A Resume, What is It?

A resume is the term used to describe the history of your life. It is also called a Curriculum Vitae which is generally abbreviated as a CV. Sometimes, some people mistakenly write it in the lower case as a cv or c.v. This is a mistake which should never happen, it should always be written in the upper case as a CV or C.V and not the other way round. The resume is a very important document on which all your hopes and career dreams rest upon. Your promotion to the next career ladder, a better position which is more challenging but with a better pays all lies on the way you design your resume. In fact your resume represents the best you have to offer. It should therefore ensure that you do not miss out on that job you saw and thought is the best bet for you.

Employers nowadays receive a lot of resumes once they advertise for a vacant position in their organizations. They receive resumes from hundreds of applicants. So, in order for them to even consider you, your CV or resume should be unique. It should stand out from among the many received resumes so that at least, you will receive an interview invitation. Unfortunately, most people do not have the know-how as pertains to writing a winning resume. They will often spend little time possible while preparing their resumes. This ensures that no interview invitation will ever come their way. Writing professional resumes is a skill which people must acquire or learn in order to get themselves being invited for interviews, which in turn, will lead to the jobs of their dreams.

And of course, even after your resume has landed you a job of your dream, it should continue to be useful piece of a document. It should continue to work in your favor for future job applications even after obtaining you a job interview. The document will always help you at an interview by carefully focusing the interviewer’s attention on your strong points and achievements leaving out your weak points. Even after the interview is over, it will continue to work on your favor because the interviewer will most likely re-read it before making a decision as to who to offer the job to.

After you have been offered the job, the resume will help in pay negotiations because a well written document will always give out your full worthiness. You are more likely to get a fatter check with a well written resume, than you will get with a poorly written one. So take your time when writing your document and the result will always pay higher dividends.