Preparing For Job Interviews With A Proper Resume

By Ian U McDonald

Often when it comes to the job hiring or employment process first impressions are everything. One young pharmaceutical representative realized this early on his career. It seemed to this man on the job that in essence his job was little more than the repetition of waving photos and blotter ad sheets in front of decision makers faces - be it physicians, pharmacists or other health care professionals . This experienced worker thus carried this knowledge onwards in his life and professional dealings are it business, the tax office. It was a lesson well learned in life and resulted in more than one successful appeal procedure and processes conducted to various stringent and almost non-bending governmental organizations. All in all it was learnt that many if not most human beings take in visual information much more than any other form of stimuli and information source. Thus the lesson was learned early on that a little spent to professionally bind a presentation in Cirlux binding was money and effort more than well spent.

As this individual explained - If its not easy to find , clear and accessible - you only have one chance - and if you lose them in the first 30 seconds , then you may of well never come , and stayed at home in bed . Why waste the time for an interview if you are essentially and fundamentally unprepared for the meeting or meetings.

Not so today in 2010. Even before the current recession ( or worse) , it was estimated that many would have between 3 to 5 different jobs in their lives, often in different fields and industries entirely.

Again what are the first preliminary steps in preparing and following through on your personal employment resume? It can be said that before you write down your career objectives and summary, you should first research your desired job position and simply determine what or who the ideal candidate is. Its basically all marketing whether it's selling soap, high end sports cars, politicians and in this case - a job candidate - you in the flesh. Be honest with yourself, personal integrity is everything. Have you honestly got the right qualifications and even temperament? It is vitally important that you obtain as much information about the position that you are seeking. You need to allocate time and resources to the task of research before starting out to write - or some might say - construct or fabricate - your resume or specifically tailored resumes.

At the end of the resume preparation exercise, it must be stressed and driven home once again that the role of a resume and resumes is not to get you a job but essentially to get you into the interview room and the employment interview chair opposite either H.R. human resources staff, a manager or supervisor or a committee from the firm or organization assigned to the hiring task. - 31896

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