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Your Resume needs a New Look:

The prevailing job uncertanity has push many of us into panic mode. It is no big secret that we are busy sending our resume to a host of friend, contact and recruiters just to be on the safe side. We want to keep a few opportunaties in hand to protect our career if matters get worse in our current firm. But before you the dash your resume of to some one remember to spruce it up. Just adding the accomplishement alone will not do. To drope the attention the potential employer who is allready flooded with loads of resumes you may need to put in little more efforts. Here are some pointers that can help your resume to get past the initial screening process and finally fetch you an intervew call.

Give a complete revemp:

If you have notbeen on the look for jobs for quite sometime ot is likely that your resume xontains some outdated information. For example it includes your work experience in technologies which are no longer in use now. This information should no doubt from part your work hisyory but dosnt deserve to be highlited any more. Mention a sentence or two about it and leave it a that.

You can improve on the design if it serve the purpose of showcasing your competencies in a better way. it is certainly worth while to redesign your resume from scratch to give it complete new look to suit the current trends. After all, only a resume that is welldone can putt you in the running for the jobs !

Be Honest:

A good resume is essential to keep in the race but you can not hope to get a job solely on the strength of your resume. Your sucess depends on how you prove you worth in the intervews that follow. Dont include false information to make the resume look more attrective because it wiil land you in trouble at the later stages.

Be honest about any performance gape you have had but include them in a less conspicuous place probably towards the end of the documents.

Customisation Advantage:

No to companies are alike even thought they are engaged in similer business. Each company has its own work culture, set of values, system and process in place. So, even if you apply for similar roles, there will always be subtle differences in job requirements of each opportunity. You should slightly modify your resume to sute the specific requirement of each company or position. For example retaining the broad shape you can make small alteration such as highlighting different accomplishment to match the target position.

Note: Don't make your CV a bunch of content, it should be quality content only.