I do have 6 page resume. I am planning on cutting it down since many people said it's not wise to put ALL into it.

The visual planning to remove it, and print hard copy and laminate when interview. Easier for them to see.

Any comments?

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6 pg is long, my CEO's is barely 2 pages .. Your CV doesn't need to capture everything, it needs to capture the important things.

1) Remove all the top part.. Focus on either a paragraph on your strengths and objectives, or the purpose of the CV.

2) Again, think about what you want me to focus on, your education or your work experience? Because you placed education first, but given no details. You then place work second, but tons of it. So think which comes first.

3) Work.. too long, just far too long. For responsibility, just a paragraph will do describing in general what your role entails. Experienced gained is not really required. Beef up on your accomplishments, google and see what power words are and use them because at the moment, I only see what you did, not what you accomplished.

For example: Staff purchase @ KPMG, Bandar Utama (NOVEMBER 2014) tells me absolutely nothing about what is the accomplishment here. If you tweaked it slightly, say: "Spearheaded a successful staff purchase campaign for KPMG which yielded RMXXX,XXX in net profit", doesn't that suddenly sound more impactful?

4) This is an usual argument, but I tend to agree to not have your salary in your resume, as it is always negotiable. I know you want to set expectations, but what you do is limiting yourself. If you expect say, RM1000 and I offer you RM500, you can counter and say you want RM1000... but if you outright said you want RM1000 when I wanted to give you RM2000, what you have done is to anchor my mind to RM1000, so in essence losing yourself RM1000. This is different from showing your payslip. Payslip defines how much you are earning now, not how much you are expecting which is what is being conveyed in the CV.

5) Additional information seems redundant, these are the things that can be discussed in a face to face discussion.

6) Your Other Info column would probably be better as the opener to quickly set the expectations of who you are before we look at what you have, so move it up top and combine them into a short paragraph

7) Projects handled seems out of place and have no linked to the information prior and information after, so again, structure. If it is part of your education, group them together. Think of it as an conversation, do you talk about your college, then work, then suddenly go back and talk about what you do in college? so think about the flow.

8) there is some ad's in the last two pages, not sure if it is part of your resume?

It's too long.

Just cut the experienced gained in your working experiences. Job responsibility is enough. Make sure your resume is 2-3 pages long. They won't even bother to read your 6 pages resume.

As fuzzy mentioned, even his CEO's CV is only 2 pages long. This is the same as what HR at my company said: your resume should only be 1 page long, unless you have a lot (~10 years) of working experience then it can be 2 pages.

This post has been edited by Prodigenous Zee: Apr 4 2016, 02:09 PM

Hi guys,

Would appreciate some comments from the floor. I am currently updating my resume and is it advisable to insert some positive remarks given by my big boss in my latest performance feedback form in the resume?

Would that add value or it will detrimental to my resusme?

Really appreciate and look forward to receiving any comments.

Thanks guys.

I guess it would be more powerful tool to use if your boss could draft the letter out with signature on it. That would be a recommendation letter.

Does anyone provide resume writing service please?
Please PM me and let me know the charges.

Hi everyone, I am a fresh graduate student without any related working experience. Just want to know,
1) Should I include my previous semester break unrelated working experience or not?
2)Should I include my hobby and personality inside my resume?

You can put what you have done during college days. Other than that, any club that you participated in? Any event or competition you joined and won something?

As for second point, you can insert as well but don't touch so much about it. Just briefly go through will do.

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Hi everyone, just want to know when a cover letter is necessary. What is the main purpose of a cover letter?

After searching online, I found out that some people said it's important, whereas some recruiters said they don't read it at all. Any thoughts?

I personally think cover letters are pointless, I've never asked for one and I barely read those that falls on my lap with a cover letter.

It is meant to quickly summarize your application for the job, but I rarely find one that is so mind blowing I gloss over their CVs. So, to me (again, personally) it is just a waste of one's time to prepare one unless it is specifically requested.

I dont know whether you guys might find this useful but check out www.futurelab.my - I managed to speak to an Accenture consultant and he reviewed my CV and cover letter... hopefully i get an interview hahahaha

Having done this quite a while, I must stress that cover letters are absolutely crucial. We find that cover letters are very effective to differentiate the good from the excellent. Especially in the job market in Malaysia, where writing in good English is a rarity, this is definitely you chance to stand out with a solid cover letter.

Should i include current/expected salary, and reference on resume?

Read somewhere that it is not wise to let company know that you're applying for a job? And also the current salary will let them bargain for a lower salary?

No. Do not include your current / expected salary in, not until you know they are serious in making you an offer.

Just tell anyone asking you about the pay you prefer to keep it confidential for the time being until the negotiation stage.

I see. How about the reference? I'm not sure if my current employer know about my job application.

I only put Reference available upon request.

Reference is usually to check on your attitude, personality, work capability, etc etc with your referee so you should only put someone you worked with before and, whose opinion carries weight and is aware you are looking out.

So you have to tell your referee you are giving their details out so they can expect a call from your potential employer and not freak out.

I see. Shall update my resume later. Thanks.

Is it necessary to bring your original graduate certificate/scroll to interviews?

What if you bring like the university result sheet or have a certified letter from faculty that say "This is to certify that ABC has completed XYZ degree in year 123.... ".

Is the alternative way accepted?