unconsciously grab every offer, and the employer, sensing this, may offer the least favorable conditions. First of all, looking for a job requires a clear head and some material “cushion” necessary in order not to clutch at straws. If you are looking for a job while already working, then the situation is much easier. You can easily adjust your resume and send it to those companies that interest you. Indicate your achievements in your current job on your resume. Employers need to see what valuable talent they can get. So you need a resume. Maybe not today, but someday you may need it. And if the company offers you the best you can dream of, then a resume will help maintain your self-esteem. Still, it’s nice to see how career achievements multiply.

What is the problem?

What to write about yourself on your resume? Using your resume, you can provide it to a potential employer short story about yourself with a description of your work experience and important stages on your career path. But the employer is looking not only for a valuable specialist, but also for a good person who will fit into the team and bring fresh thoughts and moods. Any workplace involves communication, but sometimes you communicate with large crowds, and sometimes you have to prove yourself in individual meetings with a client. But in any case, you must be a sociable person with a developed outlook.

The HR officer will also look for information about your personality in your resume. You can’t get away with simple phrases about communication skills and stress resistance. You will have to show your imagination and indicate those qualities that set you apart from the mass of other applicants. It’s good if the specified qualities are useful for the requested position. In short, you need to be able to fill out the “about yourself” section in your resume. Examples show that it is this paragraph that most often destroys hopes for a profitable place.

About personal

Alas, there is no universal algorithm that explains what to write about yourself in your resume. Here you need to be practically a psychic to understand how to “fall” a personnel officer in love with you. Remember not to lie. After all, after viewing the resume, a personal meeting is inevitable, and then all the cards will be revealed. Don't try to praise yourself or exaggerate your merits. Narcissism is not a positive quality. Also, don't try to win over or flatter potential bosses. Nobody likes a sycophant, even if sometimes they are useful in the structure. But why do you need such a reputation? After all, sycophants are never elected to leadership positions. They are not trusted with important matters, but are kept to themselves. Offensive position.

What do the statistics say?

HR specialists analyzed various vacancies and came to the conclusion that the employer pays little attention to the personal qualities of the applicant if he offers a very difficult and responsible position. It turns out that a design engineer should be an expert in his field, but may not be the most pleasant person. But the sales consultant must be unique on all fronts. And so every company changes its priorities. One requires a calm and friendly person, and the other requires a top-class steel specialist. In total, you need to take into account the specifics of the company where you want to get a job and the specifics of the position you have chosen. If an applicant is interested in a job, he first studies the company, and then corrects the information and describes personal qualities for the resume.

Personal information

There are mandatory points that any employer will look for in your cover document. These are the personal qualities for a resume that can give you a significant advantage over other applicants. In particular, this is experience in organization and management. Even if you don’t aim to be a boss, such a line in your resume will show that you can take responsibility, organize a team and, therefore, be able to become a leader and give orders. Of course, the personnel officer at the meeting will ask you about such experience and will reveal lies if you have attributed the quality to yourself.

They will appreciate

How to write a resume correctly to interest a potential manager? If you worked in a team and showed good results, then indicate teamwork skills. Any leader will be glad if there are no conflicts in his team. And such skills are very important for a resume. Employers value determination, initiative and communication skills in employees. It’s great if you can organize your work day yourself, set tasks for yourself and solve them. Well, today you can’t do without communicating with clients. If at your previous job you were assigned several tasks at the same time, and you coped with it, then indicate this in the “about yourself” column in your resume. Examples show that the skill is priceless! It will give your manager confidence in your stability in multitasking conditions.

On the top list

Some positions are considered the most popular on various job search sites. These are accountants, economists, sales managers, PC operators, secretaries and administrators. What should you write about yourself on your resume if you want to get a job where the competition is too great?

For example, an accountant must be diligent, attentive and careful. He would benefit from stress resistance and learning ability. In addition, he cannot work without the ability to work in a team. For an administrator, important skills for a resume are friendliness, correctness and tact, and communication skills. For a PC operator, important personal qualities in a resume are internal stability, learning ability, tactfulness and the ability to find mutual language with any person. A sales consultant constantly works with people. He needs to be able to win over, set him on a positive wave, and create an atmosphere of relaxation and joy. Therefore, one cannot do without inner charisma, good appearance and friendliness. Similar requirements can be presented to a sales manager, but he must remember information about all products, and therefore it is worth recording in his resume the desire to career growth, learning ability, responsibility, stress resistance. All of the above qualities plus a presentable appearance and grammatically correct speech - minimum required for a good secretary.

Black list of qualities

So, how to write a resume correctly? It is important not to include information that will turn a potential employer against you. For example, the desire to provide truthful information does not imply the need to write down your negative or controversial qualities. Thus, if punctuality is not familiar to you, then you should not write down constant lateness on your resume. Such sincerity will not benefit you. Also blacklist excessive straightforwardness bordering on rudeness, social phobia, ardent feminism, dependability, distrust and inability to work on long-term projects. Employers, of course, get tired of monotonous resumes, but you need to skillfully show originality.

For example, how to write education on a resume? List your main responsibilities, especially those that show you to be an interested and proactive person. Write down the names of educational institutions in full. Do not forget about additional education and advanced training courses completed. If you are applying for a job as a credit manager, then mention your completed music school. Such a seemingly unnecessary detail can help establish contacts with management, because it will open you up on the other side.

