If you are serious to get a job interview, the most basic requirement is a good resume with you. If your resume is not attractive then you may miss excellent career opportunities in your inbox. Here are few basic resume components required to work in your favour.

Why effective resume writing is mandatory for job seekers...

A poorly written resume does not attract the attention of the reviewer. It may also decrease the chances of being hired by any reputed organization. Also a resume should always be customized in a professional tone otherwise it may not be working in your favour. Resume writing is an art. If it is well organized then it is easy for the reviewer to focus on certain areas. Poorly organized resume may irritate the interviewer and leaves a bad impression on him.

You may have posted your resume to every internet job board and every job on Naukri, Monster, USAjobs, CareerBuilder, and HotJobs. You’ve already called, networked and have exhausted all your resources. You take the daily newspaper every morning and applied to every job but with no outcome.

Well, try some unique ways to find a job -  

Send Half of Your Resume
Shortlist the companies that you would like to join. Write a great cover letter targeting the job opening you are interested in and point towards the enclosed resume. Don’t seal the envelope and don’t enclose a resume. They’ll assume the resume fell out during the mailing process. They will call and engage in a conversation. Sell yourself shamelessly.

You work for a company that has been going through a lot of changes and upheaval.  Word is going around about lay-offs and you worry you will be next. If you’ve been an exemplary employee and the lay-off is not because of anything you’ve done, be sure you ask these three questions as you are being handed your Pink Slip:

1.    Ask for a Letter of Reference. You can use this to help you land that new job because it will be beneficial to have a letter that praises you and your accomplishments.  This will show future employers that your termination was a business decision and not because of any wrong-doing on your part. Most people forget to ask about this, and it is difficult to try to go back later and ask for one.

1) Approach finding a job as if it were a full-time job, because it is. If you had a job, you would report to work at the same time each day (like 8 am), take an hour (or less) for lunch, and quit at the same time each day (like 5 pm). You would work five days every week. And you would work hard to accomplish as much as you could because your career depended upon it.

When you are searching for a job, you should follow the same type of schedule because your future depends upon it.
Treating your job search like a part-time hobby guarantees that it will take longer.

So, begin tomorrow by reporting to work and spending the day on tasks that lead to a job.

"Find a job you like and you add five days to every week." -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Sometimes it's an easy choice to leave a company. However, one of the most important choices that you can make in your career is to leave your current employer in the right way. Like any other relationship, there are faults and virtues with every company. At the end of a relationship, people tend to focus on the faults. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO When you leave a company, it is like breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend. Regardless of how you do it, there will still be emotions. The longer the relationship, the deeper the feelings. Keep this in mind during the separation. People express their emotions in different ways so be prepared to respond with compassion. IT'S A SMALL WORLD, I've learned first hand not to burn bridges.