Zhukova T.V., English language advisor. The article highlights description of the resume writing process

A resume is a written document that lists your work experience, skills, and educational background. It is used as a marketing tool for job seekers. A typical résumé contains a summary of relevant job experience and education. The resume is usually one of the first items along with a cover letter and sometimes an application for employment which a potential employer sees regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screen applicants, often followed by an interview.

The summary is a very important thing when applying for a job. It gives you a summary of the professional portrait. It is very important that you made the right.

Writing a good resume you can hope that you will take on the job. If you have a bad resume - be sure that the employer you will never call.

Meanwhile, the summary is not an autobiography, either in form or in content. The specialist should reflect in summary, moreover in summary form, the only thing that could really be of interest to the employer.

Through the hands of the employer are hundreds of resumes. Your resume will be read no more than two-three minutes and you need so it up to give the most accurate and necessary information about your professional qualities in this short period of time.

Although the strict requirements for the summary and does not exist in its drafting should follow a certain order.

First of all, the text of the executive summary must be placed on one page. A sheet of paper of A4 format, be sure to printed text. The font is normal, readable size.

Summary necessarily need to write in the Russian language if only in the declaration does not explicitly stated otherwise. Unfortunately, some of the neglect of this requirement, sending a resume in English. Thus, they were probably trying to impress his deep knowledge of a foreign language. But the effect is often the opposite. Employers usually consider such manners foppery. Understand that the summary - this is your party, it is finally a certificate to the goods, as are you.

As for dressing up one should make it look professional with no spelling or grammatical errors, use italics or bold lettering to draw attention to significant points.

We should not use colors to attract attention or highlight certain areas, use too many fonts, making it too dense and/or use pictures.

The resume has to look professional. After you are done putting your resume together have it printed on resume paper. Resume paper is thicker, more expensive paper. Just like when you have to dress up for an interview, your resume needs to look dressed up to be the best representation of you.

The style of the resume should celebrate:

· brevity,

· concreteness,

· selectivity (do not write excess),

· honesty.

For resume writing, to the extent possible we should follow the rules: how can I learn more about the employer and about what he wants.

At the beginning of the summary it is necessary to submit the personal information, such as first name, last name, patronymic name, date of birth, age, marital status, address, telephone, fax and e-mail.

The objective of written of a resume is the vacancy you are applying for. This is statement of what you actually want to do. In other words you should show what you can do for the company more than what the company can do for you.

We have to indicate the educational institutions you finished in reverse order. High school shouldn’t be indicated.

One should specify:

· the name of the educational institution;

· faculty;

· specialty under the diploma.

If you have diploma with honors, make sure you check it.

In the column education additional you should specify the names of courses, internships, trainings, seminars are relevant to your chosen job.

The record of the previous place of work must bring in reverse chronological order; with the most fully describe the last place of work. Employers are not interested in who you were and what you were doing five years ago and the more than ten. You should indicate the month and year of entry into employment, month and year of termination, the name of the company, the scope of the activities of the organization and your position.

We have to draw your attention to more information. You can include anything that increases your value in the eyes of the employer. Here you can also report on the availability of a driver's license, skills of work on the personal computer, knowledge of foreign languages, the list of their publications, awards, diplomas competitions (if any), and specify other information.

What is not necessary to indicate in summary is all of your labour biography, your physical data, photo, the reasons why you left from work and due from the salary.

The main principle of the summary is to highlight all of your dignity, and to brighten up (hide) your shortcomings.

And finally, before submitting a resume read it several times. Even better if someone will check it. It is better to prepare summary in several versions even for one and the same employer, in printed and electronic form.