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But let's agree right away: no deception on your resume. Only honest information. How to make your resume really cool without cheating - about this in my life hacks.

Why almost perfect? Here are 10 tips I would give on this resume:

• Take a photo on a plain background (white or gray).
• Remove one phone. Why does a recruiter need to think about where to call?
• Change your email to a personal one, not a company one.
• Remove marital status.
• Combine competencies and key experience. Reduce sentences to 7-10 words and format them as a list.
• Remove recommendations.
• Correct the misspelling of the word “company” in your last place of employment.
• Reduce responsibilities to 10 lines.
• Make the link short (bit.ly, goo.gl).
• Reduce the total length of your resume to two pages.

Making your resume more expensive

Now let's talk about what makes a resume more expensive. I advise people on how to improve their resume. Representatives of a variety of positions send me their resumes: from ordinary salespeople to company directors. Everyone makes the same mistakes. There wasn't a single resume for which I couldn't write 10 tips on how to improve it. Below I have collected the most frequent advice that I gave on the resumes sent.

10. Combine many jobs into one

It is considered normal if a person works for a company for 2–3 years. If he changes jobs more often, he may be called a job hopper. Recruiters don’t like such people, since about 70% of customers refuse to consider such candidates. And this is quite natural.

After a year of work, a person only begins to benefit the company.

Of course, everyone has the right to make mistakes, and good resume there may be a couple of places where the candidate worked for 1–1.5 years. But if the entire resume looks like this, then its value is very low.

However, it often happens that a person has changed several job positions in one company or moved from company to company within a holding structure. Or he was engaged in project work, during which he changed several employers.

In such cases (and wherever possible), I recommend registering this as one place of work, with one name and common dates of work. And inside this block, you can unobtrusively show a change of positions, but in such a way that visually, upon a quick inspection of the resume, there is no feeling of a frequent change of jobs.

11. Keep your resume to the ideal length

I believe that the ideal length of a resume is strictly two pages. One is too little, it is only permissible for students, and three is too much.

If everything is clear with one page - such a resume looks like a resume for a novice specialist - then with three, four, and so on pages, everything is not so obvious. And the answer is simple: the recruiter will look at only two pages 80% of the time. And it will only read what you indicated on these two pages. Therefore, no matter what you write on the third and subsequent pages, it will remain unnoticed. And if you write valuable information about yourself there, the recruiter will not know about it.

12. Share your achievements

If you remember only one sentence from my article, let it be about achievements. This immediately adds 50% value to your resume. The recruiter is simply not able to interview everyone who sent a resume. Therefore, the one who indicated his achievements and was able to thereby interest the recruiter will always win.

Achievements are your measurable ones, which are expressed in numbers, deadlines or significant qualitative changes in the company. They must be specific, measurable, impressive and relevant to the position.

Example of achievements:

• In three months, I increased TV sales by 30% (store director).
• Introduced a new product to the market in four months, which helped earn $800 thousand in six months (marketing director).
• Negotiated with suppliers and increased the deferment on payments by 30 days, saving the company on loans - $100 thousand monthly (purchaser).
• Reduced staff turnover from 25 to 18% through employee engagement (HR).

13. Tell us about your personal qualities

Nowadays, more and more attention is paid to the personal qualities of an employee when selecting candidates. If you analyze what exactly you will be assessed at the interview, then most likely it will be like this:

• 40% - professional knowledge;
• 40% - personal qualities;
• 20% - motivation (the desire to do this particular job in this particular company).

What are personal qualities? These are personal qualities of a person that contribute to the effective performance of their duties.

This includes: energy, openness, ability to work in a team, initiative, proactivity, and so on. Moreover, these are no longer empty words; at interviews, more and more often you will hear the following question: “Tell me about a situation in which you had to take responsibility and how you dealt with it.” This is called competency-based assessment.

Therefore, your personal qualities, especially if they correspond to those required by the vacancy, are extremely important. And if previously it was enough to simply list them, now this is no longer enough. Now we need to confirm their presence, so I recommend writing them like this (of course, you give your own examples, a mandatory rule: they all must be real and from the past):

• Initiative: developed and implemented a strategy for the department to overcome the crisis when the head left.
• Energy: My sales volume for 2014 was 30% above the department average.
• Stress resistance: successfully negotiated with a client who refused seven managers, and concluded an agreement with him.
• Leadership: conducted five management trainings and developed 10 managers from line employees.

Here it is important to write not many qualities, but qualities with examples. That is, examples here are more important than quantity.

14. Throw functional responsibilities from the job description into the trash!

Functional responsibilities that are indicated on a resume are usually the most banal and tedious thing. In 30% of cases they are copied from their own job description, in 50% of cases - from other people’s resumes or job descriptions, and only 20% actually write them well on their own.

I always recommend writing down responsibilities, not areas of responsibility, and describing them in the form of actions that you performed. This is similar to achievements, but numbers are not required here, responsibilities may not be so impressive, and, naturally, these are not one-time actions.

Before writing them, I recommend reading a few job openings to get an idea of ​​what is worth writing about. Next, write down the responsibilities in order of their importance: the most significant ones come first (strategy development, introducing new products to the market), and the least significant ones come last (preparation of reports).

