FREE ENGINEERING RESUME & COVER LETTER ADVICE
If you could chose
one change and one change only in your engineering resume what would it
be? The font? The format? The introduction? The job descriptions? The
profile? While these are all important attributes, they are nowhere
near the most important.
Filling an open engineering position is much like solving a problem. As
an engineer looking for a job you need to put yourself in the
shoes of the employer. They have a need. If you can convince them you
can fill their need you will get an interview call and a job offer.
So going back to the original question…
If you could chose one change and one change only in your engineering
resume what would it be?
Customize your resume for the job posting!!!
This the most critical change that engineers can make to their resume
to increase their effectiveness in delivering interview calls. It also
works well for cover letters. Customization (tailoring the engineering
resume and cover letter for the job posting) demonstrates to the
employer that you are a match for THEIR opening, not just ANY opening.
So how exactly do you do this?
If you really want the job, take the job description and study it. Pick
up on the needs, the requirements and the description of the job. Take
advantage of the web to find out about the company and what they do.
With that information in hand you can sprinkle your resume with
keywords and experiences you have had that relate the most to the need.
It is not possible to capture all of your career in 1 or 2 pages. So
focus what you chose to include in the resume and pick the most
relevant accomplishments and skills that answer their specific need as
listed in the job posting.
One way you can easily do this is to have a longer resume (say 3 or 4
pages) that you easily cut back into 1 or 2 pages before submitting it.
You can keep what is relevant to the job posting (or more closely
related) and erase the rest.
Every job will require some customization. It takes a little time and
effort to do this but a customized engineering resume will deliver much
better results than a generic one. Every time.
Try it… And get yourself the best engineering
resume and cover letter. It really helps get
interview calls…
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