1. RESUME WRITING

2. Resume writing
A RESUME is a brief account of one's life and career, especially as required in an application for employment.
It should give brief details about
1. You
2. Your personal experiences
3. Your education, training and work experience
It should promote you.

3. Why your resume is important?
It’s the first meeting between you and a prospective employer.
They tell the employer a great deal about you.
They tell you a great deal about yourself.
Its purpose is to get the interview.

4. Structure of a traditional resume
1. Full name
2. Address and Telephone number
3. Age, Date and place of birth
4. Nationality
5. Marital status
6. Number of children
7. Dates and places of primary, secondary and tertiary education
8.Educational qualifications (Public examinations taken and grades / degrees achieved)
9. Employment record
10. More detailed information about current position held including salary
11. Interests
12. Names of two people who will provide
references

5. A successful resume is the product of careful thought and planning.
The employer is looking for an applicant, who has the right experience, skills and personal qualities for the job.
The person appointed is likely to be the one who not only possesses all these but also presents them in the most attractive way.

6. Skills Ask Yourself. Which skills did I use here that I already had?
Which skills did I improve on or consolidate?
What new skills did I learn?

7. Examples Organizing events Interviewing Chairing meetings Supervising
Meeting the public
Training staff
Giving advice
Making presentations
Trouble shooting

8. Personal qualities accurate adaptable astute can work under pressure
careful
committed
competent
cooperative
courteous

9. Personal qualities decisive dedicated energetic methodical meticulous
orderly
organized
positive
practical

10. Personal qualities extrovert flexible friendly
get on well with other people
good communicator
good sense of humour
good time-keeper
hard working
imaginative

11. Personal qualities independent worker lively logical loyal
self confident
self motivated
sensitive
thorough
thoughtful
vigilant
work well with others

12. Types of resumes
Chronological
Functional

13. Chronological resume construction
A Chronological resume presents your education and work experience either in the order in which they happened, or in the reverse order, with your most recent experience first.
Its contents include:
Contact information
Objective
Work experience
Education

14. Functional resume construction
A functional resume is organized based on your skills and qualities. The advantage is you can focus on your strength without having to spell out relative inexperience or periods of unemployment.
Its contents include:
Contact information
Objective
Skills
Work experience
Education

15. Other Tips.. After writing, proofread your resume
Do not use a bunch of fancy lettering that is hard to understand
Stick to one type of font
Make sure your paper is white and of good weight, not flimsy
Word-process it and store it in a computer file
Make sure that you check and if necessary update it before sending it off
Take a print out of the file copy of the particular version you use for each application