Many people write resumes by finding a template and starting to fill in the information. There are at least four restrictions.

The (1) template does not involve the information that should be expressed.

(2) The information that does not need to be expressed is listed one by one with a template.

(3) The order in which information is expressed, and the key points to be highlighted are not ideal.

(4) The typesetting method is limited by the template.

Most importantly, the amount of information you should have expressed is out of control.

Yes, the first thing we need to control is the total amount of information that a resume should express.

How many abilities, experiences, advantages and ideas do you need to convey to resume readers? The following two points need us to analyze and compare in order to convey them more accurately.

(1) In-depth analysis of the industry characteristics, development stages, business models and job requirements of enterprises.

(2) Seriously review your past experience, ability characteristics, skill advantages, and work ideas.

After controlling the total amount of information, you can still find a template to start writing your resume, but at this moment, your writing foundation is very different. You begin to have your own independent judgment on what to express and what to ignore. You start to modify the framework, sorting and typesetting of the template.

2. How to control the length of resume?

There is a saying circulating on the internet that the resume is only written on one page. This statement has some truth, but it misleads many people. It is meaningful that the resume should be really short and try to avoid procrastination and reading difficulties. However, in order to compress the number of pages, the information that should have been expressed was very reluctantly deleted, which deviated from the advantage presentation.

So how to control the overall length of a resume?

Express enough information concisely.

Conciseness refers to conciseness in expression, words, sentence patterns and typesetting.

Adequate means that the amount of planned information should be arranged in every corner of your resume.

Conciseness and sufficiency are not contradictory.

As we mentioned earlier, a resume should be "understandable" to readers. From the perspective of space, the key is the readability of the resume, which is not affected by the number of words. I once had a six-page resume, which was very well written and I read it carefully. By reading this resume, I almost know the characteristics of that industry and how this position works. At the same time, there are a lot of resumes that are less than 1 page, but the author can't finish reading them, because they are full of empty words, which is no different from other resumes. "Concise and sufficient" is the guarantee that the resume can be read.

3. Resumes should be sorted if they want to highlight their own advantages.

Many friends who consult resume optimization will ask a question: how can we highlight our advantages?

The author's answer is: Please tell me what your strengths are.

Then in each module of the resume, according to the order of expressing information, put the advantages first, and it will be fine.

If you want to stand out, please emphasize the advantages many times in multiple modules.

The premise of highlighting the advantages is to locate the advantages, and then control the selection and arrangement of your information, so as to achieve the goal.