Resumes/Atlanta: How Resume Writers Develop Resumes - Jimmy Hall/Atlanta-Douglasville

Resumes are important in Atlanta, Marietta, Kennesaw, or elsewhere online across Amewrica. We all have one or have had one, and most people absolutely dread updating or writing a new resume. Let's face it; it simply is not a fun task, not even for professional resume services like myself. However, there are ways to have the job done correctly and painlessly. Looking at the resume as a part of the bigger process is rewarding for both the writer and the owner of the document.

A resume is a snapshot of a life and working life. Most hiring managers, human resource professionals, and supervisors hurry through piles of them weekly, allowing roughly 20-30 second initial scans of each one. That is it. Resume writers should develop resumes with that fact in mind.

The job applicant's resume (representation) must quickly stand-out and make the grade above others, or be discarded. It is as simple as that. Chances are that if the applicant hears nothing back within a week, they never will. That is a cold hard fact, excepting with large corporations that keep resumes on file for several months due to the need for a large semi-skilled labor pool.

The double-question many clients ask me is exactly what should go on a resume and in  what layout or form? The answer is that you must include all aspects of yourself in a positive light. This includes the last 70% of yoyur working life, your entire education (formal and informal), all skills, accomplishments, and keyword-adjectives that describe you (preferably related to a postion or positions that you are seeking). Layout?

The resume layout depends entirely upon the material provided to the resume developer/resume writer, and what he or she deems best for the reader. You always want the strengths to be featutred prominently and first, and pages to flow and have a sense of order and "white space."

I ask my clients to provide 8 or 10 adjectives about themselves, a short quote about their personal work ethics or abilites, a full employment history (with cities and years), a complete education history (including schools, cities, years, and other training courses via past employers or independently taken). 

It goes almost withoiut saying or writing that a complete name, phone number, e-mail address/fax number, and any other relevant conmtact info should be included. Perhaps most-importantly of all, we resume writers also need to know the purpose or objective of the resume, as specifically AND vaguely as possible (to write it both ways). What position or positions are you after? Is there a particular company? If so, include something about them to demonstrate you have done your homework.

Keep in mind that your resume is the first task the potential employer is in a sense grading you on. While he or she knows that you may not have formally written it, the employer also knows that you provided the info and made the decision about who to hire to make your representation come to life on the resume pages...

At Jimmy Hall Writing Services / Marietta, I would like to assist you in task of chnaging jobs or simply findingh a position (404-580-1501). If not, I hope that you at least got something out of this short posting. Thanks.

Jimmy/MS/BBA