Resume Writing Tips

[Kingswood]

Originally Posted by BigV

A good post, but he mistakenly underemphasizes one section. He says, "suggest" when the right word is "insist".

I would have written "insist" if I was a Cellar regular with half a gazillion posts, rather than an infrequent visitor who visits occasionally.

On re-reading it splashed over half a screen in humongous red letters, I realise that I should have omitted the superfluous clause and simply stated without any qualification: "Have someone else who is a good speller proof-read your résumé and covering letter for spelling, grammar and punctuation."

See? It is good advice to have someone else read something you've written. Even if everything is just spiffy as far as spelling, grammar and punctuation are concerned, there may nevertheless be something not quite right about the writing itself that you may not notice but that someone else can mention.