Get Help With Resume Writing (version 3) Resume writing is a skill that takes time to perfect. You should look at examples of others’ resumes and decide which format would be right for you. If you are creative, you might decide that you want to be unique and formulate a resume of your own. Your resume has to be personal so that employers know that you took time in creating it. Most resumes follow some sort of format. In all of them you will see that the applicant’s name is the first thing employers notice. The placement of this is important because you want employers to take notice of who you are, Therefore, the center of the top of the page is the best place for your name and full contact information. Then you can choose to write an objective or a profile summary for the resume or if you wish, you can include both. The objective is the reason you are submitting this resume and should include the name of the company. It is short and should not be more than 2 or 3 sentences. A profile summary is intended to give the employer a brief snapshot of what to expect in the rest of the resume. It too should be short, so if necessary, use bullets here to get in some important details you want the employer to know. When you include your education and work experience, you can do so in several different ways. You can start with your work experience first and then your educational qualifications or vice versa. You can also list them from the earliest to the most recent or reverse them to start with your latest experiences. The way to decide which to use is to think of what you are most proud of in your experience or what the employer would be most impressed with. This is so you can highlight these duties and bring them to the forefront of the resume. The wording of the details is the most important skill in writing a resume. Finding precise words to use to describe the duties you preformed is something that requires thought. You might have to use a Thesaurus to help you with this. Employers don’t like reading wordy resumes and prefer ones that use keywords so they can easily scan the document to determine whether an applicant meets the criteria for the job. You have to try to wow the employer with your skills and qualifications so that you pass the screening test and get called for an interview.