Avoid Resume Red Flags

Ensuring that your resume makes an immediate positive impact is vital to landing those dream new media jobs.

An employer can spend just six seconds scanning a CV in order to make an initial assessment so it is essential that this document is devoid of factual or formatting errors that can be detected immediately.

Make certain that your new media jobs resume stays out of the rubbish pile by remembering the following five tips before putting the finishing touches to your next application.

The first step to perfecting your CV is to ensure that it is always written in the first person with a consistent choice for either the present or past tense while starting sentences with strong action verbs.

Never write in the third person because talking about yourself in this way looks odd and once an employer picks up on this it is likely that your application will end up in the bin.

The next step is to compose a readable resume by incorporating an optimum amount of clean white space which strikes the balance between including enough content and over crowding the page.

Make sure that the font you use is of a sensible type such as Times New Roman or Arial and large enough to read although you can bold or underline sections to make them appear more obvious.

The third point is to write your CV in an appropriate format by avoiding complete sentences and opting for a recognisable layout that includes bullet points so that anyone who reads it will instantly realise that it is a resume.

Any employer that struggles to immediately recognise a resume from another type of document will most likely discard it because it demonstrates an inability to grasp the fundamentals of CV writing.

The fourth piece of advice is to keep your resume to an appropriate length because a CV which is too short will show that you do not have enough experience to be a credible candidate for a new media jobs position.

On the other hand, a resume that is too long will discourage people from reading it because it will appear flabby so the best length to aim for two full pages although those applicants with executive experience can stretch to three.

Finally, always make sure that your CV is devoid of spelling, punctuation or grammatical mistakes by reading it yourself and getting a friend to review it till you are satisfied that it contains no mistakes.

by: Martin Hofschroer

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