Spice Up Your 2009 Resume Now - Add This Little Gem

A glass of cheer, a toast, a display of fireworks, is the way people will be ringing in the New Year from Times Square in the New York City to Tiananmen Square in Beijing City. Next day, they all dive into 2009 welcoming the New Year with new dreams, goals, resolutions, and commitments for the several months ahead.

Among many of your dreams and your goals, perhaps getting an exciting job will be one of the. However, to make it a reality, you will need to brush up your resume, or might need to create a fresh one.

Do Not Just List your Past Jobs and Responsibilities:

As important as they are, you do not want to just list all your past jobs and responsibilities. Instead, it is a better idea to add some spice into your resume. This can be achieved by including a section focusing on your good will, your volunteer work, as well as your acts of kindness during your time at your previous work place, church, or community.

Including these kind of activities, can quite frequently say more than your professional profile. For instance, consider how impressed a potential employer can be of you if he/she reads in your resume that you managed a group of lay leaders who came together to put up housing for the poor in Mexico, and how willing they will be to hire you as a department manager or sales trainer.

In our society today, the virtue of kindness is sorely lacking. However, when it is expressed it truly appreciated and valued.

So, you might be asking how you can share your acts of kindness without sounding arrogant or self-satisfied. Here, we describe some ideas that can help you.

1. Have, at the top of the section of your resume, a headline that would be reserved for these activities. For instance: Community Affairs - Volunteer Work

2. Mention the name of the organization, your responsibilities, together with the relevant date. For example: Edgewater Young Adult Club, teaching monthly basic life skills, setting goals, and personal hygiene to improvise the youth, starting in January 2006 till present.

3. Describe in detail how your volunteer work is related to the job which you are applying for.

For instance: My experience working with the youth has prepared me to train, lead, and motivate salesmen and women, to not merely sell, but to serve others. I have learnt a lot by building relationships with the young men and women of this club, especially the value of interpersonal relationships, networking, and common courtesy toward others. All these skills can benefit your company and improve the employee-customer relations.

A statement that is well-worded, such as this one, will allow the hiring manager to see what kind of person you truly are, where your values lay, as well as the level of integrity on which you operate while you engage with people on the job and in the community.

If you are aiming to land a job interview, nothing can be more important than harnessing the attention of the reader with your ability to do work and exercise kindness towards other at the same time.