1 Contact information 2 Education 3 Professional qualifications 6 Company description 7 Position

PREPARE A
Always include your Be specific about your education. State your professional qualifications Describe your current employer concisely, i.e. size, Display your most recent job first and then work
telephone number, Include your university, the course you together with the date of your market sector, turnover if applicable, as this informs chronologically backwards (using months and
email address and completed and date of graduation. qualifications and any awards received. the reader and gives them a frame of reference. years in the dates) giving less space to earlier
residential address. jobs. Since space will be at a premium, your
objective must be to inform and excite the reader. WINNING RESUME
JOHN SMITH We have enclosed some advice
JOHN SMITH CAREER HISTORY on preparing for your next
PERSONAL DETAILS OCTOBER 1993 to PRE
career move.
SENT MICHAEL PAGE INTERN
ATIONAL (MPI) AUSTRA
LIA PTY LTD
1 RESIDENCE 11 Smith St, South Yarra, VIC 3142 6 COMPANY DESCRIPTI
ON Michael Pag
e International Pty Ltd is
Covering letter
a $500m turnover recruitm
H: (03) 9900 0000 W: (03) 9235 0000
Australia, Asia, the UK,
Europe and the Americ
as.
ent consultancy with offic
es in It is a good idea to include a
E: m.page@email.com.au 7 POSITION
Recruitment Manager (pro
moted from Recruitment
Consultant)
covering letter. Be brief and to
Higher School Certificate – 1986
8 RESPONSIBILITIES
2 EDUCATION
(Aggregate: 402)

• Managing a team of six
recr uiters. the point, clearly stating why
• Developing consultants

Wesley College

• Successfully managed
skills.
a substantial Preferred Sup
you would be a good fit for
plier Agreement with one

Bachelor of Business – 1989

blue chips and increased
• Offering a business-to
market share by 17% in
2003.
of Australia’s largest
the position.
credit) -business service based
(Major: Accounting, graduated with best possible match betw on providing recruitment
solutions to ensure the
een a candidate and clien
Melbourne University candidate and those requ t. This covers both the tech
nical abilities of the Be positive
ired by the client.
• Assessing candidate’s
omics
Bachelor of Business: Major in Econ
abilities and personality

– 1995

• Initiating a plan of acti
on (specific jobs, clients
usin g behavioural-based interview
techniques. Use positive action words and
Fudan University, Shanghai • Maintaining constant etc.)

• Developing existing clien
con tact to ensure service levels
are maximised. phrases in your covering letter.
t relationships via regular
3 PROFESSIONAL CA – 1992

such as salary surveys
etc.
calls, client events and
provision of information Include achievements for each
QUALIFICATIONS CPA – 1994 • Face-to-face meeting

Michael Page.
s to gain a better underst
anding of the clients’ wor
kplaces and promote of your positions, and don’t be
4 COMPUTER SKILLS Conversant with:
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Providing recruitment
strategies and service that
will exceed both candida
te and client expectation
afraid to list them proudly!
• Excel • Introduced new clients s.
to the business, organise
• Symphony • Developed tools to ena d client and candidate netw

• MS Access adherence of KPI’s.
ble daily measurement
of consultant activity, resu
orking events.
lting in consistent
Accuracy and content

• Word • Integrated graduates
into the business, mentore
d throughout the first yea
Spelling mistakes, grammatical
and professional develop r both in terms of persona
5 LANGUAGES Japanese – Fluent spoken and writte
n ment. l
errors and incorrect dates create
FEBRUARY 1990 to
Water sports and music, particularly
jazz SEPTEMBER 1993
a bad impression – double-
LEISURE INTERESTS ARTHUR WILLIAMS &
COMPANY DESCRIPTI
PARTNERS
check to ensure you have 100%
Recruitment Consultant ON Arthur Williams
CURRENT POSITION
Michael Page International Australia
Pty Ltd
& Partners is a medium
Australia and New Zealand
-sized firm of chartered
accountants with five offic
es in
accuracy. Keep your resume
. It has a diversified clien
companies, sole traders
and partnerships.
t base, including public
companies, private brief – ideally to three pages,
CURRENT SALARY $70,000 Package POSITION
Audit Manager (promot
ed from Trainee) maximum of four.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Planning, controlling and
reviewing audit and rela
prior to partner review. ted tax work on three pub
lic company clients,

• Planning and complet
ing accounts, audit and
industries such as man taxation work on a varie
ufacturing, retail and agri ty of private groups in
culture.
• Involvement in due dilig
ence work prior to an acq
• Considerable involvem uisition by a public com
ent in the recruitment of pany client.
Manager level. graduates into the firm
whilst at Assistant

• Direct supervision of up
to eight members of staf
• Full client liaison, inclu f.
ding billing and cash colle
ction.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Achieved performanc
e rating of beyond expecta
• Selected amongst pee tions consistently over a
rs to travel to Malaysia for two year period.
the Shell Sarbanes Oxle
y compliance audit.

4 Computer skills 5 Languages 8 Responsibilities and achievements References

Computer skills are important and you Language skills are important so Whenever possible, include the experience relevant to References do not have to appear on the resume, although
should definitely indicate your proficiency. include your abilities in this area. a particular job and always quantify your responsibilities be prepared to provide references on request. It is a good
and achievements so that employers can quickly idea to state that you have business references available.
identify how you can add value to their business.