| In all aspects of life, you are your greatest advocate, | | | | effectively under pressure and enjoy working with |
| but nowhere is this more true than when it comes to | | | | the public. |
| writing your resume. If you want to get the job and | | | | These sentences definitely apply to the company tea |
| the salary that you want, you have to know how to | | | | lady, but instead of visualizing a tea trolley trundling |
| market your greatest asset, which is yourself. | | | | through an office the reader imagines an efficient, |
| To write a good resume, you have to consider what | | | | cheerful worker who can balance various demands. |
| the potential employer wants and what you have to | | | | And if you were a very good tea lady that would be |
| offer. Then you have to somehow build up the | | | | true. |
| perfect bridge between the two. | | | | Never invent skills that you really don't possess as |
| For example, if the job on offer is for an | | | | that could backfire horribly. You never want to get |
| experienced secretary, you would harp on your | | | | caught by an interviewer about something you never |
| secretarial and computer skills, efficiency, and | | | | really did or accomplished. |
| discretion as these are the qualities that the reader | | | | The resume is always about one thing, |
| of your resume is looking for. You want to address | | | | self-promotion. It is your chance to brag about what |
| their needs as much as possible. | | | | you have done and what you can do for your future |
| While you don't need to tell any fairy tales, you can | | | | employer. It is not the time to be modest or be |
| certainly embellish the story a little by using more | | | | embarrassed about how well you did at a particular |
| positive and powerful terminology. For example, if | | | | task. Anybody who looks at the resume should be |
| you were the office tea lady, you would not write | | | | impressed with your credentials and want to learn |
| this down in so many words. | | | | more about you in an interview. |
| Instead, you would write that you were in charge of | | | | Lastly, a positive self-image also helps. If you feel |
| the office's culinary needs and that you provided an | | | | good about yourself and believe that you could really |
| efficient service catering to the needs of the people | | | | do the job very well, this will infuse your resume and |
| that you worked with. You are able to work | | | | the reader will be more likely to employ you. |