What is a Resume?  
A resume is a brief summary of your education, qualifications, skills, and experiences. Resumes should almost always be accompanied by a cover letter (for details refer to CoolAvenues section on cover pages), which talks about the position applied for. One can also use it to demonstrate how your skills and experiences would apply to a specific position. To highlight skills and experiences, one can use action verbs.

 Writing Your Resume  
You should know the destination. And the rest of the things would fall in their place. The most effective resumes are clearly focused on a specific job title and address the employer's stated requirements for the position. The more you know about the duties and skills required for the job - and organize your resume around these points - the more effective the resume. Select your most relevant accomplishments, skills, and experiences for THIS position and include those in your resume. When you first sit down to write your resume, recall information about yourself and write down the most important details: pertinent course work, paid and volunteer work experiences, awards, projects, activities, and skills. At this point, don't leave anything out. You can always go back and delete items that are not relevant to the position you are seeking. Go back over your list and fill in the details: dates, titles, names, responsibilities, and achievements.

 Revising Your Resume  
Since a resume is the most important tool in a job search, take your time writing yours. You can even put it aside after you've written a first draft, and come back to it later. After a few hours, you may realize that it isn't written clearly. Or that you forgot to include an important job you had, or that prestigious NTS scholarship in Class X.
After you've written several drafts of your resume, ask yourself if it accurately represents your skills and experiences and if it demonstrates that you are an ideal candidate for the job you are seeking. Most employers will make up their minds about a resume (and you) immediately, so you need to sell yourself the right way. If you haven't achieved this, keep writing.
After you've completed a final draft of your resume, proofread it and give it to somebody else to proofread as well. Remember that everybody has a different idea on how to write an effective resume. Consider other people's advice, but make your own decisions about things such as formatting, style, and layout. Whenever possible, get your resume read by someone from the same industry or similar profile as your employer. You may get it read by someone from the HRD field as well. Remember, ultimately your resume should reflect your goals and personality.
If you are interested in posting your resume online, read through some specific information about electronic resumes, as they require a different type of formatting. Format your resume according to specifications asked for.

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