打造簡歷十大技巧（英語文章）

打造簡歷十大技巧（英語文章）

 By Whitson Gordon 賈慶文／選注

10. Start with a Big List, and Then Shorten It

 We know keeping your resum6 brief isirtriport.ant, but o.e of the best ways to make sure your resum6 is as good as possible is to start long. Make a plain text document of all the possible information you might include, and then pare4 it down from there. You´re less like- ly to forget anything important, and it will also come in handy5 if you ever need to tweak6 it for different job opportunities.

 9. Know What Not to Include

 When it comes time to narrow down your giant list of accomplishments, you´ll want to make sure you´re including the most important stuff. You definitely want to get rid of not-so-no- table accomplishments, and anything outdated can probably go too. There are also a lot of phrases that are just wasting ink on the page, and you should get rid of those too.

 8. Avoid Overused Phrases

 If you want to make your resume standout, you´re going to want to avoid canned7phrases like "team player8", "strong work ethic",and "innovative". We´ve gone through lists oftired phrases on more than one occasion, somake sure you check out every list to cleanout the cliches.

 7. Quantify9 Your Accomplishments

 Instead of filling your resume with theaforementionedlo canned phrases, pick some-thing quantifiable. Anything you can describewith numbers demonstrates something real andtangible´l that your potential employers cansee. Saying you "increased sales by 300 per-cent" (and mentioning how you did so) is muchbetter than saying you"exceeded expectations".Always be on the lookout12 for ways you canput your accomplishments into numbers.

 6, Find the Keywords Your Employeris Looking for and Use Them

 Nowadays, so many people are passing their resum6s around that sometimes they don´t even get read. In&tead, HR13 folks are scan- rung.them for relevant keywords, like names o~computer programs you know. Making sure these are somewhere on your resume increase its chances of getting seen and actually read.

 5. Strategically Tweak Your Dates ofEmployment

 Employers aren´t usually too fond of job- hoppers14, so if you´ve had a few recent jobs instead of a steady one, you might want to try and pull attention away from that fact. One of the best ways to do that is strategically formatyour resume to highlight the jobs, not thedates15. Using only years to describe employ- ment terms, for example, looks better than the more specific month-and-

 4. Try a Visual Slideshow or Video Resume While many employers will prefer thesimple, single-page list of accomplishments, lots of others would prefer to see your person-ality ancl omplishments more in-depththrough a slideshow or video resum6. Make sure you make ´it worth their while, of course,if your;slicleshow is just as boring as yourtext-asecl re-sum6 wuuld , you´re not d"ingyourself uny fawrs. And of course, chet:k witlithe department before sending sometliinglike this in to make sure it´s okay.

 3. Don´t Use it Until the End ofInterview Process

 Some employers may request your resum6at the beginning, but if they don´t, considerholding off. It´s too easy for a potential em- ployer to scan your resume and reject you. If you wait to hand in your resum6 until the end, you´Il be forced to show yourself off in otherways, and keep your potential employersthinking about something else beyond the dull checklist of accomplishments.

 2. Use Multiple Resumes for DifferentPotential Jobs

 If you´re applying for multiple jobs, even if they´re in the same field, you may not wantto use the same resum6 for each job. Tailoryour resume to each specific job you applyfor, and send a unique resum6 0ut for eachone.

 1. Proofread16 from the Bottom Upn When you´re done and ready to sendyour resume in, you will want to proofread itfor errors. There are a lot of ways to makesure you proofread it well (like printing it out),but of´ the interesting ways we´veseen is to iPaicl it from Lhe l.uIlcjiii ul). way, yt)u´ll m,ike sure kip uverzmy scclioris, und will also help you see zuigle other than the one you´ve ready written and proofreacl it fifteen times.