Thursday, September 22, 2011

Composing Your Own Resume? Let Sample Resumes Help You

By Roger Gray


A composition that really needs to be a masterpiece is a resume and this is true if you expect to get the jobs that you want. It is also based on the music (or in this case, the sample resumes) that have influenced and shaped the way you view life and music (or resumes) because one can actually compare this to a musical composition that will change throughout your life in content and in tone.

In this life, most of the learning that we do is by way of imitation. We learn to walk faster if we have older children walking around us. We learn to play basketball better if we are playing with people that possess more skills than us. Because it takes a very special person to have the ability to form new thoughts and ideas about something and in general it takes too long, which is why we would often learn by imitation. A sample resume is one of the many things that are here to help us find the basic form, objective, and structure which we will use to compose our own.

Because resumes are not expected to be original in content, form, or organization of the information contained therein, the analogy then breaks down. What is expected of you is to be able to give the potential employer a concise, quick, but very accurate representation of who you are. So it is not the information that you get help with in a sample resume but rather it is the form that is to be similar.

Where exactly do you find a sample resume? Many people claim that they can find these samples online and there are quality examples to be found there. Finding them on the Internet could be problem sometimes because there are so many of them and there's a lack of quality that is necessary to prevent being taken out of the application pool. If there is anyone that you know that is an employer who has experience in hiring employees, then this is an alternative source that you can try. It doesn't matter as long as you trust their judgment and skill in this area which means they can be a family member, a friend, or a former employer. Asking them for copies of resumes that they will have in their files, with the names appropriately removed, is what you can do and these resumes are the ones that they feel did a good job in the sense that they have good information in a logical and easy to read format.

A sample resume gained in this way will be invaluable as you craft the document that composes your life story including your ambition and portfolio of skills.




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