Are you taking the right step to build and accelerate your career to greater heights?

Resume is the first and the basic step to the career ladder. It acts as a bridge between you and the potential employer. Hence, the significance of a resume can never be thought little of. So, in today’s competitive job market, your resume must be powerful so that it makes you to stand out from the pack itself. It creates a first impression for yourself before even you step into your employer’s office premises. Without a favourable first impression, a potential employer is probably going to stop considering you as an appropriate candidate for the job on offer and proceed to other candidates who have given impactful resumes.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PERFECT RESUME?

Resume reaches the recruiter’s table much before than you do: Even before you reach the recruiter’s office, your resume does. Usually, every company asks for the resume first, they go through the work that you have done so far and if it matches their prerequisites, it is a thumbs up. Thus, a perfectly written resume does half of the work here only. Hence, it is very much important to have a structured and precise resume to make the first impression work for you. This is the ticket to be called for the interview or the next screening level.
Resume talks about you:A resume talks a lot about you as an expert. It says what you have done before. What are you doing presently and where precisely you are heading towards? Simply envision a little bit of paper speaks such a great amount about you including past, present and future. Doesn’t that sound stunning? But remember this account of past, present and future should be conveyed quickly, else they will lose interest. So, this job of telling a short story in one page can be a bit tricky. Hence, you may require help in building your resume by coaches or resume experts.
To convince that you are the one:You must be thinking that it is easy for you to convince the recruiter that you are the most appropriate contender for the vacant position. But that becomes possible only when you are there for a face to face round. Before you appear for the face to face interview, your resume is that persuasive tool that persuades that you are the most qualified candidate for the position offered or not.
To market your skills: Think of a resume as a tool for advertising yourself. Through a well-written resume, you can sell the skills which you have collected over these years. You can tell the recruiter what all abilities that you have obtained through various jobs and internships and how you will utilize them for the prosperity and the betterment of the prospective organization. This is actually what recruiter needs to know now-a-days. They need to know in which way your skills will prove beneficial for their organization. And if your resume is effective in letting them know in this way, the purpose is served.
To grab an interview: Except if and until your parent or a nearby relative owns a company, where you can undoubtedly join without much ado, you are surely going to need a good and perfect resume. And ultimately, the purpose of the resume is to get an interview. Furthermore, composing a resume is the initial move towards that direction. So, do not ignore the importance of writing and presenting a good resume.

Even though a resume is perfectly written and organized, a few mistakes and errors in the resume could mean a rejection for you in your prospective job. Hence, it is important to keep away such mistakes from your resume.

 

So, what are you waiting for? Make an inventory of all that you need to be hired. Starting with a well structured resume, goals, documents, checklist of skills and experiences and a professional guide, who can spin your current resume for you. Take that first step out of a dead end towards a successful career!

 

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