“The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet”

-         Friedrich von Schiller

In our system, practically any “type” of resume would work. However, there are certain things you should have included in your resume. (This isn’t a matter of discussion). You need to have these things in this order:

1. Name and Address
2. yourfullname.info
3. “Qualifications” statement
4. Work History
5. Education
6. Skills/Awards/Training

Formatting is important too. The resume template that I use can be found at Here!

Note: it is important to remember that a resume is results driven.

The Qualifications Statement is the most important piece of your resume. This statement should be a quotation from an ex-colleague ideally. This acts like a testimonial, and adds to that social proof aspect talked about earlier. To see an example, please refer to the resume sample in the resource section of this book.

What about the “Objective?”

Nix it. Don’t use an “objective” line!

Why? Because the objective line is wasted space and only reiterates to the employer what your intentions are to begin with – apply for a job! It is much better to use a qualifications (quote) statement from a peer. That is way more effective! I still use my qualifications statement from an old boss from 12 years ago today. Why? She explains everything I’m about without me having to do so. For some reason people believe her over me. Guess what? You’re no different.

What about “References upon Request?”

Nix it. Don’t Use it!

Instead, include your references with your resume when you are emailing them. Make the job to hire you easier for the employer. Don’t make them ask for references. That’s one more thing they DON’T want to do that their going to have to.

References

It is a good idea to put together a document called “Your Full Name’s References” then split the page into half (left/right).

On the left side title that section “Business References” and on the right side “Personal References.” List three (3) people for each section as such:

Make sure both sides of references have their current companies, titles (positions), and phone numbers.

If you’re personal reference is your sister. Don’t type “sister” as her job title. Type her actual job title. If she has none leave it blank. The employer will ask them what their relationship is to you. Naturally if the last names are the same, they will assume it’s a relative anyway.

Important Note! Make sure your references know that you are using them for references. Of course, it is best that you ask permission from them if you can use them as a reference.

Though you can and should email your references along with your resume, it is better to include them on the same pdf document (page 3 perhaps). In Adobe Acrobat Pro (there is a 30 day trial) you can “insert” pages into the resume pdf. This makes it easier for the employer to open up one document and scroll through it and it is easier to print if they wanted to.

Designing the Short Version Resume for Fax & Interviews

The only difference between the fax and interview resume versus the online and email resume is that the fax and interview resumes are one page long and the online and email resumes are more than one page.

When designing this resume all you are doing is going to your long version text resume (the resume you had before you converted it into pdf and started hyper linking). You will need to trim the fat from your resume, leaving nothing but strong bullet points with action statements to follow.