I have listed some of the common questions students will have to find the answer while writing the resume. If that’s the first resume writing experience, I’m sure they will have at-least 90% of the questions I have listed below.
1) What should be the length of the resume
2) Which resume template should I select?
3) Where should my educational details go, before or after the project, academic experience section.
4) I have low GPA, should I indicate that in the resume?
5) I have filled contents of resume only for 1.5 pages, can I leave half page blank?
6) I don’t have any work experience, can I add few work experience, since there is space left in the resume?
7) Should I list when I graduated from school?
Do I list summary of qualification or objective section to start the resume with?
9) I want to write a good resume, but my mind just freezes when I start to edit the resume, I really don’t know how to proceed further.
10) I applied for some 50 or more jobs, I haven’t got any response, should I change my resume template?
11) What is the difference between functional and chronological resume?
12) I’m entry level student, I don’t have any work experience, can I have 2 ore more page resume?
13) My friends has good looking resume template, can I use the same template?
14) Do I have to list all the people who gave reference about me in the resume?
15) Do I need to write about the company I worked for in the resume?
16) I know what C programming language is, and have written 2 small programs, can I list C in my skills set?
17) How do I make the resume fax-able?
18) I have less then 1 year work experience, but my resume is more than 5 pages, do I have to reduce the length of the resume?
19) Description of the project I worked in school is 2 page long, how do I explain it in 3 lines in resume?
20) Do I need to change the resume for each job I apply?
21) I have certification logo, can I use that in the Microsoft Word format resume?
22) Do I need to have special format resume to upload resume in websites like Yahoo Hot Jobs (10 best web sites to search for jobs)
23) Do I need to keep updating the resume?
24) Can I print the resume in 1 paper on both sides or on 2 separate sheets of paper?
25) What is the best font size and font family to use?
26) How do I create a ASCII format resume?
27) How to make MS word format resume scannable?
28) Will this resume format, contents is sufficient enough to get me a job?
In future posts, I will write about resume and also answer to all the above questions, including job search tips, internship search tips. Hope you enjoyed the article. To find better jobs, I recommend Yahoo Hot Jobs. More details on job search engines in future articles. Good Luck in your job search.
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Where can we find the answers to the 28 questions that you have posted?…They are very much vital..So please put the answers to all of those 28 questions..
Thats the job for you to find, so it will be easier to write your resume.