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Terry
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What is a resume and why is it so important?
May 9, 2009 - 05:37 PM
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A resume is a one- to two-page document summarizing your career objectives, professional experiences and achievements, and educational background. The heading of the resume should contain your name, address and contact information. The body of the resume should be broken into the following sections: career objective, profile/summary, professional experience, achievements, scholastics, and references. Your career objective should be brief, up to two sentences; it should give your potential employers an idea of how you wish to move forward in your professional life. A concise profile or a summary should discuss who you are and how your skills and experience best apply to the job you are interested in. The summary, as well as other parts of your resume, should not contain personal information that discloses ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, living situations, or any other personal information that is not directly related to your career. Personal profile/summary should only contain a few well-written sentences that convey what you can bring to the table in terms of the specific job. professional.
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Ayo Morakinyo
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Re: What is a resume and why is it so important?
May 28, 2009 - 08:24 AM
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Simply put, a resume is a self expressing statement of yourself; your past, your present and future, as is relevant to your desired job. It is a tool that earns you an interview seat. the rest is then left up to you. You defend what you claimed in your resume when you get into the interview seat!
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