Information that each resume must include is the name, address, contact number, work experience, education and skills. Anything else – references, personal information irrelevant to the job, photographs, unrelated hobbies and activities, salary outline, objectives – is better left out unless the advertisement specifically asks for it. The Click to Continue Reading

There are several situations in which writing a formal thank you letter is at the very least a commendable effort and sometimes even an absolute must. The content of the letter generally depends on the nature of the situation and the rapport between the sender and the person being thanked. If a person has had a job interview with a prospectiv Click to Continue Reading

When writing a resume and the cover letter, the most helpful tool one needs is provided by the prospective employer himself: the job advertisement. The best job applications let the recuiter know that the applicant is able to pinpoint the exact set of skills and experiences the employer is looking for. The most skillful applicant will be able to de Click to Continue Reading

30 seconds to impress the recruiter Recruiters do not generally spend much time pondering over a particular resume: not more than 30 seconds on average. Internet submissions leave their inboxes flooded with job applications and they do not have time to waste on badly written CVs and cover letters. It is this 30 second limit that dictates the co Click to Continue Reading

In terms of form, these are the basic guidelines to follow: use clean paper check for spelling and grammar mistakes use bullets instead of paragraphs wherever possible use font size 11 or 12 (except for the name and headings) write the name and subsection headings in bold do not write less than a page and a half or more than two pages There are t Click to Continue Reading