Resume Basics

Before you start thinking about writing your resume, you first need to understand the purpose of this important document - what it aims to accomplish. A resume is designed to give you an opportunity to highlight your achievements and how they relate to the job you are applying for, and to demonstrate why you should get that job ahead of everybody else.

Your current place in the job market will affect how you write your resume - a new graduate will have to approach the task in a very different way to someone who has already climbed some way up the career ladder. We take a look at how you can do this, and how you can highlight the positive areas of your skills profile.