15. Sell your job title and company

Job titles and a list of companies are, in fact, exactly what a recruiter looks for in a resume in the first place. It’s like a buyer sliding his eyes along a store shelf in search of brands familiar to him (Nescafe, Procter & Gamble, Gallina Blanca, Mars, Snickers, Tide). It is on these lines that the recruiter forms the initial cost of the resume in his head and only then begins to look for details.

• We write only the generally accepted name. If you work for Nails and Nuts LLC, which is an official dealer of Coca-Cola, then simply write Coca-Cola. Believe me, no one is interested in the legal name of the company.
• We write the number of employees in brackets, for example: IBM (3,000 employees).
• Under the name of the company, we write briefly in 7-10 words what it does. For example: one of the top 5 in the field of consumer lending.
• If the company is little-known, but works with well-known brands, be sure to indicate this. For example: “Autosupersuperleasing” (leasing partner of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Honda). Name famous brands near an unknown company will significantly enhance the perception of the company.

16. Remove template phrases from the “Goal” section

Immediately after your contact information in your resume there is a section called “Goal”. Usually in this section they write template phrases like “Maximize your potential...”. Here you need to list a list of positions that interest you.

17. Always check your spelling

Typically, about 5% of all resumes I review contain errors:

• basic grammatical errors (there was no spell check);
• errors in the spelling of foreign words (only Russian spelling is checked);
• errors in punctuation: a space before a comma, a comma between words without spaces;
• in lists at the end of the sentence they are different signs punctuation (ideally there should be none; a period is placed after the last item in the list).

18. Save your resume in DOCX format and nothing else.

• Not PDF - many recruiters make their edits or notes (salary expectations, their impressions of the candidate, information that was obtained during the interview) in the resume before sending it to the customer; they will not be able to add them to PDF.
• Not ODT - may not open correctly on some computers.
• No DOC is a sign that the resume is from the past (pre-Office 2007).
• Not RTF - usually weighs more than alternatives.

19. Use a resume file name that is convenient for the recruiter

The title of the resume file must contain at least your last name and preferably your position. This will make it more convenient for the recruiter to search for a resume on his disk, forward it, and so on. A little concern for the recruiter will definitely be noted. Again, this makes the resume a little more expensive in the eyes of the recruiter.

20. Show your value in your cover letter.

There are different opinions about cover letters. I always say this: good covering letter 20% of the time it can add value to a resume if it is written correctly. But it is not always necessary.

If you decide to write it, then here is a simple structure:

And if shown with an example, it could look like this:

Mistakes in your resume

Along with the secrets to increasing the value of a resume, there are things that make a resume significantly cheaper. Let's talk about some of them.

Nowadays, many job search sites allow you to download a resume created there. At the same time, they always add their logo and various fields for entering information into such a resume, which is not at all necessary for the resume. For example, gender. These resumes look like they're really cheap, so I don't recommend ever doing that.

21. Remove confusing abbreviations

When you work in a company for a long time, some of the abbreviations adopted in it already seem so familiar that you write them on your resume. But they are unfamiliar to the recruiter, so very important information is lost. Try to avoid abbreviations wherever possible.

22. Paraphrase cliched phrases

Very often you want to give in to temptation and stuff into your resume template phrases that can easily be found in any resume or job description. Avoid them as they are a waste of space to the recruiter.

Paraphrase, for example:

• Result orientation = I always think about the result in my work.
• Customer focus = the client always comes first for me = I put the client’s interests above my personal ones.
• Communication skills = I can easily negotiate with any clients/colleagues = I can easily carry on conversations with clients.

23. Create a normal box

What distinguishes a professional from a child? A professional calls his mailbox by first and last name, and a child uses children’s words, nicknames from games and forums, and his date of birth.

Well, it is absolutely unacceptable to indicate your work mailbox. The recruiter in this case will interpret this nuance as follows: “I’m being fired from my job, and therefore I don’t have to be afraid and send my resume from my work email.”

24. Delete marital status, it is only of interest to visitors of dating sites

There is only one case when indicating marital status can play a positive role: if a young girl is looking for a job and wants to show that she will not go on maternity leave immediately after employment. In this case, you can indicate the presence of children.

The options “civil marriage” and “divorced” immediately reduce the cost of the resume, as additional questions arise.

The option “I have children” is written by very narrow-minded people, since all normal people “”. :)

25. Explain the work experience gap.

You can’t just show a gap in work. You need to write why exactly it arose. The option “I’ll explain at the interview” is not suitable, since the recruiter, seeing the gap, will think the worst that could happen.

If there was a maternity leave between two jobs, we write that. By the way, if the maternity leave was without leaving for another job, there is no point in writing it at all. I don’t even recommend highlighting this in any particular way during an interview.

26. Remove the end date from the last place

This is the only resume trick that can be forgiven. It is believed that a person draws up a resume before dismissal and after dismissal simply does not update this date. In any case, the specified dismissal date will work against you.

27. Don’t write reasons for dismissals

There is no reason why reasons for dismissal need to be specified. No matter what you write there, the recruiter will always have suspicions about your desire to explain the reason for your dismissal. Or maybe you're lying?

28. Don't explain details of your resume.

It is not allowed to write explanations, comments, footnotes, etc. in your resume. Only dates, facts, achievements.

