Here’s a nice list of ideas for you to look at as you write your Resume. Keep referring back to the list and try to tick off all of the ones you think are important to you.
- Make sure you have all of your contact details on your Resume. Check and double check that your full name, address, telephone number and e mail address are all there and highly visible at the top of the page.
- Write a strong, succinct jargon free objective statement. Hit your prospective employer with a clear vision of your next engineering role, and write it bearing in mind the reader may not know the world of engineering like you do. Keep it simple and easy to understand.
- Research the company. Anybody looking to join a company had better know about that company inside out. Look at their website, try to understand the general ethos of the company, and check out their previous work. You can drop some of this information into your resume to show that you have done your homework.
- Create a summary. A high impact section using bullet points is a great resource for your prospective employer to glance at to check that you have the skills necessary for the job. Before compiling this list you need to read the job description to make sure that you are ticking all of the right boxes.
- Make sure you fully understand the position you are applying for. It’s amazing how many people fling themselves into a job application without really reading the job application properly. Understand the role that is being advertised, and write your Engineering Resume accordingly.
- Take every opportunity to remind the employer what you can do. This means highlighting necessary skills in past jobs, explaining skills used or learned in your qualifications, and it also means not missing out any skills from your summary section. You really can’t oversell yourself in your resume.
- Don’t overdo your education section. It’s one thing highlighting certain aspects of your education to show that you have a natural aptitude for the job, it’s quite another using 100 words explaining what you learned in your woodwork classes in High School!
- Make sure your Engineering Resume shows a certain amount of career progression. Any application which sees you lurching from one job to the other without any improvements in position does not look good. If you have been promoted, or you moved from one position to another at a higher level, you need to shout it from the rooftops!
- Try to keep your tone conversational and fun. The worst thing you can do is bore the reader so much that they can’t bear the thought of meeting you for interview!
- Edit, edit, edit. There’s nothing worse than a resume littered with mistakes. If this is not your forte then you should ask a friend to proof read your resume for you. Make sure that you present an immaculate Engineering Resume.