A resume is a summary that provides a detailed but brief overview of the work history together with the skills, and prove of evidence of experience and knowledge relevant to the position that the individual is seeking. The resume should be able to capture the objectives into the future as well as highlighting the manor highlights of past accomplishments that indicate vast skill and experience in your field of specialization or profession. It should be the perfect pitch or platform on which an individual can sell or market their skills and experience to the future employer. However, one of the key characteristics of a resume is the ability to capture attention with specific information rather than the use of clichés that only give the potential employer a generalized perspective of your abilities and accomplishments (Kelly, 2014;483).
A resume should capture tow major things concurrently; on one hand it should give the future employer the information that they want to know while at the same time exploring the things that make the individual stand out as a professional within a multitude of others. The resume has to be tailored to the individual who owns it and it should stress on the skills, passions, values and more than anything it should hold an authentic identity to the person (Lent, 2013; 13). While indicating on the track or path of successes that have been accomplished, the resume should also indicate the gradual progression along the career or professional path. The resume has the purpose of providing the future employer an overview of the potential employee and their abilities to accomplish the task at hand. At the time of the interview, the resume should have offered the interviewers a brief description of the individual and thus authenticity is the key so that there is no contradiction between the content in the resume and the information that the individual shares at the interviewing panel.
Prior to facing the panel or the interviewers, there is always an element of fear, tension and anxiety all caused by the unknown outcome of the interview with failure and success seemingly having an equal chance of occurrence. However, these fears and anxiety should not determine the outcome of the interview. Preparation for an interview can help shed away these fears or in the case of poor preparation they can be the cause of failure (Kelly, 2014; 492). The first step in the preparation process is to perform a basic interview research to determine the dress code, the potential people you will be talking to as well as directions to the location for the interview. With this knowledge, one can set out the attire for the day, as well as prepare the time and route to take to the location of the interview early enough by considering all the potential hitches that may occur. The next step is to conduct a research of the company or firm that is hiring. The most important items of information should be based on relevance of the time and thus acquitting yourself with the most recent news on the company, the terms of payments to employees, the products, services, as well as the determining whether the company is a public entity of a private entity (Lent, 2013; 11).
The most basic information can help you in answering any related questions that may be posed by the panel. On the other hand, review your life stories and determine some of which you can tell the panel to describe your major highlights and milestones and how those highlights could influence your ability to work in the new job (Kelly, 2014;497). The interview is the perfect opportunity to expound on the information in the resume. It should give the interviewer a perception that they have met you before based on the information contained in the resume (Lent, 2013; 3).
References
Kelly, P. (2014). Career Planning and Achieving Balance. In Essentials of nursing leadership & management (3rd ed., pp. 480-498). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Learning. ISBN-13: 9781133935704.
Lent, R. W. (2013). Career‐life preparedness: Revisiting career planning and adjustment in the new workplace. The Career Development Quarterly, 61(1), 2-14.
