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What Does Your Resume Need To Say

What Does Your Resume Need To Say

Creating, and maintaining a well structured, easy to read resume is the route to getting your dream job and lifestyle. What goes on your resume, is of course, up to you, however, certain things can help give you that advantage when it comes to finding a job or entering the college or university you want to study at.

Choosing what degree to study is something that can be the basic foundation of a strong resume, showing dedication and specialization in your selected career. To enable you to pursue a high paying job, ideally straight out from college, you will want to look at potentially doing degree’s that will allow you to become a Lawyer, Doctor (medical or scientific) or an IT Specialist to name just a few, more job possibilities for after graduation jobs can be found here, along with associated degree’s that will allow you to get into the mentioned jobs.

Gaining a degree in law, engineering, business or a field of medicine will likely see you put onto a graduate program (also known as a Masters Degree), which will extend your studying time by two years, but will also enable you to impress your potential bosses no end with your vast knowledge on your specialized career.

Keeping your information clear and easy to read, as well as practical to skim over (remember that most resume’s are not even read to their fullest, and are simply skimmed over to see if it is worth reading) as well as offering a personalized covering letter for each job you are applying for, be sure not to ‘waffle’ about irrelevant things, keep it to the point and focus on what the employer is looking for.

You may also want to include your past experience in a relevant job, or any studying that you have completed, as well as your basic information and some keen interests you like to pursue. Keeping this information clear, and easy to read is critical, as this is the information that your potential employer will want to read up on.

Morgan Chu’s Resume is a great resume to base your own law based resume off of, he shows that his information is up to date, and very clear with use of spacing, paragraphs and bold font on his titles. He also includes how long he has worked in his specialized background, as well as his current roles and education levels. Such a resume like this is likely to have helped him secure many of his successful jobs.


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