Five Steps to Shaping Your Resume

It requires initiative, energy and dedication.  Engage in an exercise routine that will improve your career prospects: Here’s a five-step résumé-writing that may work for you.

1. Step 1: Establish an objective. It should spell out your career goals and it should be tailored to the job opening.
2. Step 2: Work Experience. Starting with your most recent job: use action words to describe your accomplishments.
3. Step 3: Eliminate extraneous activities. Weed out information that does not relate to the job at hand.
4. Step 4: Don't forget the final stretch. Review the resume for grammar & punctuation errors, misspelled words and typos. Format the document so it's easy to read and appealing to the eye.
5. Step 5: Request a quick once-over. Before submitting your résumé: show it to a few friends or professionals in the field.