Professional Resume Writing

By Jessica Levis

A candidate must have an effective professional resume that will make direct impression on the targeted employer. In fact, if you want to be called for an interview, your resume works as an advertisement. A well written professional resume is enough to attract the hiring manager’s attention and should convince the manager to believe in your eligibilities.

Most of the candidates are rejected by the renowned employers, because they fail to present themselves in an impressive professional manner. Hence, some common fundamentals should be followed while writing your resumes. These fundamentals are:

* The professional resume should contain candidate’s recent photograph. A photograph presents you more than your words. Hence, you must add your recent photograph with professional attire at the right top of your resume.

* Give priority to your degrees when you mention your qualifications, then mention other certificate courses and diplomas.

* Mention your current employment and highlight the relevant areas of the post for which you are applying. You can use bold letters to highlight certain aspects of your responsibility in your current job that will impress the hiring manger.

* Mention the extra curricular activities, and don’t elaborate them unless they are relevant to the job you are applying.

* At the end of the resume, you can also mention your unique strength that shows why you should be given the opportunity to serve in that company.

* Some professional resume writers suggest that you must keep the resume brief for its purpose. Your resume should present the specific details of your profile that an employer is looking for.

* You also need to be careful about the language and grammar while writing a resume. Avoid overuse of superlatives and cliches in your resume. Over using the superlatives will show your arrogant attitude in writing.

Writing an effective professional resume is difficult, but you can achieve your dream job by making a good resume by consulting resume writers. Reviewing your resume before sending to an employer will help you to avoid minor mistakes and make present an impressive resume.

Jessica has been a good professional writer for business letters, professional resume sample, career search and resume templates. She has mastered in writing resume that helped lots of new job seekers in getting their desired job. Numbers of candidates are benefiting from best resume suggestions and career guidance by bestsampleresume.com.

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One of the internet tools I am learning to use is called Google Trends.  When I opened the trend page today the number one search were the words “economic depression”.  Not a pleasant topic that’s for sure but one that is definitely on peoples’ minds these days.  Interestingly enough, at just about the same hour I did my search, Larry Summers, the top White House economic adviser, informed the public that Google searches for those words were down to “normal” volumes.
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Evidently the numbers had been up to four times today’s count earlier this year.  Summers claims this shows a growth in consumer confidence.  Others are less optimistic, one blogger says there is no need to search the web for it (economic depression) anymore, we can can find it “in our own pockets.”

My husband and I both retired this year.  So far the Governor has been unsuccessful at tapping the state’s retirement programs so we are are luckily only tasked with adjusting to the anticipated lower income of our retirement benefits and higher prices, not unexpected cuts. However, we stopped back at our old office yesterday and heard that our employer was making major cuts (again) in the budget.  These were even more severe that those that had been made in the two years before we retired.  Vital positions were not going to be filled.  Wrecked vehicles were not going to be replaced and budgeted contracts might be canceled.

Other friends and family who work for the state are facing involuntary furloughs, pay cuts and/or lay offs.  In spite of the government bailouts to the mortgage companies, bank repos and short sales still abound.  If the economy is on the upswing it has not yet become evident.

So where does all this doom and gloom leave us?  Personally I found inspiration and enlightenment from a fictional novel by Terri Blackstock entitled Dawn’s Light.  The story revolves around a family facing the total melt down of life as we know it when solar pulses stop everything electrical or mechanical.  Cars become useless.  TVs, phones, and even more critical, life saving medical devises will no longer function. Survival takes on a new meaning as does the word Faith.

Yes, it’s only a novel but the lessons can be applied to the challenges we are facing in the real world.  As the economic upheaval brings major changes in the lives of millions we are all brought back to the basics.  Food, shelter, family and our beliefs or the foundation on which our life is based.  Keeping a roof over our family’s heads and food in their stomach becomes the daily challenge that much of the world has always had to focus on.  The only change is that now we share the challenge with the more undeveloped countries of the world.

Why Pay for One Expert’s Opinion When You Can Get Over Two Dozen For Free?
By:  Susan Young

Go to Amazon.Com and search for the words “career strategies” you will find over 1500 books on the subject with a prices ranging from $11.21 to $1750.   There is no shortage of advise and resources available, if you have the money to spend.   However, the last thing I want to do in this time of economic uncertainty is to spend money needlessly.   Since you are here, reading Cheap Living Tips, it is a pretty good bet you feel the same way.

One of perks of living in this century is the abundance of information that is available at our fingertips.  Type almost any question into a search box and you can find the answer on the internet.  Most often that answer can be had for the asking.  No charge. For free.  Don’t be fooled into thinking you have to pay high dollars to get valuable information.

A perfect example of big value without a big price tag is a publication aptly named “The Best Career Strategies of 2009” compiled by Bonnie Lowe.  If you are facing the challenge of looking for a new job or want to be prepared, just in case, you could, as I mentioned above, start looking for answers on Google or in a book store.  Or, you can download the this publication and save yourself both time and money.  Lowe has done the leg work for you.  She has collected over two dozen tactical approaches for making that impending career move, whether it is one of choice or not.  Did I mention that Lowe is giving this book for FREE?

