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(Apologies for the late
delivery of this newsletter due to unavoidable circumstances)
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It's back to
work now that everyone has returned from their "Summer" holidays. That
means that more new jobs are coming on the market and I have been asked to
share some of the resume writing tips that we give our candidates to help them portray
themselves to best effect. NOTE: Back issues of CRS NEWS are published at
http://www.crsoilandgasjobs.com/Newsletter.htm.
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 There is plenty of advice on the Internet on how to write
good resumes and what to put in it. Space does not allow me to go into
great detail here, so this is my own view of a few things that I have found to work well.
1) Proper English, accurate spelling and good grammar
We were all taught this at school yet it's surprising how many people
do not even bother to do a spell check before sending out their resumes.
This portrays you as sloppy and uneducated, and you won't get a second look from
the HR department unless they know that you won't be required to write any
reports or documentation.
2) Good layout of information
Remember that most HR people have to skim through hundreds of
resumes sometimes
to pick out the good ones. They may take 10 seconds to decide if yours is worth
considering. Make sure that they can quickly and easily pick out what YOU
want them to read. So give them a brief outline of your skills and put
your most recent jobs at the top of your list of companies worked. Clearly
state what each job entailed and the skills used.
Education, courses taken, references, hobbies, etc., can be placed after this as
they would only look for this detail if you have already caught their attention.
CRS recommends the layout given on our website
http://www.crsitjobs.com/resume.htm.
Always write in the 'first person' rather than the 'third person' as the latter
style makes it look like someone else wrote the resume for you.
3) Keep it short and concise
You may have had a busy career with a long list of jobs, each with
interesting skills to high-light. If your resume is more than 3 pages
long, then cut it down! No one will find the time to read your
accomplishments of 10 years ago and may skip your recent ones as well if they
are faced with a volume of information.
Keep any job description over 8 years ago to 1 or 2 sentences. Any skills
used then are probably irrelevant now in the fast-paced world of technology.
You can leave out minor jobs altogether, so long as this doesn't leave a
significant time gap between jobs listed.
4) Put in dates
Always put in dates for your jobs and education. Otherwise it looks like
you are trying to hide something.
5) Don't be too fancy
As an agency, we hate when candidates put in fancy colours, complicated
formatting, tables and graphics as we have to do a certain amount of style changing to conform to our
own standards, put in our logo, etc. Avoid referring an employer to your
online resume as this takes time on their part and they may be unwilling to make
the effort.
6) Skills Matrix
We encourage our technical candidates to put their skills with competency level,
years experience and when last used, in a chart format at the back of their
resumes (see bottom of
http://www.crsoilandgasjobs.com/resume.htm ). Our clients have found
this extremely useful as they can then quickly assess whether someone has the skill
profile that they are looking for.
Good luck with writing that killer profile of yourself!
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Letters to the Editor:
(Referring to our last
newsletter "Retaining Technical Staff"
http://www.crsoilandgasjobs.com/Newsletters/Newsletter%20O&G%201-2.html)
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your newsletter and its information was well
received. I thought that perhaps you can share with your readers (Professionals)
some of the resume writing tips you had given me to spruce up my CV. Its one
thing preparing a CV but having it professionally critique is a plus and having
those couple of useful tips certainly does add to the final draft... Ian
Editor's Reply:
So said, so done
(Referring to our first newsletter "Job Scams"
http://www.crsoilandgasjobs.com/Newsletters/NewsletterO&G1-1.html)
I think it would be a good idea if Luke can send his article to each of the
daily newspapers editorials so that people can be wary of that organisation
scamming them... Preston
Editor's Reply: I plan to submit an article myself, but certainly Luke and
anyone else who has encountered this organisation should write to the newspaper
editors to warn people about this scam and help fight it.
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you would like to share with us, please send those too.
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In This Issue:
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Editor's
Introduction
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6 Tips for Writing a Winning Resume
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