Advice for Resume / CV

[Adeline39]

Hi everybody,

I'm starting to look for a job in Canada, and I tried to find some advice in internet to build correctly my Resume or CV. But there are a lot of information and I don't know which one are true or not.
So I would like to know if someone can give me some advices to build a CV with the Canadian rules.

Many thanks in advance!

Adeline

[shakira2009]

There are some general guidelines on this Canadavisa page:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canadian-employment-resume.html

And this is from Workopolis, one of the biggest job portals in Canada:
http://www.workopolis.com/work.aspx?action=Transfer&View=Content/Common/ResourceCentre/career911/resumes/ResumeIntroView&lang=EN

Hope it helps... good luck in your job hunt!

[resumeplus]

Hello,

here you can get many samples resume for your preview With the help of this resume you can draft your own resume if you are applying for any designation - sample-resumes-plus.com
Thanks

[TatianaRussia]

Hi Resumeplus.
I can't open the link you provided. Could you please show the path ?
Thank you.

[Canadian Career Coach]

www.careego.com is created by Canadian job search professionals.  It will offer you very valuable information on resume samples, cover letter samples, interview questions etc.

You can join as a basic/free member, or if you think it would be of value you can sign up for as a paid member and receive additional support including email communication with a Canadian Career Expert.

[Syed2011]

try these two sites, i some nice samples here on google...cvtemplate.net and samplecvs.org

[astasi]

try http://www.qsic.org/ for a good resource of sample resumes.

[Resumeshop]

I am a professional resume consultant who has successfully helped many people find jobs. Here is some basic advice for the Canadian market:

• Avoid providing personal details such as marital status, religion, number of children.
• Limit your work history to roughly the last 10 years.
• Include your most significant educational and professional accomplishments.
• Quantify your accomplishments whenever possible.
• Make it perfect! Avoid spelling and grammar mistakes at all costs!
• Have your resume professionally written, or at least proof-read by a native speaker.
• Entice the reader to want to invite you to an interview.
• Make multiple resumes, depending on the types of positions you are applying for.
• Format your resume so that it is easy to read

[Canadian Career Coach]

Here is a link directly to some resume samples.  The links are embedded in the page and divided by the type of resume.

http://careego.com/ResumesLetters/ResumeDevelopment/ResumeStylesSamples/tabid/110/language/en-CA/Default.aspx

[sd2011]

You provided resume asmples was really very helpful...Thank you very much for sharing link!

[prysm]

Hi all

I am new to the forum. I am in need of advise as well.

I have a degree in electronics engineering and have been working in that field for more than 10yrs. My wife was asked by relative to join them in manitoba through the family support stream.

Some of the post did not answer my questions directly so, I have a few questions regarding my resume
1. How should I re-write my resume? should I consider myself as someone with no experience, since based on a few threads here my credentials doesn't mean squat.?
2. Should we aim for an entry level job first like fast food security guard etc? how do we orgranize our resume then?

[liam]

very useful information,thank you all above..

[Rossei]

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/student-resume-t95920.0.html;msg1273016#msg1273016

[BobDo]

Thank you for the links.. Very helpful.