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American Resume
The resume is commonly as a "curriculum vitae" or CV
in many countries. The resume is a document where your
work experiences and your education are outlined. The
resume should give the employers an idea about your
skills and what they can get from you.
In Europe it is commonly know as a Curriculum Vitae
(or "CV") whereas in US it is called as a "Resume"
Title
Do not give any title for your resume.
Start your resume with the contact information.
Contact
information
The contact information should be at the top of the
page including the following
Name
Phone number
Fax number
Address
Email address
Until and unless it is relevant to the job do not mention
your gender, race, religion or marital status. In the
united states employers are subject to certain legal
obligations against discrimination of applicants based
on their, race gender or sexual orientation. Usually
the employers are fair but some employers due to the
fear of being sued against discrimination may discard
such resumes that mention these traits.
Objective
There are varied opinions on writing the objective just
below the contact information. Some experts recommend
describing your career objective below the contact information
while many others are against mentioning the objective
in your resume. There is no hard and fast rule about
writing the objective in your resume. Usually the objective
covers the points mentioned in the cover letter so it
could be as well omitted. However, if you prefer to
mention the objective then it should be precise and
make use of the best combination of words to give an
overview of what you want from the job to the employer.
Location
It is very important for the employer to know whether
you are willing to relocate or not. If you are willing
to relocate then mention you're preferred locations
where you are willing to work.
Skills
Mention all the skills possessed by you in the chronological
order of the skill, which you have been using most recently
and going down to the least. This gives an overview
of your skills to the employer.
Professional
experience
Usually the work experience can be represented in two
ways:
Chronological:
In this format the work experience is listed starting
from the most recent and going down to the least in
the following format
Job Title
Name of the company
Employment dates
A brief description of your responsibilities and achievements
in the job.
This kind of resume is good when your career has been
stable without any long breaks
Functional:
In this kind of listing you list your experience into
different functional categories.
For example
" Systems analysis experience"
"Java programming"
" Database administration "
This type of resume is particularly very helpful when
there have been some blank periods in your career. By
representing experience in this way the blank periods
are less obvious.
Another advantage of presenting this way is that you
can creatively reinforce your skills in this way.
While representing in this way you should group similar
kind of jobs into the same category:
For example
Java programming
Position, company name, employment
dates, responsibilities
Position, company name, employment
dates, responsibilities Database administration
Position, company name, employment
dates, responsibilities
Position, company name, employment
dates, responsibilities
Education
Your education should be presented in a chronological
order starting with the highest level of education then
going down systematically.
Languages
As this resume is for an international job, you have
to list the different languages you know and your level
i.e. advanced, intermediate or beginner. You should
indicate your efficiency in translation, speaking and
writing in each language. You could also list any associated
degrees you posses.
Achievements
and awards
You can mention any achievements -personal or career
related. You can also say about the awards received
by you for any particular achievements in terms of career,
education or personal.
References
You can give the contact information of three references
that are well aware about your skills and career achievements.
You should take prior permission of the references before
furnishing their details. You can also mention that
references will be furnished on request.
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