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英文求职简历样本、模板及新动向（英文数篇/网站地址） 收集了一些网站及文章，供国内博友参考。这类英文网站繁多，只要耐心搜索即可找到，但务必仔细筛选查看，以免漏掉重要的内容。近几年，由于全球经济的衰退，西方求职信的要求（以美国为例）也相应有些变化（见我所附文章），故简历样本和模板仅供参考。文后所附网站内容很丰富，请仔细阅读（因博客空间有限，没有复制简历样本和模板）。如有在国内打不开的网站，请留言告知。抽空再补充。----野老虎 Using A Sample Resume or Template Can Help or Hurt in 2010 by Matthew Greene, M.Phil Matthew Greene has written or edited about 14,000 resumes since 1984. His clients have been very successful. Greene is a resume expert and author of the best-selling book, Winning Resumes --"Sure-Hire" Tactics.... (Penguin) which is a selection of the Fortune Book Club.
In 2010, are you using a "perfect" sample resume or readymade template or resume software to write yours? Sadly, your chances of writing a winning resume are only 5% to 10%. Why so low? Because it's like trying to make or build something WITHOUT written instructions or how-to.
Now, let's see how resume examples can help you find answers to some of your own writing problems. In studying them, please bear in mind that each and every sample is a finished and polished resume that has already had a "makeover". All of the original resume blemishes or "mistakes" have been "fixed". Any negative or "RED FLAG" item that might have turned off recruiters has also been downplayed or disguised or shifted to Page 2 or even removed entirely. (Unfortunately, in the case of all "perfect" samples you can't even begin to guess at all of the changes that were made by a professional writer. Since many samples are not "real", almost anything might have been done to make them look "normal" or "better" for publication in an article or book!)
First, let's consider design and layout. The sample resume you intend to use is probably very attractive. It may look elegant and neat like those with a Garamond typeface. But the awful truth is that many elegant looking resumes have failed to generate even a single interview!
Eye appeal is not everything and constructing an effective resume involves much, much more than making a resume look good. It has to "sell" you before, during and after the interview! Too many nice-looking resumes are very weak as marketing documents and won't "sell" you to recruiters. Choosing a suitable style or design or template to present your CAN DO's and make a good first impression is not easy. It's tougher than shopping for a new outfit for a very special occasion. Let's face it. The design chosen by another party may not work for you because your own facts may be entirely different. You may also have a shortcoming or two or "something to hide". Will looking at a "perfect" sample or template show you what to do in your own resume? Not likely.
Can a "Perfect" Resume Example Help to Make Yours Perfect? No!
To construct a really good resume for 2010 will require professional help. You see, many resume templates don't show you how and where to add your own "sell" under those neatly organized headings. The rigid cell structure and formatting also makes it difficult to do this. As a result, you'll be taking the risk of "underselling" yourself which is a fatal resume mistake. Before you decide to copy any word, phrase or sentence written in "fancy" English, ask yourself if that kind of language is also used by employers in their job advertisements. Is it a real buzz word or keyword? You see, the language of schoolteachers or freelance writers is often too "literary" or "flowery". Tough and cynical recruiters may even view such writing as "BS". (Widely-used phrases like "very dedicated" and "highly motivated" and "self motivated" are very amateurish, especially when used by executives. Even "results-oriented" has been used so often, it now bores and even turns off many recruiters.) You also need to be very careful when adapting a JOB OBJECTIVE . Many sample resumes include a sentence about "seeking a challenging opportunity in a progressive company or firm that will utilize all of my skills … and offer opportunities for professional growth and advancement." In 2010, that will be a BIG turnoff! Only God knows what all of your skills might be! (Paper mills tend to write like that.) Even worse, it is all "me", "me" instead of what the employer wants to read – what you are offering to do for him or her.I often come across a Summary or Profile that is worded in the language of literature and full of adjectives or superlatives. The near-hysterical words "extremely" and "superb" and "unsurpassed" have also become fashionable. This is not what employers want to read. They need to know what value you will bring to their companies. Your strengths and skills and accomplishments are that value. Classroom adjectives won’t "sell" you but "selling points" that are expressed in the language of business, will often knock their socks off. In any perfect example, the DATES OF EMPLOYMENTwill all look "normal". That is so because any embarrassing or "red flag" dates have already been adjusted or "fixed". So what must you do about the fact that your own work experience has been "spotty" or mainly in one company? Or if you have been out of work or have had several short-term positions that make you look like a "JOB HOPPER"?
