how do i write a resume?
if all ive ever done is waited tables? what kinda info do they want? is it just like what an average application asks or different? also i have several letters that were emailed to restaurants from customers praising my service- should i somehow include them?
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It depends on the job...
Different job requires different information. For example, for a general job position, you only need basic information such as name, contact, education, experience, and skills. Specific jobs or very specialize jobs require more information and relevancy to the job such as engineer, scientist, and technician.
What you don't want to do list anything they are not interested and wasting spaces...not to mention their time and labor in reading it. In addition, don't falsify anything that isn't true. It will come back to bite you in the a s s.
A typical resume should have this information regardless of job type:
Name
Contact Information
Skills and Knowledge
Education
Goal
Recommendation
Optional information (Sometime very important):
Work Experience
Personality Characteristic
Address
Cover Letter
Letter of Recommendations
Work experience is optional because not everybody have work experience especially for an entry-level job. Personal Characteristic is important when the job depends a personal with great personality such as sales, management, and customer service. A cover letter is a plus, it is your introduction to the employer about yourself beyond the resume. So, don't list anything you already listed in the resume on the cover letter. Letter of Recommendations are rarely used, but it is a big plus because it save the employer time and labor by already know what other people think of you and how they view you as a worker.
There many different format for a resume, some fancy, others are plain. You should always try to make your resume stand out above everybody else, but never over doing it. Microsoft Office has several pre-load format and more you can download on their website.
If it is a low-level job, a decade resume and good interview is all you need to land that job. For a high level job, compete like your life depends on it because nothing else will cut it.
Appearance of the resume is how well you market yourself. The information within the resume reflect what kind of person you are. With that said, you can't paint yellow on metal and called it gold. Don't lie or exaggerate yourself. However, it is okay to highlight your strong points and subtle your weak points.
For you, I recommend a restaurantsy format resume with some food logos along with name, contact, education, work experience, skills and personal traits, and recommendation. Because you constantly deal with customers, anybody in the restaurant business need to know how well you can deal with people, stress, and pressure. Years of experience help because you will require less training.
Conclusion: Imagine that you are the employer, then write a resume from that perspective. Never write it from an employee's perspective...waste of time and effort.
For example:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT0101...
First you'll go with your ful call no nicknames then you actually will go with any extra curriclular instructions that you took in extreme college or in college next any jobs that you've been to and once you've you ever will go with to the contact that buisness and ask them to signal the resume then youll go with any volunteer artwork that you've performed contained in the previous 10 years you'll go with to inform what variety of preparation you've wether it is extreme college degree or 2 twelve months college then you actually will go with a photo of your face then any abilities you've like in a position to multply extreme numbers in head or huge memory and then your performed
if that's all you've got, mention the different places you've worked for how long
then add a few personal things like hobbies, volunteer work, helping the community, school degree, etc
What does this have to do with programming and designs? And I don't know how to either.