The Importance of a Great Resume

Copyright Laurence Pollwade. 2009

THE IMPORTANCE OF A GREAT RESUME

There are always people looking for jobs. It doesn’t matter where you live, there is unemployment and jobs being advertised, as well as job seekers looking for jobs. A lot of the time the two groups never meet and this is why unemployment is higher than it has to be.

Your resume can be the difference between you even being considered for a job or having it discarded. You may have ALL of the necessary skills, but if you can’t get that across to an employer, then it is useless. There are a lot of differences between an unacceptable resume and a good one. There are also a lot of differences between a good resume and a great resume
I will come back to the cover letter later.

You have to think of yourself as a salesperson when applying for a job and your resume is your advertisement. You have to make your advertisement as appealing and as accurate as you can, so that a prospective employer will stop and take the time to consider employing you. Bear in mind that for every job advertised, there can easily be over 500 applications.

I have had experience from all angles over the years. I have been an employee, an employer and a recruiter. So I have seen firsthand how resumes are treated and analysed by different people, depending on the type of job opportunity.

The first thing you have to do when reading ANY job advertisement is to check whether you meet the selection criteria. If you do, or think you do, then definitely apply.
If you have absolutely no experience in a field that is demanding experience as essential, it is a waste of your time even applying. I can tell you from experience that I found it extremely frustrating receiving resume after resume for a job demanding specific skills and the majority of applicants did NOT have any of the skills required.

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Proofreading and why it is so important!!

Proofreading website content.

There are millions of websites on the world wide web right around the world and the number is constantly growing.

Whenever a new website is created, there are many factors that are taken into consideration. These include: colours, navigation, content, information on products and services, SEO, links, ads, rankings, etc. The list goes on and on.

However, the one thing that seems to constantly be overlooked is the actual written content of the site. Spelling, punctuation and grammar are a major part of any website and if these are not accurate, then people will go elsewhere because it creates a negative opinion for visitors to the site and brings down the professionalism of the site and what is being offered.

I recently started proofreading the content for a particular site and after only going through 3 pages, I had already found 34 errors. This really is inexcusable nowadays. A lot of these errors would be picked up with simple spell check. But a lot more simply have to be fixed by a concentrated effort to double and triple check all the material.

I have been involved with a few websites over the years and I would feel extremely embarrassed if someone was to point out a spelling mistake on my site. Everyone should feel the same way and prioritise the quality of the website content as highly as any other factor.

So I would strongly recommend to everybody that you should increase the priority of analysing the content of your website for accuracy in spelling, grammar and punctuation. If you don’t feel comfortable in doing it yourself, then find someone who has the capability to do it all for you so that your site maintains the high professional standard which you are striving to reach.

Because of all the competition on the internet, you want to ensure that your site has the best possible chance of success and so this is definitely an important thing to review.

I do offer my services for website content proofreading, among other things, because I strongly believe that if you have a skill, then why not share it. I also offer an obligation free appraisal.

I urge you all to think about what I have said and how it may relate to you!

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