(Note: In a well-written resume, dates of employment will usually be given in years only and not in months and years. The time period in each job will therefore seem longer and any gaps in employment will also be closed. Using this clever strategy results in pure resume magic because it makes it possible to leave out one or two or three short-term positions. This is okay because "resume" means "summary". It is NOT a page from True Confessions or a Police rap sheet!) Will a "perfect" resume example or template show you how to deal with the problem of not having a 4-year degree when so many job ads expect you to offer this? Many sample resumes have been "doctored" or "adjusted" to show that all degrees have been completed! This won't help you to deal with the problem of having "TOO LITTLE EDUCATION". (In fact, there's a lot that can be done to "improve" your education and training!) Finally, whenever I see too many black dots in any resume, I know that the writer was very inexperienced. Why did he or she need to use 20 to 50 black dots or BULLETS that will not impress anyone? Instead, only 5 to 10 bullets or arrows are required to draw attention to your most valuable skills and/or accomplishments -- the items you want to be noticed. (Attention getters should never be used to give a resume more "eye appeal". They have an important functional and strategic role to play – to draw attention to only a few of your "selling points".) To summarize, using a "perfect" sample resume or two is a good way to start but don’t expect them to give you all of the ANSWERS you may need to get hired in 2010. And there are also many, many pitfalls in using someone else's resume. This is why, in 2010 you should definitely ask a resume expert if you've made the right decisions in yours.
Some services offer you a FREE RESUME EVALUATION. Please take advantage of this because any mistakes you make in writing your own resume may cost you dearly in lost job opportunities and income. A single resume mistake could actually cost you thousands of dollars!
Do Resume Examples Help ?
Have you managed to find a good resume example that fits your own career history and current job objective perfectly? Probably not in 2010, even if you purchased all the resume books in every bookstore. The reason is that job seekers are not clones! Many people believe that a good example or two or three will help them write the kind of focused resume that is required to succeed in today's job market. Sadly, the vast majority will be disappointed. They will also lose valuable job opportunities. "Resume example" is a very popular search term on the Web. Thousands of people try to find examples that are well-designed, properly constructed, and written to impress the reader. But only FIVE (5) PERCENT will later succeed in creating a dazzling resume of their own. Why? Because what has worked for someone else, may NOT work for you. And because developing your resume requires many skills that the other writer may have had but not you! After all, how much can you really use or adapt from a resume that was written by or created for someone else? Your work histories, skills, and "selling points" may be very different! Your own job objective may also be different. In short, it would be like trying to fit into someone else's clothes or worse – taking someone else's medicine! In 2010, even the best example in any resume book will seldom give you ALL of the answers you need. People have different goals, skills, abilities, achievements, education, training, and work histories. In addition, everyone is short of something or has items to play down or "hide". Will you be able to copy or adapt more than a few bits and pieces from a resume that was written by a professional writer? Unfortunately, a good example WON'T reveal it's construction secrets to you. What decisions were made in creating that resume? Why was a particular type of presentation selected? What information was selected for inclusion or for special emphasis? What was omitted or downplayed or "cleaned up" – and why? (What to leave out may be as crucial as what to include!) It is obvious that what you fail to include or emphasize or fail to omit can easily ruin your chances. But the resume examples of others will seldom help you make these important decisions because they are finished products – like cakes that have already been baked and decorated. They won't reveal any mixing or baking secrets to you. Thus, copying a design and a little content from any resume will often backfire. You see, unless you know the reasons why and the "how-to" involved, you'll produce a half-baked resume or worse – you'll sell yourself short. 