Writing Your Resume - Formatting Your Resume

Writing Your Resume - Formatting Your ResumeWriting your resume is never a walk in the park, it requires more effort than you might think. The fact is, there are certain places that your resume must be located.You've seen this trick hundreds of times. They give you an office supply container with a small paper clip at the bottom and a paper and pencil inside. It looks like any other paper container, but when you stick the paper clip in the paper and pencil container, the paper slides out. You can look at it and guess what's inside.Now picture that same container with a little paper clip. Put your resume on top and the paper clip in the container on the bottom. You can take a look inside and see if the paper is tightly pressed together. If it's open at the top, the paper isn't taped. Now picture this container in a box.It's so close to a box you can fit your hand inside without being able to see the bottom. Now picture a container with a thumbtack sticking out of the top. Now, see tha t container in a box. Picture it in a box with the thumbtack pointing out of the bottom of the box.In other words, you have a research box. This is the place that should contain your resume. The information from that box should go to the beginning of your cover letter and into your body of the letter.Other research boxes are places to save your work samples, recommendations and cover letters. There are many places to put your resume. This is the place to put any samples, your portfolio or resumes.Here is another place where you want to keep your recent information. Any links to friends, relatives and former employers are kept in this area.These three places are where you want to put your recent information. They are the best place to put any specific information. Your resume is only as good as how you make it.