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Résumé Solutions Resume Writing Checklist.

You have finished your résumé master piece, before your prepare that email and press that send button to apply to your dream job, we have prepared a résumé writing checklist to help you. Our checklist is by no means exhaustive, but if you follow these points, you will have a résumé that is worth reading and maximizes your career opportunities. Each point is important and it is equally important to make sure that your résumé incorporates all of them.

Once you have finished writing your résumé, yourself the following questions:

  1. Are your achievements expressed in terms of the benefits and value you have added to your employers?
  2. Are your achievements clearly corroborated by evidence and examples?
  3. Have you indicated how you achieved what you did?
  4. Are your key strengths and abilities obvious and demonstrable?
  5. Are your key strengths and abilities obvious and demonstrable?
  6. Are your key strengths and abilities obvious and demonstrable?
  7. Are your strengths linked to your achievements and accountabilities?
  8. Does it encourage the reader to read the rest of it after they have read the first half page?
  9. Does it explain what you do beyond your job description?
  10. Is it well structured and organised?
  11. Is it visually appealing?
  12. Is it likely to differentiate you significantly from the rest of the candidates?
  13. Is the language simple and straightforward?
  14. Does it criticise your employers?

To view samples of résumés that meets all the above criteria. Click here to visit the "Résumé Solutions Sample Résumés Page.

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