95 PERCENT of such efforts WON'T be able to compete against the well-written presentations of skilled writers. An example of a resume that may look good at first glance, may actually be NEGATIVE ! Why? Because it may lack the crucial 10 to 15-line marketing "top" which has to sell you to the reader. Second, many a resume example does not mention any achievements or accomplishments. (To a typical recruiter, that means you have none because you would certainly have included anything you were proud of. That's a very big negative!) Third, any resume that is "bullet-ridden" with 25 to 50 pretty black dots or arrows will not draw attention to the very few items that do need to be highlighted Let's face it. The main reason why people search for attractive-looking resumes is to try to save a few dollars. They believe that their own writing skills will be adequate. I must disagree. What about presentation skills, marketing skills, and selling skills? And what about the ability to focus or target their resume or resumes to address the needs of different audiences? Do you also try to prepare your own tax return? Writing a focused resume that will work for you in today's job market may be far more challenging than that! The cost of a self-written resume that does not work is very high because it may cost you job opportunities and thousands of dollars in income – far more than the cost of any professional resume. Perhaps you should consider hiring the services of a professional writer in 2010 -- someone who has more experience and skills in this highly specialized area. He or she has already developed or improved hundreds or even thousands of successful resumes for clients. In most cases, the cost of a skilled writer will be fully justified as an investment in your own career. [ Please visit WINNING RESUMES BLOG: http://winning-resumes-blog-mattgreene.blogspot.com/ -- for valuable recession "tips".]
Resume Length Is Crucial for Selling Yourself in 2010! by Matthew Greene, M.Phil. Author of Winning Resumes – "Sure-Hire" Tactics ... (Penguin)
Longer resumes are acceptable today. Most resume experts would agree. (Please look up a related article titled, "Longer resumes now more acceptable" .at: and also refer to my popular Blog on resume length at: ) The ideal or correct length of a resume in 2010 is actually a question about how best to market your VALUE because your resume needs to be the best MARKETING tool it can be. How many pages will you need to show what you can do, what you have done and how well you have performed? Can you sell yourself strongly on one page or will you need two or three to include all of your best "selling points"? Let's face it. How much can you cram into 30 lines of laser print? If you have seven or more years' experience, where will you record your track record, skills, strengths and accomplishments – your best "selling points"? (In 2010, you should NOT save up this "sell" for a separate Cover Letter that probably WON'T get read.) In every resume, the first 10-15 lines are the most important. They will motivate a recruiter to read on or to stop. Longer resumes need to be carefully designed to "sell" you up front – in the top half of Page 1. Surprisingly, a two-page resume that "breathes" and is pleasing to the eye, that "sells" you up front and is easily SCANNABLE, will often work better than one crowded page without "sell"! Many one-pagers are so boring! The weakest resumes are produced by people who have worked for many years but now try to get it all down on one page – to "please" the reader. They condense their job descriptions into three to seven gray paragraphs with run-on sentences that are very boring. (These look like globs of mashed potatoes!) Valuable accomplishments lie hidden in the text. Worst of all, to save lines they leave out the most important sections of a resume – the "sell" or "value" statements that must appear in the first 10-15 lines. And there are usually 20-50 black bullets that do nothing to help! [Brevity will often backfire with senior-level job seekers because an employer might feel that if you've managed to squeeze 10-20 years' work experience on one page, what you're offering can hardly be valuable!] Every resume must have "EYE APPEAL" and should be easy to scan or read. Whether one page or two or three, your resume needs to be the best MARKETING tool it can be. That is what really matters!
