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Make your resume stand out

Careerbuilder.com's Jason Lovelace gives job seekers advice on how to make their resume stand out.

How do you make your resume stand out with so much competition? We are talking this morning with Jason Lovelace. He’s been with us, um, for the past several hours here. We appreciate you. He is the Area Vice¹ President in Chicago with careerbuilder.com. We’ve been hooking you up here live on the air with people who need some help with their resumes.

Now we have Jennell Floyd on with us. Jennell Floyd, thank you for being here. You go right ahead. He has, uh, looked at your resume. You go right ahead and ask him here live what your question is about your resume?

Good morning and thank you(Good morning),my question is that I think I have done a pretty good job of selling my skills, outlining my experience, and I need to know what's missing on my resume?

Ok, that's a great question, Jannell. First of all, you know I did review your resume and congratulations on your upcoming degree; it looks like you are graduating in June of this year. So that's, that's a big feat² in itself but I took a look at your resume and the good news about your resume is that you do have a lot of important key words and information that should be at the top for recruiters to see. The unfortunate piece about your resume is that you are not doing a great job of marketing³ yourself, and what I mean is I'll just give a couple of cosmetic⁴ information.

First of all, the top of your resume. You have your contact information and it really takes up the first five to ten percent of that first page. It's basically wasted space. You wanna try to condense that and make it a little bit more appealing.

The other thing is there is really no attention grabber, why you? Why would a company select you? The other thing that you do is you highlight some of your awards and recognition, but you could probably do a better job of really showcasing those, letting companies know who you are, the accolades⁵ that you’ve had throughout your career and really again highlighting those different points.

And then the final thing from a cosmetic standpoint is you’re all paragraphs in your resume and to a recruiter, time is money, and when they are sifting⁶ through resumes, you've gotta grab their attention. You should put bullet points with different things that you’ve accomplished⁷ but don't expect them to read through paragraph after paragraph at each individual job. I think a couple of those things will help you and it should rise your resume to the top.

Ok, some good advice from Jason Lovelace there in Chicago, and Jannell, good luck to you, I hope you get the job that you want.(Thank you)Thanks for calling in.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

5 accolades   

n.（连结几行谱表的）连谱号( accolade的名词复数 )；嘉奖；（窗、门上方的）桃尖拱形线脚；册封爵士的仪式（用剑面在肩上轻拍一下）

参考例句：

• Unlike other accolades for literature which tend to value style or experimentation. 有别于其他偏重风格活实验性的文学奖项。 来自互联网
• Build your trophy room while amassing awards and accolades. 建立您的奖杯积累奖项和荣誉。 来自互联网

6 sifting   

n.筛，过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 )；筛滤；细查；详审

参考例句：

• He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers. 他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was sifting the cinders when she came in. 她进来时，我正在筛煤渣。 来自辞典例句

7 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。