In landing a job, your resume is your key weapon to suffice your strengths and abilities; without it, you might have a hard time in finding a job that would be tailor-fit for you. Are you a fresh graduate who is looking for a job? Or are you already floating for so many months now that you feel that no employer would ever hire you? Every day, people from different regions of the Philippines flock and travel to destinations where they can get opportunities.
Resume plays a very important role in job applications. Although HR personnel or employers won’t dwell much on one’s resume, you still need to make sure that it can give them the best impression. In this article, we are going to give you a few of the best tips to make your resume more attractive so that you will have the confidence in pursuing job applications.
Don’t try to insert flashy or colorful templates to your resume. Avoid using informal fonts like Comic Sans and French Script because it can be more difficult to read. Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri are the fonts that you should use instead. Try avoiding setting font sizes to 10 and below because it can be a major turn-off for employers. Use bullet points to present your skills and avoid creating paragraphs. Hey, this is a resume not an article.
Power Words
Many people miss to use power words to influence readers of their resumes more. Words like exceed, led, planned, excellent, managed, and a lot more are the words you can utilize to make your sentences more appealing. Avoid adding very to the words; try to look for the exact word instead of adding the prefix very.
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