Resume Help
What is a resume?
A resume is a one or two-page summary of your education, skills, accomplishments, and experience. Your resume’s purpose is to get your foot in the door. A resume does its job successfully if it does not exclude you from consideration.
To prepare a successful resume, you need to know how to review, summarize, and present your experiences and achievements on one or two pages. Outline your achievements briefly and concisely. Your resume is your ticket to an interview where you can sell yourself!
Tips for resume writing preparation.
In order to write a successful resume/curriculum vitae (CV), you must keep the following important things in mind:
- Before writing your resume, take notes about your achievements, skills, educational accomplishments, work experience, etc.;
- Remember that your cover letter can be written according to the job position you are applying for.
- It will be a good idea to create your resume online, by doing so, you can modify and use it when you need it.
How to build your very own virtual online resume on EmployBahamians.com?
To build your resume online, follow the steps below:
- Create a ‘Job Seeker’ Account
- Access your ‘Dashboard’ then click ‘Resume’
- Click ‘Add Resume‘
- Enter your resume details, then save data
- Then Publish it (VERY IMPORTANT)!
*We purge all unpublished resumes on a monthly basis.
**Five (5) resumes limit per account. You can also upload an attach your soft copy (document) of your resume and cover letter to your virtual online resume. You can only upload the following file extensions pdf, doc, docx, zip, txt and rtf. To attach your soft copy resume.
To attach your soft copy resume to your new virtual resume, you must follow the steps below:
- Go to your ‘Dashboard’ then click ‘Resumes’
- Under ‘My Uploaded Resumes’ click ‘Choose File’
- Upload your resume, then attach it to specific ‘Online Resume’
It is highly recommended that all registered members to create a virtual resume on the site because, it will enable you to be placed in our resume database. Resumes within our database are frequently viewed by approved employers. Also, you can attach your soft copy resume to your virtual resume for easy access while applying for a job.
Write a resume that will generate results.
Writing a great resume does not necessarily mean you have to follow the rules you hear through the grapevine. It does not have to be one page or follow a particular resume format. Every resume is a one-of-a-kind marketing communication. It should be appropriate to your situation and do exactly what you want it to do.
Instead of a bunch of rules and tips, here are some brief guidelines that, will offer you the most basic principles of writing a highly effective resume. 
