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以下転載。Resume書くときに参考にする。

I'm recruiting at the moment and we've decided not to use an agency but go it alone. It's been quite interesting.

Here are some tips from this side of the fence:

If you're going to write a cover letter, make it page one of your word doc and make your resume start on page two. It's easier to read through

From a job advert you should be able to pick around three main things that the employer is looking for. The first stage of filtering I do is to skim the resume and check for these things. Sometimes two our of three will get you a maybe but your resume needs to be customised so that these requirements are clearly demonstrated and highlighted. Really this stage takes me no more than 30 seconds per applicant.

Don't create your own document layout. The Microsoft templates are really good and recruiters are familiar with them. Tweak the format a little by all means. Style is important but content is more important.

Be consise. Too much detail makes you look desperate and hides your key skills.

Don't use non-standard fonts - it's unlikely anyone will have them installed and your layout will appear in Courier or Times ruining your intention.

Save the document in print layout zoomed to either 'page width' or 'two pages' your resume probably wont be printed out in the first round of filtering but saving it in page layout mode gives a good idea what it will eventually look like on paper and hopefully, when the recruiter finally prints it for an interview it will jog their memory and look identail to how they remember seeing it on screen.

Don't list your 'weakenesses' it just looks stupid.

Incude your date of birth and address. It's probably illegal to makde decisions based on this but let's not play games. If I want a junior developer he's going to be <25yo

State that you are an Australian Resident or, if you're not, what visa you have.

html files probably aren't as useful as word documents. People like MSword.

If the job is advertised on seek or mycareer then apply using the portal. If you apply by emailing manually then your application will probably need manual attention and processing prematurely. Although this might seem like a good thing it will probably make the recruiter hostile because they have better things to do than spoon feed people who can't use a basic on-line application system ;)

Find a filename more imagniative than 'resume.doc' 'JobRef First Name Last Name Resume' is probably good. Also avoid 'resume5.doc' It looks suspicious.

Check out file > properties in your word doc - it shows info you might not want to disclose like total editing time and number of revisions. Also be sure that you don't have version controlling switched on. I received one large word file and my curious mind decided to find why the file was so big. Reason: a seperate version was included for each time it had been saved. I noticed that the applicants degree grade had improved over time ;)

Remeber your attachment - at least 5% of people forget to attach their resume.