If you’ve not updated your CV in a long time, it can be difficult to know where to start. What kinds of activities and accomplishments do you have on your resume that relate to the job you’re applying for? What are the most recent Professional Resume Services guidelines and trends to follow? And, truly, a page or two?
- Ditch the objective statement
If you’re considering a major career shift and need to explain why your experience doesn’t instantly fit the position you’re applying for, an objective section makes sense. What are your plans for the remainder of your life? Consider whether or not a summary statement is appropriate for you, or leave it blank to conserve space and concentrate on the remainder of your resume.
- Keep it in reverse chronological format
There are a few various methods to structure the information on your resume, such as utilising a functional resume or a hybrid resume, but a reverse chronological resume is the ideal option (with the most recent experience listed first). If a skills-based CV isn’t absolutely necessary in your situation, ignore it—hiring managers may question what you’re hiding.
- Stick to a single a page
The two- (or more!) page resume is debatable, but the main line is that you want the information on this page to be as concise as possible, and keeping it to one page is a reasonable method to accomplish so. Go for it if you have enough relevant and beneficial experience, training, and certifications to fill more than one page of your CV. What if you could communicate the same message in half the time? Please comply with this request. If you’re having problems, look into content-cutting tactics or chat to a Resume Creator professional about how to organise your resume to fit more information into less space.