The first reaction to your resume will depend on your first 10-15 lines. This is where you address the employer's needs – in a focused JOB OBJECTIVE that states what you are seeking and also offers your best "selling points". Or in a bulleted SUMMARY that targets the employer's requirements (as stated in job advertisements). In Round 1, the top portion of any resume may be the only section that gets read. After this, recruiters will merely SCAN your job titles to see how closely these support your Objective and for evidence of how well you have performed or where you made a difference. This is why your ACCOMPLISHMENTS need to stand out or be indented. (In addition to the usual "numbers" or percentages, Performance Evaluations contain valuable material.) In particular, keywords need to be highlighted. Above all, your resume needs to be easily scannable by a human reader – in seconds. "Experts", teachers, business executives, or friends will all offer you their opinion about the "ideal" length of a resume. They may even claim to "know" what employers prefer. But experienced resume writers don't have to guess. They have already improved hundreds of resumes which includes making them longer or shorter. Each time they receive feedback from the client as to how well the resume was working. FIRST CLASS professionals have learned what length (and format) might work best in your particular case. One page or two or three. Resumes for top executives and consultants may be even longer. (John Lucht suggests 2-6 pages!) Only Bill Gates or the CEO of Boeing can market himself effectively on one page! Creating a resume of the most suitable length (and format) will involve an array of skills that most people don't have. This is why a FIRST CLASS resume writing professional may be your easiest and best answer in 2010.
Expert advice and 5 tips for determining the right length
by Glassdoor Over the past couple of months, Glassdoor.com career expert Jeff Hunter has surveyed a group of recruiters and HR managers in order to provide job seekers with insight into the hiring process. His list of ten questions inspired interesting responses, including varied answers regarding and resume length. It's clear that there isn't a straight answer to the age-old question "How long should my resume be?" Here are some of the responses from top recruiters and HR executives: "1-2 pages for a junior candidate, 3-4 pages for a senior candidate."--, senior technical recruiter in the Wireless Technologies Division of Apple "One page, but I don't ding people for more than that."--, director of talent acquisition at Dolby Laboratories ========================================= ========================================= "2 pages . . . that's it. But I believe a true recruiter's job is to set interviews, not submit resumes."--, recruiter "There is [no single correct answer.] But remember that the longer you go, the greater the chance of boring the reader."--, Glassdoor.com career expert And here are five tips to consider as you update your resume and debate the length it should be: 1. Make sure your resume clearly and succinctly communicates your achievements. Avoid resume "filler"--vague language that doesn't precisely explain a skill or an accomplishment. According to Rusty Rueff, Glassdoor career and workplace expert, you should try to tie each thing in your work history to a measurable result you achieved. 2. Evaluate whether an achievement is best highlighted in your resume, in an , or perhaps in your cover letter. Rueff says, "The resume is an outline, or a storyboard of you. It tells a story of continued achievement and growth. Storyboards hit the high points; the interview is when you can introduce dialogue, drama, the overcoming of barriers, and so on." 3. Consider whether a long-ago job best supports your qualification for a job you're after today. For example, a valuable experience waiting tables at one of the busiest restaurants in your town may have taught you how to multitask, but does that job readily speak to why you would make a great ? 4. Look at the format of your resume with fresh eyes and consider whether a brief paragraph or five to seven bullets would more easily express what you managed to do in your last few jobs. Rueff explains, "Consider your audience. For example, if you're applying for a job that will require a lot of writing, consider developing a two- or three-sentence paragraph for each job that gives a hint of your writing skills. However, if you're in a technical field, brief bullets may best showcase your experience. The bottom line is that whether you bullet-point your achievements or offer more color in a paragraph format, everything should be tied to a result and tell a mini-story within the bigger career story of you." 5. Avoid cliffhangers or one-liners that extend your resume to a second or third page. Often that last hanger line will either be ignored or simply have the potential employer asking, "Why didn't they clean that up?!' And last but not least, if you're concerned about resume length even after running through each of these considerations, do not shrink the font size to something barely readable. Recruiters, hiring managers, and others who can help get you a job want to actually read your resume, so don't make doing so difficult. While there is no rule of thumb when it comes to the overall length, one to two pages is still the average. For your resume, ask yourself whether it's direct, informative, insightful, and appropriate to your skills and experience. No problem, right?! For more information and tips to help you craft, update, and manage your resume, visit
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