Resume (?)Put yourself in the employers shoes and visualise the kind of things you would want to see on the resume.

Keep it short and punchy two or three pages maximum

Double check your spelling !, Mr John Citizen(?)It is not necessary to have a picture of yourself on your CV

Personal Details (?)Insert your contact information here. Keep your details up to date. You should not list your relationship status, age, sex or nationality.

Use a personal webmail account, not your existing work email address.

Do not include social security or drivers license numbers for security reasons

Name: Mr John Citizen
Address: 13 Amityville Street, Parramatta 2150
Contact Phone: 0400 000 000
Email: john.citizen@gmail.com.au

Education (?)Date, followed by qualification, followed by institution

2006 - 2010 MBA (finance major) MGSM, Sydney
1992- 1995 B. Business (Finance Major, Honors), UTS, Sydney
1992 TER 94.4, Kings School, Parramatta

Capability Statement (?)Employers receive hundreds of cv’s so they shortlist quickly. You have 30 seconds to make an impression. Customise this section for the role and, ask yourself - what is this employer looking for? Know how you can deliver the required value to the employer and provide evidence of it.

During my ten years of experience as a finance broker I’ve secured the skills, experience and qualifications necessary to call myself an expert in my field, having [provide supporting statement].

I have an extensive network of previous employers, customers and colleagues who testify to my abilities as a finance broker.

Primary Achievements and Skills (?)What have you achieved throughout your career that you are most proud of that would be seen by this employer as being of great value?

My top three achievements as a finance broker include:

• Signing my largest customer in 2007 , looking to finance $34M AU
• Receiving 12 awards for delivering fantastic customer satisfaction such as the [insert award name]
• Achieving an MBA in 2010, specialising in finance management

Career History

May 2007 – Current (?)Your job title and employer, last job first Insert Job Title, Insert Company Name

Responsibilities (?)Your responsibilities – what did you do, and how did you it?

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed

Achievements & Skills (?)Your achievements - this is not just your job duties, this is what you have actually achieved, learnt or developed in the role

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed
• Feel free to outline the skills you developed in the role or that were important

May 2004 – May 2007 Insert Job Title, Insert Company Name

Responsibilities

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed

Achievements & Skills

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed
• Feel free to outline the skills you developed in the role or that were important

May 2001 – May 2004 Insert Job Title, Insert Company Name

Responsibilities

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed

Achievements & Skills

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed
• Feel free to outline the skills you developed in the role or that were important

May 2000 – May 2001 Insert Job Title, Insert Company Name

Responsibilities

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed

Achievements & Skills

• Use a bulleted list
• Be as specific as you can but keep to approximately five or less lines of text
• Use objective and professional phrases such as completed, designed, managed, developed
• Feel free to outline the skills you developed in the role or that were important

(?)There is no need to insert references or personal interests into a resume anymore. This simply wastes recruiters and employers time.