8 Tips for Resume Writing to Generate More Interviews

8 Tips for Resume Writing to Generate More Interviews

Your resume is your gateway to get a new job. It describes your personal information, and accomplishments. Qualified resume will motivate the prospective employer to ask you for an interview. After reading your resume, the prospective employer should think that you are the person they seek for.

Ineffective resumes can also negatively impact your self-confidence. When
you send out dozens or hundreds of resumes and get a poor response how will you feel? Most people don't stop to think their resume is the problem--they think they are the problem. Avoid this problem by making your resume more qualified than others.

Follow these 8 tips to help your resume look more qualified:

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Use titles that relate to the jobs you want

Make this titles or headings as clear as possible so that the employers can read your skills and abilities in a few seconds. If they see unrelated job titles, they will make an immediate assumption that you are not qualified for the job.

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Use design that grabs attention

The design of your resume must highlight the most important information about your work experiences, skills and education. Let the employers be interested in your resume just in a glance.

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Use numbers and power words to create content that sells

Pay attention about the content of your resume. Typically, the more specific you can be in describing your accomplishments the better.
Using numbers to describe your achievements and responsibilities can greatly expand and elevate your image. It creates vivid images in our mind when we read them, whereas general statements are easy to skip over or forget. Another strategy that is extremely important in controlling the image that employers develop about you is to use power words or verbs that match the level of position you want.

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Analyze ads and job descriptions to identify employer’s hidden needs

Learning how to analyze the key words that employers provide in help wanted ads and job descriptions is important in creating powerful resumes. If the requirements are fit with your qualifications, your resume will have bigger chance to be read and considered.
You can also borrow the special sentences from the ad, which create image that you are the suitable person for the job. Beside the skills or needs listed in the ad, the employer must have many more needs that you should identify. To beat today's heavy competition for jobs, identify and anticipate the full range of needs each employer faces, and show how you can solve those needs.

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Sell the benefits of your skills

Most resumes provide a list of skills without explaining the benefit of those skills to employer. Explain to the employer that your skills will give benefits for the company.

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Create an image that matches the salary you want

When you are writing your resume, keep in mind the level of job and salary you want. Be sure to create an image that presents you at the appropriate level of job and salary you want.

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 Prioritize the content of your resume

Another big mistake that job seekers make is to list very important data in the lower sections of their job descriptions. As you compile statements for your resume, prioritize them by importance, impressiveness and relevance to the job you want.

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Target your resumes and cover letters

Tell your target in your resumes and cover letters. Tell your previous employer that you are capable and really want the job. Describe that you have specific skills each employer requests. It is extremely important in landing more interviews, because it allows you to look qualified for a wider range of jobs.