Resume Building Tips from Our Career Agency

When creating your resume, one of the most important things to remember is the old adage, “substance over flash.” Here, that means that the content of your resume is vastly more important than the design template you choose. It’s the content of that resume that really sticks with employers, not the design. Below, we’ve outlined a few key areas of the resume and how you can make easy tweaks to really set yourself apart from your competition, even if you don’t have years worth of employment to list.

Showcase Your Qualifications & Accomplishments

As they pertain to the job, that is. You may have a lengthy job history that spans different industries or are looking to find your first job and may not have any job experience to show. Whatever the case, you should explore your job history, volunteer work, or extracurricular activities and speak about the areas that apply to the job you want. This also includes any honors, awards, or distinctions that you have received. Remember, you shouldn’t include everything in your history because your resume needs to fit onto one page.

Format, Format, Format!

A good resume will be sectioned into different categories that keep all of your information organized and ready to read. We recommend having sections for education, accomplishments, skills, work experience, and contact information.

Now, while we did say to think about substance over flash, we also advise against going with a very basic resume template. These are a good place to start, but do remember to reformat and add a bit of your personality to it. A resume is supposed to show who you are, after all. Think about professional fonts and language, but remember that you can still highlight who you are in the design.

Self Edit & Have Your Friends Help

You should always review your resume in depth before submitting it. Mistakes can and do happen, and it would be a shame for your hard work to be cast aside just because of a spelling or grammar mistake that could have been avoided. It’s also a great idea to share your resume with friends or associates so a fresh set of eyes can look over the document and their feedback can be given. Ask them what they think of the language, organization, design, etc.

Employment agencies like R & H Staffing Services, LLC are here to help you build experience or to find your next career. We help with temporary employment and temp to hire staffing for businesses across the region. Call our Laredo or Houston/Cypress office today to get started.

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