The worst thing that can happen is the “Recommendations” section and the phrase “I will provide it upon request.” What is the point of such a section? A list of recommenders is unnecessary. Nobody will call them before the interview with you. And after the interview, you will be able to provide this list if there is a request.

30. Remove tables and large indents

Tables in resumes were adopted in the early 2000s. Then the entire civilized world abandoned them. Don't act like a dinosaur.

Also, don't take up most of the summary with very large spaces on the left side of the document.

31. Leave the first jobs for your grandmother

For simplicity, I'll just describe how it would be OK:

• Last place of work: 7–10 lines of responsibilities and 5–7 lines of achievements.
• Previous place of work: 5-7 lines of responsibilities and 3-5 lines of achievements.
• Place of work before last: 3–5 lines of responsibilities and 3 lines of achievements.
• Other places of work: 3 lines + 3 lines of achievements, if they fall within the range of the last 10 years of work.
• Everything that was before 10 years ago: only the names of companies and positions.
• If in your career there were places of work that were not relevant to your current position, feel free to delete them. For example, now you are a marketing director, but you started 15 years ago as an engineer at a factory or a salesperson at the market.

32. Remove vocational school

If you studied at a vocational school, college, technical school, and then graduated from a university, show only the university.

33. Don’t show your resume to HR specialists you know if you’re not sure of their professionalism.

We have many HR specialists who consider themselves gurus and give advice left and right. Find out how many vacancies they filled themselves, how many people are interviewed on average per day. What books have you read about recruiting? How many of them were foreign?

If you receive answers like this:

• more than 500 vacancies;
• 5–10 per day;
• more than five books (at least!);
• Lou Adler, Bill Radin, Tony Byrne;

...then feel free to trust the advice!

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• • Principle No. 1. Brevity
  • Principle No. 2. Specificity
  • Principle No. 3. Truthfulness
  • Principle No. 4. Selectivity
• • Resume form - registration
  • Resume content - structure
• 5. Personal qualities in a resume
• 8. Recommendations from experts on writing resumes
  • Secrets of resume design
• 9. Conclusion

When changing jobs, in search of your own employment, it is important to know how to write a resume correctly, because everyone understands that for one vacant position there will always be many applicants with unique abilities and skills. In this case, simply hoping for luck is very stupid; you need to try and act. That’s why we decided to publish an article - “How to write a resume correctly”

And one of the ways to talk about yourself and provide the most correct information that can interest a potential manager is correct and well-written resume. This will not only allow you to be ahead of everyone else, but will also increase your real chances by ensuring the availability of the vacancy. in .doc format you can follow the link.

From this article you will learn:

• • What is a resume?

• How to write a resume and format it correctly?
• Let's give an example, a sample, a template for drawing up the correct option

Let's look at these issues in more detail and describe the secrets and main nuances of writing a resume.

In one of the previous articles on the site, we described in detail how to apply for a job. Therefore, we recommend that you also read this material.

What is a job resume - download ready-made examples, samples, templates you can further in the article

1. What is a resume? 4 design principles

If you don’t quite understand what a resume is, then we suggest defining this term:

In other words, summary is a document compiled by you that allows you to present your own skills And skills, both professionally and personally. This is also an opportunity to talk about your achievements and uniqueness, which can be realized and even become the basis for employment in the applied position, in order to receive some kind of moral or material reward for them. For the most part, the end result is considered to be an increase in wages, receipt of allowances, bonuses or other equivalent of financial stability. In essence, a resume is a business card of the applicant.

Studying in detail the issues of the correctness of independent compilation and writing of this document, many specialists working for a long time in personnel departments and employment agencies it is advised to pay attention to 4 basic principles:

Principle No. 1. Brevity

You shouldn’t spend a lot of time describing your own merits, delving into the history of acquiring skills, or talking about the stages of your own development. If it is optimal, it is important to formulate the information so that it can fit on an A4 sheet. Don't be afraid of going unnoticed. On the contrary, you can “overload” a person with information.

Eg, among dozens of other resumes sent, reading them from beginning to end, the HR specialist will focus only on important information. And, if your document turns out to be 3-4 pages long, there is a real danger of simply not getting to the end. And the resume will be put aside.

Principle No. 2. Specificity

When compiling, it is important to accurately and correctly remember all the necessary dates or names of organizations that are important. If there is no way to rely on memory in this matter, it is better to take information from the sources themselves. All information must be current.

Principle No. 3. Truthfulness

You should not invent and invent new skills, attribute to yourself any unfinished courses and talk about achievements that did not exist in reality. One thing to be guided by simple rule: “Everything secret will sooner or later become clear.” Even if initially you manage to make a good impression during the initial selection, the result may turn out to be negative.

And, if the resume was sent to a recruitment agency that enters into selection contracts directly with employers, then its employee reserves the right to check any of the information you provided, and even make several confirmation calls.

Principle No. 4. Selectivity

When composing your resume aimed at “winning” a specific position, you should not indicate all your parallel achievements. For example, if you are interested in the vacancy of an economist, and in the past, by a lucky chance, you managed to complete culinary courses, or master nail extensions, then there is no need to focus on this.

Even if I had to write science articles, work or labors while studying at the institute or upon graduation, and the future vacancy requires the skills of a plumber, then a potential employer will simply not be interested in such information.

