Making a Resume to Stand Out

Hiring managers and human resource personnel are often deluged with many resumes
for any given job opening. With no time to read all the resumes, they always look for quick
ways to weed out candidates and remain with a few that they perceive to be qualified enough
to be called for interview. Therefore, it is important to make sure that one’s resume is
professional and stands out from the other resumes. Here is a look at some suggestions that
can help a candidate to achieve these dual goals when writing their resume.

Tailor Resume for the Job

A resume should show that the candidate has the qualifications, experience, and skills
that make them a great fit for the job that they are applying for. Therefore, it is important to
tune the resume to the specific job position. The best way to tune the resume for the specific
job position is to include only experience and skills that are relevant to the job that the
candidate is applying for.

Make the Resume Error-free

Human resource managers often equate errors and typos in resumes with laziness.
Resumes filled with errors and typos are also difficult to read. Regardless of a candidate’s
experience and qualifications, it is unlikely that they will be called for interview if their
resume has grammatical errors. Therefore, it is important for the candidate to have a
completely error-free resume.

Keep the Resume Professional

Formatting the resume with colorful visuals may make a candidate’s resume to stand
out. However, it will not be professional. Apart from keeping the formatting simple, a
professional resume also involves sticking to career facts. Additionally, providing negative

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information about previous employers or including personal political views make a resume to
be unprofessional.

Conclusion

A good resume should not only stand out from other resumes but should also be
professionally written. Tailoring the resume for the specific job one is applying for and
making it error-free are some of the ways that one can make a resume stand out. Most
importantly, it should be kept professional by only providing career-related facts.