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Contact details
Make sure you include your name, email address and a
contact phone number on your resume. You don't have
to include your home address, although there might be
some situations when doing so would be a good idea.
Don't include your contact details in the header of your
resume. Recruitment software sometimes has difficulty
reading information in headers or footers, so it's a good
idea to avoid headers altogether.
You can put your contact details in the footer of your
resume, but if you do, you must make sure they're also
in the main body of the document.
Opening statement
An opening statement is a summary of who you are,
where you've studied and/or worked, and what you bring
to the job. It should be about six lines long and written in
first person without the personal reference (i.e., don't
say "I did this" - say Did this" instead).
Your opening statement should start with one sentence
about who you are and what you bring to the job, then
describe the skills and attributes you have that suit you
to the job.
For some examples ofopening statements, check out
our Sample resumes and cover letters page.
Technical/software skills
This is a short list of the names of software or technology
you know how to use. Examples might include:
Word processing or spreadsheet software
Programming languages
Tools (e.g., cash registers, EFTPOS)
Personal attributes
If you haven't got much work experience, a list of
personal attributes can be another way to demonstrate
that you're the right person for the job.
Things you could include in this section might include
ways you can demonstrate that you are reliable, honest,
trustworthy or quick to learn new things. Check out our
Employability skills page to see a few of the things that
employers are commonly looking for.
You can include between three to five personal
attributes, but make sure you don't include them instead
of your key skills.
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Educational history
Your Educational History only needs to show your
highest level of education. You don't need to include
your results, unless showing them proves how well
you're suited to the job.
If you can, you should also include a few bullet points
listing your academic achievements (e.g., school or
class captaincies, awards you've won, or groups you've
been part of).
Employment history
When providing your employment history, start with the
your most recent job and go backwards from there. Give
the position title and the dates you worked there.
If you haven't had a job before, you can use other things
to demonstrate your experience, including:
Work experience you've done through school
Work placements or internships that you've done
through university or TAFE
Volunteer work you've done
For each job provide a list of the things that you
achieved while in that job, and the significant
contributions you made to the organisation. Make sure
that these achievements and contributions match the
key skills and strengths listed earlier on your resume.
For examples of how you can do this, check out our
Sample resumes and cover letterspage.
References/referees
Your resume should list two people who can positively
recommend you as an employee. Ideally your
references will be people that you have worked with
Testimonials
A testimonial is another good way to prove that your skill
and experience is what the employer is looking for.
Getting a testimonial can be as easy as asking a
colleague, teacher or previous employer to write a
couple of sentences about you. Ideally the people you
get testimonials from should also be included in your
references.
You can include any testimonials you get as part of your
educational history or your
employment/volunteering/work placement history.
Usually it's enough to include one or two testimonials in
your resume. Any more than two is probably too many.
For examples of testimonials, check out our Sample
resumes and cover letters page.
Keywords
A lot of recruitment agencies use software that scans
applications for key words and phrases. Applications
that don't use the right keywords tend to be
automatically rejected.
Key words and phrases that this software looks for can
include the names of:
Skills
Jobs
Activities
Qualifications
Software
Tools
To make sure your resume has the right key words and
phrases, check out the job ad and make a list of the
words and phrases it uses. If you don't have a written
job ad to refer to, you can use a job search engine to
find other ads for similar jobs and see what kind of
keywords those ads use.
Once you have a list to work from, start adding those
words and phrases to your resume. Good places to add
keywords include:
Your opening statement
Your list of key skills
Your educational history
Your employment history
For examples of how to usekeywords on your resume,
check out our Sample resumes and cover letters page.
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Private information
You don't have to provide any personal or private
information on your resume. There's no benefit to be
gained from providing information that could be used to
generalise about you as a potential employee.
Content in headers
Many resumes only feature the applicant's name and
contact details in the header of the document. Some
recruitment software is unable to read information in
headers and footers. If you do include information in the
header and footer of your resume, make sure you
include it in the body of the document too.
Fancy formatting
Stick to easy-to-read fonts and formats. This makes it
easier for recruiters to review your resume. It also
means any recruitment software that reviews your
resume can easily read the information. Good fonts to
use include:
Verdana
Arial
Century gothic
Calibri
Don't use large headers to break up the sections of your
resume. Use a 10- or 11-point font for your main content
and a 12- or 14-point maximum for headers.
Information in tables
Some resume templates present information in tables to
help with layout, but some recruitment software is
unable to read tables. Your resume should only be
formatted using line breaks and simple formatting (like
setting multiple columns across the page).
Resume templates
For examples of ways to apply all of the above advice
when you put together your resume, check out our
Sample resumes and cover letters page, where you can
download some resume templates to use to create your
own resume.
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A referee
is
anyone
who can
vouch
for what
you are
like as a
person
and
what
you are like to work with. When choosing someone to
be your referee, think about people who can say good
things about you to potential employers.
Who to ask
Dont use family members or friends as referees. Unless
you have worked with them, their opinion wont count for
much.
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No challenge or
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you look at the people in
positions above you at your
workplace and think, I dont
particularly respect them and
the job they do, it might be a
sign that you need to look
elsewhere for advancement.
Similarly, if everyone around
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TODAY. Each letter can remind you of something you
might be asked about.
T = Teamwork
O = Obstacles
D = Duties
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Y = Your strengths and weaknesses
Teamwork
Employers want to know that you can work as part of a
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Examples of overcoming obstacles include:
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at it until you improved
If you had a setback in your personal life but still
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Question: Are you a team player? Answer: I enjoy
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a month and it was important that we could make
decisions as a group and work together to help each
other learn new pieces.
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for the interviewer to follow what youre saying. Show
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ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN A
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environment?
Are you a team player?
Can you prioritise tasks?
How to answer
In your answer you should give an example of a time
when you have demonstrated the skill in question. E.g.
Question: Are you a team player? Answer: I enjoy
working with other people. When I was part of my
school concert band we had public performances once
a month and it was important that we could make
decisions as a group and work together to help each
other learn new pieces.
You should also keep in mind that every answer is a
chance to show the interviewer how well you can
communicate. Try to order your sentences so its easy
for the interviewer to follow what youre saying. Show
that youve given thought to your answers.
Ask for clarification if you dont understand a question.
Its better to ask and give the right answer than to start
talking about something thats not relevant and wont
help you get the job.
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Being asked an inappropriate question in an interview
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The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
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Job interviews are hard enough without having to deal
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Just remember that even though you're just doing a job
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Knowing those rights and knowing how to stand up for
them - or knowing who can help you to protect those
rights - is an important part of the job application
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