2. How to correctly compose (write) a resume - design and structure

During the day of work of a personnel specialist, dozens, and if the companies are large, then hundreds of resumes of applicants pass through his hands for open vacancies. And from this flow, your document only has a couple of minutes to convince and interest him in your candidacy. How to compose and write a resume for a job? Example of filling out a resume and detailed instructions The spelling is given below.

The assessment of the document you create will take place in a standard manner, according to 2 parameters:

1. Content . This is the veracity of the specified data.
2. Form . It assumes the correct design and correct structure.

Resume form - registration

Let us consider in detail how to correctly format the specified information, and by what parameters it will be considered correctly presented.

At the same time, there are some rules that are not particularly necessary to remember; you just need to write them down on a separate piece of paper and use them if necessary.

• Word " Summary"No need to write.
• When working in Word, be sure to select a font Times New Roman. It is considered the most convenient and pleasant to perceive.
• Choose font color black. This allows you not to be distracted by other colors and concentrate on the information itself.
• Set the size to 12 point. But, at the same time, at the very top of the sheet we must indicate the full name, which we simply select and change the size to 14 point. This makes it possible to focus on personal data and remember them, which is especially important when working with other resumes.
• We arrange the fields as follows: top - 2 cm, bottom - 2 cm, right - 2 cm, left - 1 cm. The convenience of marking the fields in this way is subsequently reflected when creating a personal file and collecting documents in a folder.
• Line spacing It's best to make it single. This will allow you to place more information on one sheet and will not disrupt the structure of the document itself.
• If suddenly there is a need to highlight something in particular or to focus on this information, then it is best to highlight it in bold without resorting to underlining or italics. With this method, the text will look organic and become easy to understand.
• According to the structure of the presentation of the material, the summary should be divided into paragraphs, visually determining the integrity of all information.
• When creating your business card, you should not use frames and various symbols. This is a business document and should be taken seriously.
• When presenting your information, you do not need to deviate from the intended plan; it is important to write in business language, touching on the main aspects.

With all this, visually viewing the resulting resume, it should be easy to look at and very clearly structured. It must be remembered that in the end what is created is not a novel or story, where participial phrases and complex sentences are appropriate, but a business document. It should be presented in simple and accessible sentences.

All specific terms and certain formulations that occur in the applied specialty should not be indicated. You can easily show off your knowledge in this area at an interview, but it is simply not advisable to overload the document with them.

On last stage It’s worth re-reading the resulting resume and checking it for grammatical And spelling errors. You should not lose sight of this, because you can initially disappoint your potential employer from the first lines of your document, without even getting to its essence.

All the necessary data that is important to convey, the future resume should be divided into 5 main blocks:

1. Personal data.
2. Purpose of search.
3. Acquired education.
4. Having work experience.
5. Additional information.

In order for this information to become more understandable and there is no possibility of making a mistake, it is worth considering each of the points in more detail.

1. Personal information

The purpose of this block is not only to leave your candidacy in memory, but also by indicating exactly your contacts, to determine a method for instant communication.

Example - how to write a resume correctly

We write relevant and specific:

• Last name, first name, patronymic (in full);
• Address of the place of residence. It is very important that it is factual. If there is only a temporary one, then it is important to indicate until what time, and where then they can find you. The organization to which you are sending your resume can simply, without clarification or telephone calls, use the postal service and send you a notification of an interview appointment, therefore, the address must be accurate;
• Phone number. When indicating your own number, be sure to write which one is home and which is cell phone, so that it is convenient for the specialist to navigate the time and decide which one is best to dial. At the same time, if there are time restrictions, for example, for you personally, it is more convenient to receive calls in the evening hours, please report this correctly in your resume;
• Your email address, which is active at any time. If there is any other communication channel, it could be a fax or ICQ, you should definitely indicate this;
• Your date of birth.

When describing your personal data, you can talk about your age, your marital status, indicate your citizenship or health status. But, such information is not mandatory and provides an advantage only if it is unique.

Thus making a favorable impression, take the trouble to find exactly the accent that can keep attention on you.

And, it is worth clearly understanding that the more convenient and quicker it is to contact you, the more chances you leave for yourself and the less you give to your competitors in the matter of employment.

2. Purpose of search

In this block, it is important to correctly indicate not only the name of your desired position, but also clarify the salary level.

Moreover, if you plan to participate in the search for several vacancies, then it is best to create a separate resume for each of them and send it to the personnel department.

But it’s impossible not to write job titles at all. Any employee of the organization will never guess your plans and will prioritize the selection of those candidates who clearly understand and define their goals.

In terms of the desired level of remuneration, everything is much simpler. In order to correctly determine it and not overestimate the figure, it is enough to simply track similar vacancies on the Internet and choose your average value.

You need to understand that if your needs do not correspond to modern realities, and the head of his organization’s budget does not consider it reasonable to allocate the requested amount, then your resume will no longer make sense at all.

But, if you understand that you have extensive experience and are capable of being much more interesting than other candidates, perhaps you attended foreign internships or attended trainings and have leadership qualities, and the organization itself where the vacancy is open is large in scale, then it is in your interests to exceed the average pay level is approximately 30% . But this amount, in any case, must be justified.

3. Acquired education

This block contains data confirming your level and degree of education. Moreover, they initially describe the main things, including years of education, qualifications or speciality and then educational institution in which it was received. And then they make a link to additional courses, trainings and seminars.

