Resume and Cover Letters

It was a rainy afternoon just like the past few days. I was reminiscing events that happened and I remembered my online part time job. Aside from the day-to-day work in a hotel, I still managed to have one.

My employer gave me another work and that is to be a Team Leader -- to be in-charge of posting jobs with his approval. Sometimes I'm tasked to review different resumes and cover letters of applicants. This time I felt what it was like to be an employer. You do revisions for your job posting, you post it, and wait for notifications that someone just applied for the job! With that, I've observed different strategies of employees just for them to stand out and be hired. But there are also some who just send a cover letter and after reading it, it will make you say "Is he/ she really applying?", "Why is his/ her strengths and weaknesses not included here? Have he/ she read the instructions carefully?", or "Oh my! Does he/ she know he's being rude with what he/ she informed here?".

A lot of people, including me, experienced a difficult time in just making both a resume and cover letter! Of course you not only make sure that the details are updated, but also have a unique presentation to be noticed. I would like to share these things that I have read in a book about resumes and cover letters:

A resume serves as your calling card, your dossier, your official representative because it presents a general outline or summary of your experiences and qualifications with one specific purpose -- to get you invited for interview. You must write it in such a way that it will give the best impression of you. It is tailored carefully to meet the employer's needs for the job you're applying for. Furthermore, you should make your own resume according to your taste and the job applied for.

A resume is not used by itself. It has to be organized to accompany a cover letter. A cover letter must be short since its function are to introduce a resume and to make reference to additional supporting papers which will be sent separately from the resume. It should contain details about the skills considered by the employer as important and should state your reason for your interest on the job.

There are different styles you could use in making your resume. Here are just some examples of resumes that I have searched from the web, just for you guys to see the format used:

a mechanic resume and a functional resume

















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There! To those of you who would be applying and are planning to apply for a job, you could use this bit of information in the future. So, good luck! =)