You might be wondering if you could write your own resume. After all youve got a computer, you know everything about yourself there is to know, and you might have even found a sample online to help you.

But, there is more to resume writing to meets the eye. For one you are actually to close to yourself to write a brilliant resume. A resume must so all of your achievements often the person for whom the resume is being written would leave these very important facts out.

Here are four things to consider:

1. You must understand the right procedure for writing a resume. This includes what fonts to use, specific power key words, career summary, appropriate resume style and formats (reverse chronological, functional and combination), and how long the resume needs to be

2. You must understand what the recruitment manager is looking for. And how to make a match between their needs and your qualifications.

3. You must have grammatically correct writing skills to communicate what you have done in your previous positions. And know exactly how much detail to give.

4. You must avoid wasting the recruitment managers time by listing irrelevant information or going back too far if the position does not warrant it.

Depending on the job you are applying for positions for example waitress, and cashier you would use a general resume with a traditional objective statement and chronological listing of jobs held with a sentence or two under each to indicate responsibilities, along with job-specific skills, and education.

For other job positions you might need a resume that needs to be purposefully developed to emphasize the value you will offer to the company, especially if the position is very competitive and you need to stand out from the rest of the potential candidates.

Marike Pocock
http://www.cv-writer.biz