If on your life path If there were several such educational places, then higher education is indicated first, then secondary specialized education, and then additional education.

There is no need to simply indicate abbreviations, hoping that the establishment is well-known and everyone will guess it anyway. On the contrary, it will work against you. No one will waste their time searching for PSTU or SGTA; information about this should be as disclosed as possible and convenient for use.

If at one time, for example, you managed to complete computer courses or foreign language courses, this information will not become superfluous. In our modern society, the ability to understand software even at the level of a simple user, or knowing a foreign language, even with a dictionary, provides another bonus to your list of advantages. You can write about such data, indicating the time and place of training, in the section “ additional information».

4. Having work experience

This block tells about how your work activity went. Moreover, it must be written in chronological order, starting from the current or last place of work, as if rewinding history.

Of course, it is desirable that there are no interrupted work experience and no empty gaps in your work schedule. But, even if this happened, you don’t need to beat yourself up and think that this gives you less chance of getting a vacancy.

The description occurs according to the following scenario:

• Work period. The dates when you entered the planned vacancy and when the activity in it ended are indicated here.
• Company name where you managed to work or its representative office or branch;
• Field of activity. It is worth briefly indicating the direction of the organization’s work;
• Job title. Indicate the correct name of your position, and the entry in the work book will serve as confirmation of your words;
• Responsibilities. Tell us what powers you were given and what duties you performed. It is advisable to present information clearly and clearly so that the future manager understands that by performing a number of such functions, you have already achieved experience in them and you will no longer need training;
• Examples of your indicators that were achieved over a certain period. Let this be quantitative data, expressed in % or units, but specific and real.

Many people who write their own resumes make a very serious mistake. They assume that in this block it is enough to simply rewrite the data from your work book.

But, thereby, they forget to reveal the uniqueness of their own skills and abilities. And, also, the presence of experience and certain qualities will have to be considered by the personnel department employees “between the lines.” This reduces the attractiveness of your resume and makes it stand out against other competitors.

5. Additional information

This is the final block, and it’s not the main one, but you shouldn’t forget about it. Here you can provide a lot of interesting information that will allow the manager to make a choice in your favor.

The “Additional information” block can be designed according to the following structure:

• Degree of computer proficiency. Write the names of the programs you had to work with and their level of mastery.
• Degree of knowledge of foreign languages. We list the name of the language and its level of knowledge. You can write, for example, freely, or with a dictionary.
• If there are any additional skills that are not mentioned in the previous blocks, but you think that they can complement the overall picture and tell about your uniqueness, be sure to write about them.
• Other information. For example, a vacancy for a sales representative is open and you understand that one of the requirements is to have your own car, then in this section you can indicate such data. It would also be a good idea to write about your attitude towards business trips, possible delays at work and the use of free time, if realistic, for the benefit of the organization.

Of course, one of the benefits when creating resume content is being able to reference third-party references that will back up your credentials. At the same time, the personal data of the recommender, the position he holds and the name of the organization in which he works, with telephone numbers and possible contact information are indicated.

It's not worth it For example, make a long list of such people. This is not advisable. Yes, and the practice of distributing recommendations is not widespread. If the manager himself wants to confirm any data, during the interview he will ask you to indicate these contacts in the proposed questionnaire and will discuss this issue directly with you.

Final example resume sample:

The end result of our resume for a job

3. Ready-made resume examples for downloading (in .doc format)

3 most popular and downloaded resumes

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Professional key skills in a resume. The following are examples of skills and abilities that you should include on your resume.

4. Professional skills in a resume - 13 useful skills

Of course, it is clear that any manager, in the search for his future employee, wants to see only a professional and the most suitable candidate. Therefore, how skillfully and correctly the professional skills will be indicated in the resume being compiled will determine the level of his interest in your person.

If you find it difficult to form the correct skills and abilities for your resume or you don’t know where to start, you can contact general concepts, examples and select the most suitable ones from the following list:

1. Business communication skills . This is the ability to conduct conversations and negotiations with possible clients or future partners, the ability to establish the right contacts with customers and build communication so that it is comfortable to contact this organization again and extend long-term cooperation. At the same time, it is important to know business etiquette and have a positive attitude.
2. Knowledge foreign languages . This skill has already been mentioned before. Of course, if he is professional, then completely different prospects and opportunities open up. By skillfully speaking, maintaining a conversation, drawing up contracts and making instant translations, you can easily count on foreign business trips, communication with foreign partners and trips for additional internships. Find out more about
3. Skills in working with a client base . This is its creation, development, attraction of new contractors, the ability to correctly navigate and issue necessary information. This is also the work of systematization, improvement and its optimal management.
4. Budgeting skills . This is a very complex skill that involves the need for periodic planning, ensuring communication and coordination of all departments, awareness of the necessary costs in the organization, creating its own system of assessment and appropriate control, and simultaneously complying with all relevant laws and signed contracts.
5. Business correspondence skill . This is not only knowledge of business etiquette, but also correct, competent writing, maintaining the image of your organization, the ability to be correct and correctly display your thoughts without harming the conduct of business and the formation of loyalty on the part of the other interlocutor.
6. Accounting and tax accounting skills . This is knowledge of the balance sheet, all its main subtleties and the ability to carry out any operation regarding the receipt, movement, write-off of goods on time and according to established deadlines. Ability to make all accruals and payments in a timely manner, generate statements of wages and submit reports to the relevant authorities for subsequent verification. This skill also involves cooperation with tax authorities, providing the necessary indicators and reporting forms.
7. Office support skills . This is an opportunity to search for the most profitable and comfortable conditions for purchasing goods and services that determine the basic need, forming the required assortment, and creating a special accounting system. This also includes prompt and timely provision of everything necessary to managers and ordinary employees of the organization, monitoring of the situation regarding the operation of official transport, control over the functioning of production areas.
8. Working with the Internet . This is the operational search for information, its storage and systematization, the ability to use search engines, and knowledge of search tools.
9. Sales planning skills . This is the ability to assess the current position of an organization, its financial performance, basic sales, and, as a result, the profitability of the business itself. Moreover, you need to know how analytics were collected over past years and make a projection for the future. At the same time, self-control and emotional stability are important; in order to form a general mood and the ability to switch from one direction to another or positionally, it is necessary to be able to focus on the needs of customers, to know exclusively the product and the industry of its use.
10. Goods purchasing skills . The ability to correctly assess trade turnover, its availability and movement, create appropriate schedules, understand the reasons influencing purchases, search for the best suppliers and offers. This also includes the development of an assortment matrix, pricing policy for all product groups, sales tracking, and procurement planning.
11. Inventory skills . This is the ability to quickly navigate given positions, identify errors based on factual material, confidently monitor the safety of inventory items, check the storage conditions of goods, the ability to identify slow-moving and stale goods, provide reliable data based on actual accounting, checking the status of accounting and organizing the movement of goods .
12. Merchandising skills . This is work with shop windows and shelves and shopping centers, visual appearance support, control over correct layout goods, inventory management.
13. Sales analysis skills . This is working with the dynamics and structure of sales, trends in the sales process and, if necessary, analyzing the feasibility of lending to customers, determining the rate of revenue growth, and profitability.

5. Personal qualities in a resume

When writing a resume and indicating your personal qualities, it is recommended to adhere to the following rules:

1. When indicating personal qualities, you need to remember that there should be no more than 5 .
2. It is important to indicate them so that they directly correspond to the position for which the person is applying.
3. Reduce the level of humor to zero and maintain a fairly restrained tone when describing.
4. Determine your need and usefulness. This is very easy to do, you just need to imagine yourself in the place of a potential employer and decide what qualities you would like to see when hiring such an employee.

Some of the most common personal qualities in a resume include the following:- accuracy, - activity, - politeness, - attentiveness, - high efficiency, - initiative, - goodwill, - diligence, - creativity, - reliability, - perseverance, - optimism, - decency, - punctuality, - enterprise, - self-control, - justice, - hard work, - , - skill to work in team, - honesty, - energy, - sense of humor.

6. Cover letter for resume

In everything modern world, writing your resume in order to increase your own chances of getting a vacant position and more fully describe your candidacy, a special cover letter is prepared for the resume.

It allows you to present your unique abilities in a more free form, and provides a number of advantages.

How to write a cover letter and what to write there? Let's try to create one overall plan, by which you can navigate.

1. To ensure that it reaches its intended destination, it is important to indicate a specific addressee. Sometimes, even in the vacancy description itself there is a specialist’s personal data, but if this is not the case, then it is enough to write “ To the HR department, HR manager", indicating the name of the company.
2. Next, you need to tell where you managed to find out about the vacancy, where this advertisement was found and cite the source.
3. Now we identify the position that is interesting and explain why it is and what skills are available that correspond to the parameters of this vacancy. Here you can explain, quite relevantly and in an accessible form, what work experience, merits and achievements you have.
4. Next, it’s worth telling why you chose this company and this position in it. If there are any striking facts about the history of its development, or stages of formation that are known to you and would be appropriate in the text of the letter, it is worth paying attention to this. Company specialists always notice that the candidate shows interest and knows a lot about the organization, which undoubtedly cannot but captivate.
5. When finishing your letter, you must leave information about your own contacts, which will allow you to be contacted freely at any time. And, if you decide to make a call yourself, then you need to warn about this, indicating the most convenient time.

The average volume of such a letter, according to experts, should be approximately 2 paragraphs of 5 sentences.

To properly format a cover letter and avoid unpleasant situations, you should adhere to the following rules:

Rule #1. Business style Letters are required here, and all addresses to “You” and their derivatives must be written with a capital letter. As for the sense of humor, if you have it perfectly, and you are sure that if you apply it in practice, you will not spoil your letter in any way, then you can dilute the basic style a little.

Rule #2. Again, you should not write long texts and sentences describing history from birth to the present moment. Everything is done briefly and on topic.

Rule #3. You should not address your potential manager with the words “You must”; it is best to use the subjunctive mood.

Rule #4. One of important points you can say that it is worth controlling yourself when talking about your former colleagues or management, especially using abusive forms. This will make you think negatively about your candidacy.

Rule #5. Many experts advise that you be sure to talk about your individual abilities and refer to stress resistance and performance. Specific examples of such cover letters can be found very often on the Internet.

Rule #6. But it’s not worth writing about your own hobbies and domestic interests at all. It bears no relation to production process and will not in any way affect the decision to hire you.

