Sunday, September 30, 2007

The first article that caught my attention was the one about extended traveling and then explaining that on a resume. Being a person that loves to travel and having this mabe be may line of work, taking an off an extended amount of time to travel and explaining that is good to know how to do. It is good to know that not stating on your resume that traveling is was why you made a career break. It is ok though to emhasis things that you may have learned or skills aquired while traveling. When you first start off in a job is is hard to make a career break, but in many cases when you are young and unattached this is the prime time to be able to do this. It does not look good on your resume when your first couple years of work you have made a career change, have an extened amount of time with being unemployed, or made a job change. It hard to find an in between factor of what to put on your resume or what not to in this area.

Another article that caught my eye was the article explaining how important it is to have key words in your resume. One of the main ways to do this is to pick words that are in the job description or advertisment and use those on your resume. Many companies have their own jarin or lingo that they use and these words really stand out to them on your resume. For example it stated that if the job description had the word 'bachelor degree' you better put the word 'bachelor degree in your resume somewhere. Having keywords like 'communication skills', 'team work', 'leadership' and 'problem solving' are also words that employers look for someone to have. So stating these qualities would be helpful. This article was very helpful and now I have some motivation to juice up my resume and find me a job in the future!

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