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Components of an Effective Mining Resume

Posted on March 14, 2012 by admin

Whether you facing a mining career change right now, in the near future, or a change isn’t even on your radar, it is important to have your resume up to date so you can send it out at a moment’s notice.  You never know who may be interested in your skills.

At the top of every mining resume, there should be Vital Statistics – The Header

Required – name/ address/ phone number (cell, home, or work)/ email
Optional – LinkedIn, Website, Visual CV, Twitter, Tumblr

Profile or Summary

A Profile is known as the Summary, Career Highlights, Career Summary or Career History. This is a summary /overview of your qualifications. It will highlight the main message you want your intended audience to know about and make your resume interesting and readable in less than half a minute.

A strategically-oriented profile will clearly outline the direction you are heading with your mining career.  This will immediately help position you in the marketplace.

The following may be included in a profile:

Title
Number of years of experience
Industry
Areas of expertise
unique qualities.

 Selected Business Experience
Company/Position/Years
o   reverse chronology (Most Common) – most recent position first.
List achievements for each position

Responsibilities Statement (This is optional in any resume)

If utilized, it usually includes selected information from your job description, any special assignments and general duties. Make sure you include only duties in which the next employer might be interested. Limit this statement to two or three lines.

Accomplishment Statements

This relevant section contains condensed statements used to outline your contributions in your previous employment situations. Conversely, you are clearly stating what you can offer your next employer. There should be three to five statements for each position over the past ten years. Each accomplishment should be clearly outlined in two or three lines.

Your intended audience should very quickly be able to identify what you have done and how it applies to the position that has to be filled.

Education & Professional Development

This important section outlines your general education. It is imperative that all courses or training that supports and is relevant to your career objective be included.
Summary should include:

All post secondary education (College or University).
Secondary School information (only if you have not taken any college or university – level courses).
All professional development and certificate courses, workshops or seminars that are current and relevant.

Other:  (Optional)

If you belong to an association, board or an organization that is relevant to your career objective you may want to include this on your resume.

Sometimes people like to include volunteer work or interests to provide additional insight into their personality. This could further illustrate attributes like, organizational, team building and problem solving skills.

Affiliations
Associations
Memberships
Community Involvement
Languages
Interests (you are human after all, this is often the link to remember you by)
Licenses
Certificates
Classifications

Omit - DO NOT include:

References (a statement such as “Reference supplied upon request” will suffice)

Picture
Social Insurance Number
Religious/Political Affiliations
Reason for leaving last company
Salary, Availability
Marital Status, Age, Health, Weight

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