Rule #7. It would be nice to specifically indicate that in any convenient case you would easily agree to an interview and are ready, if necessary, to tell in more detail about yourself any information of interest within the framework of work matters.

Rule #8. When composing such a letter, you need Special attention pay attention to all spelling and punctuation errors. Check the text for their absence and clarify the consistency of the sentences, the presence of meaning and the correctness of their composition.

Rule #9. If possible, offer to read it to an outsider who can evaluate your work with fresh eyes.

7. Errors in a resume - 10 main mistakes in writing a resume

There are several basic mistakes that even experienced compilers make. And, this subsequently leads to refusals.

How to avoid this and achieve the perfect resume?

1. From the very beginning, as mentioned earlier, you need to eliminate errors, and then format the text itself. Any self-respecting specialist will never read such a resume to the end, and it will simply go into the trash bin. It is recommended to correctly highlight headings and subheadings and bring everything to the same format. As you know, people who constantly work with a huge amount of information are able to read diagonally and selectively view what they need. Unformatted text in which the author claims to have excellent computer skills looks very implausible.
2. Drawing up a template resume . During the day, specialists working with an open vacancy are faced with a huge number of documents, and almost any qualified worker can easily guess which copy was actually written and which was simply downloaded from a website on the Internet. Often, regularly repeated resume clones cause a negative reaction and are not even interesting to read. Therefore, they are sent straight to the pile, where candidates are at risk of being rejected.
3. A resume compiled in the format PDF . Such documents are almost never seriously considered. The thing is that not all programs support this format and are easy to read. Most likely, any specialist will prefer the Word format, it is familiar and easy to use
4. Lies in writing . Very important both for an employee of the HR department and for a specialist at a managerial level has the veracity of the indicated information. Moreover, large organizations have their own security services, which, like in a banking structure, have the ability to easily verify the information provided. And, if this specifically concerns your skills, which do not exist in reality, then at the first interview you will need to pass a test and everything will become clear, only the situation will no longer be pleasant for everyone.
5. Posting inappropriate photos . There are companies in which a mandatory condition for drawing up and submitting a resume for consideration is the presence of a photograph. You need to understand that this is an official document, where photos in a swimsuit or against the backdrop of a home environment are simply not appropriate. This serious mistake. Moreover, sometimes applicants post big photo, which at one time is also heavy. When such a resume arrives by mail to the employer, it significantly slows down the entire process, because the file takes a very long time to open and creates inconvenience for the work of the entire office. It is best if the photo is not large and has a typical image, where there is a business suit and the background is very appropriate for such an occasion.
6. Almost empty resume . Sometimes a situation arises in which the applicant does not yet have work experience, and when I draw up my document, he leaves a lot of empty lines and puts dashes. This is a gross violation. In any case, even if the experience has not been gained, there is some kind of social activity that he was involved in as a student or works and works that were written, and the text can be formatted in such a way that it does not seem empty and flawed.
7. Working with highly specialized words . This is the case when, trying to seem like a very advanced specialist, the resume writer writes it using either Americanisms, or jargon or phrases known only to a narrow circle of people. You need to understand that the initial processing of your document will be done by a human resources manager, who, although he is familiar with the approximate terminology, is only superficially familiar, as a result of which he can easily get confused in what is written.
8. Request for a higher position . At the same time, the applicant indicates in his resume that he has always performed ordinary linear duties and was consistently in middle-level positions in management structures, and now asks for the opportunity to join the management team, applying for the corresponding position. This fact, at the very least, looks unsightly and will certainly become an excuse for refusing to consider your resume.
9. Tactless questions . In this case, the applicant inserts special requirements under which he considers it correct to receive high level payments, any increases, bonuses, benefits known only to him. In general, such requests are considered very tactless in the business world and should not be considered as a matter of principle.
10. Many additions to the created resume . You should not send along with the document a cover letter and letters of recommendation and a possible gallery of your photographs and any previously created projects, unless the employer himself has asked for this. Otherwise, the result is information overload and the manager in the HR department simply does not have enough time, and sometimes even the desire, to consider the entire set. Accordingly, your information is put aside and gradually forgotten.

At its core, a resume is a document that is scanned briefly and quickly for the first time. You only have 2-3 minutes to interest the employer and explain why your candidacy should be the main one when considering employment.

There are several basic secrets for its design, which even experts insist on.

Secrets of resume design

• Firstly , we use A4 paper and draw up the document so that it fits on one page.
• Secondly , we work only with thick paper, choosing non-staining ink and preferably a laser printer. This is due to the fact that it may be necessary to send it by mail or fax, make a copy or pin it in a folder, and with all these manipulations the text may be erased, the paper may become wrinkled and the paint may crumble.
• Third , you shouldn’t even think about creating a resume by writing the text by hand. Not all handwriting is easy to read, and no one will understand what is written.
• Fourth , you need to print on one side of the sheet, without using frames, drawings, massive signs and photos. This distracts from the main thing and prevents you from concentrating on the essence.
• Fifthly, It is necessary to compile it only in Russian. Even if a situation arises in which it is necessary to find a job in a foreign company, it will initially end up on the table of Russian-speaking specialists and only then will it become available to foreigners. Your task is to conquer the management team first in your native language.

9. Conclusion

Now, based on the information you read earlier, it becomes clear how to correctly write a resume for a job according to the sample, what is worth writing, and what is a good idea to refuse.

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