Your Job Application Resume

1. How do you write a resume that gets results?
   
   To start: Always maintain contacts with sites such as LinkedIn where you can keep an updated profile that will be a basis of the resume you will be using.
   
   Before you write your resume, plan what you’re going to say and how.Try to be as terse as you can; keep the resume to one easily-read, typewritten page.
   
   Use essential keywords that nail what you want to convey about yourself. Think of your experience and what you have done in the past that would be of interest to your prospective employer.  If you have an advanced degree, show how it can be used by the employer. If you had excellent grades, mention it, especially if it covers the tasks required. Your degrees are useless unless they have given you a special leg-up you can use as a competitive edge.    
   
   Don’t falsify your records; sooner or later the truth will come out. And learn the difference between promoting your best assets and embellishing them. Above all, follow the employer’s application instructions.
   
   You can personalize your application with after-interview thank-you notes, handwritten, if short.(See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)