The few times I have had to go out looking for a job, I have always had plenty of interviews to go to. I think in part, it is because of the format I use for my resumes.
Having worked for about five years in HR, I quickly learned which ones were tossed and which ones were given to the hiring manager to have another look at which usually resulted in an interview.
First off when creating your resume, always place your expertise near the top, preferably in bullet points since they are easy to read.
Remember you have probably read your own resume many times and know exactly what your experience is. However, the person doing the hiring is probably very rushed and will mostly likely glance over it once or twice.
Next, you are going to put your most recent or current position. Again bullet point the most important information, whenever possible point out hard numbers or statistics in your responsibilities. For example, “responsible for web server maintenance, reduced page load time by 30% which helped increase time on site by 20%.”
Finally, you don’t need to go back to your high school job bagging groceries. Leave that stuff out. Seven to 10 years is more than enough unless you spent 20 years at a job and it’s relevant to what you are looking for.
Good luck and remember to give a follow up call two weeks after the interview if you haven’t heard back. Many times the hiring manager is so busy they forget to call or contact candidates they were inclined to hire. Believe it or not, what winds up happening is that the hiring manager thinks that after a month the candidate probably found another opportunity or is no longer interested in the position, so they look for someone else in the resume pile to interview.
You’ve probably read in a lot of places that each of us learns best in a different way. However, the tip I’m going to share with you later in the post can help all types of people.
The first example of learners are auditory learners, meaning they learn and grasp ideas better when they hear someone explain it, in most cases a teacher or lecturer even in an audio book can be the most helpful in learning. Some of the characteristics of auditory learners are:
Learns best in classroom environment with small groups
Follows oral instructions well
Finds it difficult to work quietly for long periods of time
It is believed that about 30% of the school age population are auditory learners.
The second example of learning style is the visual or spatial style. As the name suggests, this person learns best by looking at pictures or having concepts explained graphically. To take a real world example, this person would probably understand something better if shown in a powerpoint presentation than if explained verbally.
The last version is the kinesthetic learner. This is the person that learns by doing. Personally, this is my favorite way of learning. It gets you to actually do what you are trying to learn to do. Now, obviously this works better for some subjects and not others.
In the end, we all learn with a combination of the three types of learning I’ve listed above. No matter what you want to learn to do, the easiest way for me to remember more when studying, is to pretend that I am going to have to teach whatever I am learning to someone else. I take notes, do exercises, and complete tasks but always in the back of my mind I pretend that I’m going to have to teach what I am learning to someone else.
That’s it! What are some of your tips for studying? Please leave them in the comments below.
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