Jeffrey Said:

What is a good example of a good resume?( First-timer! )?

We Answered:

Using word, they have a template for creating a resume.

The main information to put on your resume would be:

Personal stats.
- Name
- Address
- Email (not hotmail or yahoo, use a family email if need be)
- Phone numbers (mobile and home)
- D.O.B (legally not required but will help with explaining why you lack experience, if your under 21 they are allowed to ask your age)

Education.
- Any subjects you are studying
- Any academic awards, etc.. I.e. dux in a subject or grade.

Qualifications. (if you have any)
- Have you got certificate from a first aid course or an rsa (responislbe service of alcohol licence) or equivalent.

Volunteer work.
- Did you help raise money for charity
- Participate in a working with disabled kids program
- Peer support
- Anything showing inititive and a willingness to work

Experience.
I know you said first job but have you helped out friends or family with various chores above the ordinary. i.e. babysitting

Careers aspirations.
What you aim to get out of the job, are you after a career in hospitality, what studies are you planning to do and what sort of work are you after.

Other.
Anything that you feel may help you to gain the position over others.

Referees.
A teacher or principal
A family friend you did chores for
A friend you babysat for.
Or just a personal reference, perhaps a parents long time friend.

For the Interview!
Dress the part, wear a simular outfit the staff would be expected to wear and smarten it up a bit, i.e. If they wear a top and black pants, wear a shirt and black pants.
Research the restaurant, know what they do and what they would expect.
Be confident.
Show your personality, be yourself and dont stress out, its not the end of the world if you miss out and it will be good experience for next time.


Best of luck.

Dean Said:

advice on how to write professional resume for accounts clerk?

We Answered:

Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional cover letter, curriculum vitae or resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:

1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.

In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.

Good luck!

Beverly Said:

I need help making a professional teacher resume.?

We Answered:

Send me your e-mail address and I will send you a copy of mine.

No use reinventing the wheel.

Robb Graham

Toni Said:

How to make a resume appear professional?

We Answered:

There are plenty of books on how to write good resumes but I wouldn't think you'd need them. You are right about needing to keep them short and sweet and to the point. Just enough to to get them to want to talk to you further, and no more.

Basically, I would think that if you boil it down to your education, companies worked at, experience, and strong points, that should do it. And don't get verbose. I suspect most employers don't like resume's because they are all in different formats so they are very hard to compare between them. I think applications that each business issues to prospective employees are better.

No, don't leave Burger King out. That would be ridiculous. Say how long you worked there, what you did, what you learned and how you benefited them, no matter where you worked. And mention primarily your knowledge and strong points that the new employer will be interested in (the ones that might help you at your new company).

How should you do it? Just put yourself in the place of the employer and write it in a way that they can grasp everything important to them in just a few minutes. Everything you write concerning your past learning and strong points should be stuff related to what the employer is looking for to fill this job. Nothing unrelated. A quick-read. Include the job you're applying for, why you're applying for that job and that company so they have the idea that you are goal-oriented, picked their company for a good reason (you like their company and say why or based on your future goals so they get the idea that you could conceivably become a long-term employee because your future goals relate to what you'll learn at their company). You don't want them to think that you would work anywhere and as soon as something comes along paying slightly more money, you'll be gone.

Remember, this is a sales job. Sell yourself quickly and cleanly. Too much to read and there's a good chance they won't read it. It should be between one and two pages, no more.

And not a single misspelled word or typo or grammatical error.

Good luck. :-)

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Melanie Said:

What is a professional summary on a resume?

We Answered:

The Summary is the preview of your entire resume. This may be be the only part that an interviewer or employer might read for shortlisting your resume. This may be the only section an employer reads prior to the interview. Gear up the summary to be the show window where the goodies are lined up to entice the person into entering the shop. Include your professional characteristics like highly energetic, an ability to solve complex problems, a dynamic team player, exceptional interpersonal skills, committment to excellence etc. Describing your professioanl qualities with power words.

A well written summary should include:

A powerul phrase describing your job or profession

A broad statement of expertise

A stement your your skills

A view of multi skills you possess

Range of experience and environment worked in

Well documented accomplishments

List of awards, recognitions, promotions, commendations on superior performance

An outstanding personal trait

One sentence describing your objectives

A good summary may include all of the above or some of these elements. Whatever elements you decide to include, ensure that it does not run into large paragraphs. The entire summary may at best be in 3 to 4 sentence. Write and rewrite your summary to reach a perfect statement without nnecessary words. Check a sample summary below.

Export/Import Management professional with over 10 years in the International trade and global franchise development. Highly proficient in structuring international joint ventures, quickly evaluating international procurement sources, and finacing imports and exports. Comfortable working in different cultural and ethnic environments with multiple language skills.

Note how quickly the summary establishes the experience, job objective, skills in the specific job function, expertise and additional skills of language and interpersonal skills. All these would be further supplemented in the body of the resume.

Dean Said:

What to include on my acting resume?

We Answered:

NEVER put your address and home phone numbers. There are enough horror stories about actors being stalked because people found their personal info from their resumes.

The ONLY contact info that should be listed is CELL phone and email.

NEVER include your age either. You'll limit yourself. You DON'T determine your age. Casting Directors DO. They might see you as playing much older or maybe even much younger.

This is how an ACTING resume should be set up:

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RESUME-ALWAYS use the 3 column format!
Here's the standard LA format. In NY, it's usually the same but with Theatre being higher up than Film/TV (/ denotes column breaks):

At the top and centered:
Name (Centered and is largest in font size)
Union affiliation (if any)
CELL Phone Number
Email

Far Left side below the top and centered stuff:
Height
Weight
Hair color
Eye color

Right side opposite of statistics:
Agent logo with contact info (sometimes if you have an agent, you can remove your own cell phone and email address. Then weirdos that find your stuff in the dumpster can contact them instead of you)

Film
Title/(Lead, supporting)/Director

Television
Title/(Lead, guest star, co-star, regular, Under 5, recurring)/Network

Theatre
Title/Specific character played/Production company or director depending on who is more prestigious.

Commericials
ALWAYS put "List available upon request!" Do keep a separate list of the commercials with the Casting directors involved in case an agent asks.

Training
Skill learned/School or teacher/Location (LA, NY?)
OR
Skill learned/Teacher/School, Location
ie. Cold Reading/Margie Haber/Margie Haber Studios, LA,CA

Special Skills/Abilities
Be creative with this. When I was starting out and interviewing with agencies, they would usually go straight there and talk about my special talents and even had me demonstrate some of them

DON'T:
-Put extra work
-Put Modeling/Print gigs. You make a separate resume for that.
-Lie
-Put age. If an agent asks you when you meet with him or her, then tell the truth. It's for legal reasons. ie. Under 18 can't work normal hours and need parent/guardian to sign stuff or you have to be at least 25 to do a beer commercial.
-Put your home phone number or address unless you want weirdos coming to your house.
-Put dates. It ages you!
-Have it separate from your headshot. It should be cut to fit and stapled to the back of your headshot.

If you don't have many credits, show that you're serious by having training from the best and a lot of unique special skills/abilities that you can actually do.