How do you make a resume?

Question

I am only 18 years old and this is really confusing me. someone please help me. I am trying to get a job to help support my family, so please do help and thing is more then nothing!

Answer 1

Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:

1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.

2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;

3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;

4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;

5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;

6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;

7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;

8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;

9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.

In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file.

Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.

Good luck!

Answer 2

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/resume

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Answer 3

Start by googling the word "resume."  There's a million references on the internet.

Answer 4

If you have Microsoft Word go out and search templates for resumes.  At 18 how many jobs could you have held that would require a resume?  If you dont' have any job history then a resume is pointless, at this stage of your life you just go in and fill out applications and fill in the areas that ask for Job history.  If you have at least 2-3 jobs to list that are "relevant" to the type of job you are applying for then you can do a resume.

It's sad, at 18 you shouldn't have to support your family, they should be supporting you and you should be enjoying college until you actually have to go out and become responsible.

Good luck to you

Answer 5

Google resume builder.............you will find a ton of websites.  Once you have a format that you like than google your position and include the word resume.  For instance if you are a Marketing Rep, type in Marketing Rep resume and you will find good ideas to you use with your resume.  Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Look online.they have lots of resume templates for you to download free.!

Answer 7

microsoft word