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Professional resume writing involves righting skills towards resume writing and preparation of covering letter. A professionally written resume is considered to be an excellent tool to achieve the desirable job. A basic resume should include headings, objectives, education and work experiences. Personal references can be provided on request. A professional written resume will increase the chances for the candidate to get called for an interview. This is the first important step towards being selected for the job. Otherwise, the candidate with poor resume may be rejected by the employer by discarding his or her resume without wasting any further time. Hence, it is important to impress the attention of a potential employer during the CV (curriculum Vitae) short listing process. Some of the important points to be considered while writing a professional resume are as follows:

1) Have a good cover letter:

A cover letter is an important part towards professional writing. People of ten fail in the job selection since they apply with their CV but without a covering letter.

A CV should always be accompanied by a cover letter. An employer would initially like to judge you on the basis of a good cover letter. A cover letter indicates your capabilities towards being fit for the company. An employer would prefer to learn more from a good cover letter than a well written CV.

2) Compare your resume with your skills and expertise:

Create your resume by first being clear on your goal by asking yourself what job are you qualified to do. Your goals should be specific relating to the type of industry, position, title and future professional achievements. Make your objective clear enough, in order to compose your resume by highlighting your skills and expertise in your specific area of interest.

3) Choose a format for your resume:

Once you are clear and done with your carrier objective, you then need to spend some time on doing research towards resume formats. Select a suitable resume format that highlights your skills. You can use the internet for searching sample resumes that are similar to your industry.

4) Use your personal information in a proper manner:

Your personal information should be mentioned towards the top of your resume. Your personal information will include your name, address, home, telephone or mobile number including your email address. However, your email address should preferably contain your name. Never use an email which are created with casually written like cool4u@yahoo.com

5) List your employment experience in the right order:

Always list your employment experience in a chronological order consisting of your present position. You can provide up to five previous jobs. However, never create gaps in your employment history.

6) List your education information from the latest position:

When listing your education information, you can begin with your college and other recent accomplishments.

7) Overall layout for your CV should be as follows:

1) Try to create your resume within two A4 size pages.

2) Preferably use a bond paper compared to ordinary paper.

3) Stick to Ariel based font or simple font.

4) Use bullet points wherever necessary and always use short sentences.

Alex Stinson
http://www.articlesbase.com/resumes-articles/tips-towards-professional-resume-writing-720010.html

2 comments for:

Tips Towards Professional Resume Writing

Riley M | 14.03.2010 at 3:43 am

Internship at Law Firm, how?
I need to get a intern ship or small job at a law firm. How should I go about this? What is the best way to get a good paying starting job in a law firm?
Oh and I put my resume below in case anyone is looking. Thanks!

Customer Service and Sales Experience

Recognized in the field for excellence for customer service in the entire T-Mobile Long Beach Market(Voice of the Customer Award). Pushing and driving for my sales goals while maintaining a good customer service approach as I represent my company. Strong multi-tasking skills from experience with sales and food services at In-N-Out. Personal drive and motivation to not just prove to myself a good employee but to keep a very open horizon to career advancement in the company I represent. I have a strong sense of urgency of what must be done and believe in the fact you must earn your paycheck by hard work and a great attitude!

Professional Experience:

T-Mobile Oct. 2007 – Dec 2008 (Sales Representative – Mobile Service Sales) $11.75/ +Comm.
Working with customers to find a good solution to their mobile needs and helping them with any problems or questions regarding their service. Pushing for sales involving Insurance, Features, and Accessories to be added onto their accounts. Constantly keeping store updated with inventory stock and price sticker updates. Keeping fellow employees updated with new information via personal store emails and word of mouth. Training new employees on how to be quick in dealing with customer questions in a friendly welcoming manner and how to sell.

CarMax June 2007 – Oct 2007 (Sales Consultant – Car Sales) Commission Only
Waiting in a queen to introduce myself to customers who are interested in either
purchasing a new vehicle and/or selling their current vehicle to CarMax. Selecting vehicles of interest to the customer on our lot then pushing the sale of the vehicles. Once a vehicle is selected and agreed to be purchased I then must push for the sale of vehicle warranty or vehicle accessories.

Black Angus Restaurant March 2007 – June 2007 (Restaurant Service) $8.00 +Tips
Front desk duties. Expediting. Occasional Serving. Answering phone calls from customers and take-home orders. Greeting and seating customers in an efficient seating manner for the servers. Occasionally taking in person orders, prepping food, and taking payments. Helping servers orient service to prioritize customers in a matter of importance and urgency.

In-N-Out March 2005 – March 2007 (Restaurant Service) $11.25
Keeping a high paced almost rhythmic pace to create and serve customer orders in a fast period of time. Keeping a great customer service approach while remembering “The customer pays your paycheck”(an In-N-Out value). Being awarded prizes monthly for recognition ranging from introducing new ideas to improve the store or speed of service and of course good customer service recognition. Training new employees on the ideals of In-N-out and importance of a sense of urgency. Occasionally helping management interview Spanish speaking applicants. Weekly review of store safety violations and suggested improvements.

Extra Experience: Typing speed 55+ WPM, Microsoft Word knowledge, Basic Microsoft Excel Knowledge, College Student working towards Law School. I am good at speaking and writing Spanish in order to sell and help customers/clients.

maliboo_girl | 14.03.2010 at 7:45 am

You don’t write what kind of job you’re looking for! Figure that out and then edit your resume to that job. You might want to compress your resume a bit, it’s probably too long.

Unless you’re an attorney, secretary is probably the best way to go in a law firm, even better than law clerk. They are paid very well and they leave at 5pm. While they are working for more attorneys now than in the past, There are also IT people, data input clerks, receptionists, HR personnel. (My dh is a partner at biglaw.)

Why do you want to work at a law firm? If you want to be an attorney, you’ll want to focus your energies into getting into the best tier law school you can. Make sure whatever job you take leaves you time for school.

Right now is not a great time to look for a law firm job, even the biglaw firms have felt the sting and have cut back on staff and attorneys. A lot of firms will hire temp clerks and attorneys to fill in if they have big cases and need more help. You might call a temp agency that specializes in law firms to see if you are qualified.

Good luck!
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