Contrary to the old axiom, this is certainly one case where you get much more that you pay for.  I don’t know how she managed but her list of contributors reads like the who’s who of career counselors.  Download your free copy of “The Best Career Strategies of 2009” and see for yourself.

Susan Young, editor and publisher of CheapLivingTips.com, is a retired GISP (Geographic Information Systems Professional), starting Stage 3 of her life as an internet blogger, online entrepreneur, and promoter of struggling artists.

Her initial internet activities are focused on those people and things closest to her heart: her daughter, Staci Black, an aspiring artist, the task of saving the environment, her journey to better health and fitness, and surviving the current economic crisis.  You can find links to her blogs on the all these topics on her home page, From The Deck in San Felipe.

What is Holding You Back From Being Financially Free?
By Jeff Earlywine

For many people, growing your net worth and becoming financially free is a desperate sought after desire. However, something seems to get in the way. It is almost as if when things begin going really good, something bad happens. In other word, you take one step forward, but slide back two. For instance, you are beginning to save on a regular basis and then the car breaks down draining all that savings. Sound familiar?

Below are few reasons why many people get held back financially.

Not PLANNING for the storms to come

We also know it will rain again some someday, both in the natural and in our financial life too. Even in ancient Bible writing we see this – the story of Joseph. The story goes something like this. Joseph was in prison, but was requested to attend a meeting with the ruler of the land. The ruler asked him to interpret a dream – a very odd request. Joseph told the ruler that for next several years things would be great, but after that famine would hit the land hard. He must have been convincing, because the ruler took him out of prison, made him second in command, and followed Joseph’s plan – a plan to save all they could for the next seven years.

In our lives we need to follow this same advice. You do this be having a plan to live by when things are good, preparing for when things take a turn for the worse. To do this you develop:

1) A savings plan

2) A spending plan

3) A sharing plan – allowing you to give more when you have it

You also must live within your means (not your neighbor’s).

Not PREPARING to take advantage of every opportunity

Being able to take advantage of sale prices can help the family’s budget tremendously. When should you take advantage of the ½ price sale? Great question – when you have the extra money, and would need to buy the item anyway. When shouldn’t you by that sale item? Another great question. When you don’t have the extra money, and it is a true “want” not a need for you and/or your family.

PAYING too much of… the list could go on and on, but here a few.

1) Interest – We all know that debt is too easy to get. Credit cards often charge over 20% interest, and the “Buying now, and paying later philosophy” is common in our culture

2) Taxes – The average family pays 25-50% of what they bring home in taxes. Something that can help you reduce this is to start a small home-based business.

3) Depreciation – especially on automobiles. Example… You buy a nice, new care for $25,000, you drive it for 2-3 years and decide to trade it in on another nice, new car. You really negotiate with the car salesman to get the best price possible – and you feel so good about it, then you mention your trade in. The salesman happily agrees to have your car looked at. He comes back to tell you that they will give you $12,000 for your car [he would word this that they will take another $12k off the sales price of your new car]. You invested $25,000 2-3 years ago, and now your investment is worth $12,000.

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It has been over twenty years since I have been in a position of not having a job, so if I was going to share my personal experiences on this subject, it would not be worth taking your time to read it. Friends and family, all around me, are facing this challenge though, so I think it important to include a post on this subject. Philip Brewer, a former software engineer, has written an exceptional article on the subject which you can read for yourself on the Wisebread forum.

In this first of a four part series, Brewer outlines a strategy for taking control of the situation at the very beginning. His no nonsense approach tackles the hard question of modifying our spending habits and budget planning before the money runs out. You often hear that you should look for that one nugget of value in anything you read. For me, that nugget in this article is “spending needs to be taken off automatic.”

This key phase triggers a second look at how much money goes out of my account each day that I up till now have paid no attention to. I am a great fan of automatic payments. I don’t like to be bothered with bill paying so if I can set a payment up to be made directly to the utility company or department store, I’ll do it. By doing this, I think I have saved a bundle in late fees and interest charges.

A closer look, also reveals numerous monthly payments going out for items that might not be essential and could be eliminated to reduce the budget. Do I need to continue that book club or online membership? When was the last time I logged in or read one of those books?

The second topic Brewer covers exceptionally well is setting out a financial plan. Do you know how much you need to meet your current living expenses? Even more important, if you cut those expenses to the real necessities, how much will you need to just get by? Pick a spot somewhere in between that you can deal with and project your needs into the future. Can you survive for six months without a job? I don’t know many people who could.

Brewer’s article recommends staging the job hunt. He suggests putting together a PLAN which studies prospects and time frames and takes a serious look at when it might be necessary to lower your sights and start applying for jobs in other fields or pay levels. It’s a hard lesson but well presented.

Third in Brewer’s list is the need to analyze your assets. What do you have that you can sell to increase your available cash when necessary? He notes that you need to be realistic about how quickly you can get cash from the assets. Stocks may have a quick (if less than satisfactory) return but selling a boat or car may take months.

Brewer’s last point and most critical is don’t wait until the money runs out to look for solutions. Analyze where you are now, make a plan for stretching what you have as far as possible, stick to it. With plan in place, you can start your job hunt with a little more ease of mind.