CV Resume: resume help

  CV-Resume: resume tips

- One or two pages at the most

- White paper or very clear colour and good quality, without any décor.

- Typed form, avoid writing your resume by hand, except for a company that asks for it like that.

- Do not include the letter’s date in your resume

- You do not have to enclose supporting documents, unless they are asked for.

- Avoid sending photocopies of your resume

- Never include a resume cover.

- You have to transmit clarity and professionalism visually (white paper, short phrases, capital letters and with standard format, elegant and simple; emphasize certain information or sections in bold).

- Use action verbs in your resume

- Avoid using too many decorative resources like fitting, colours or very expanded paragraphs.

- Be honest in the content, positive and sell the best things about you when you write a resume

- Write well and have the spelling checked before sending your resume. Use different synonyms to avoid both repetitions and the image of limited lexicon richness and, therefore, little verbal fluidity. Do not use abbreviations, except when they are the recognised ones in our language (for example: Av. - avenue , St.- street...)

- Structure the resume based on what you consider to be your strong points for that position: abilities and achievements first, or experience in several similar positions. If a certain academic title is an essential requirement, you can write it before the experience). Do not forget that it is a "taylor made suit for the position you want to obtain", not a complete history of your life.

- Write in inverse chronological order the experience and achievements that you consider most relevant to the position you want to get

- Always stress how you have solved problems, your abilities, your contribution to the improvements obtained in your work and your company.

To avoid:

- Do not write a title (we already know that it’s a RESUME or CV)

- Do not speak of economic objectives in your resume.

- The reasons for change or not working you will explain at the interview. Do not write anything in the resume.

- Photograph: only if requested.

- Use general vocabulary, not technical, colloquial words or slang, which cannot be understood.

- References: not to be annexed to the resume . It is not a book where bibliography is added.

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