Effective Resume and Cover Letter

And people say: The resume get you the interview ,the interview get you the job.

So today Madam Liza and Madam Farah share with us some few tips in constructing an effective resume. But what caught my attention the most is the Employer Recruiting process, which goes like this:

1) Look for someone inside the organization
2) Rely on networking and contacts and personal recommendations
3) Hire an employment agency
4) Review unsolicited resumes
5) Place a newspaper ad.

It seems as a Fresh Graduate it will be a little bit of a challenge to get a job since we usually depend on the last three to seek a job. However the list pretty much make sense. Of course if you have someone already in the organization that can be promoted, it is better to promote that person who's performance is already well-known rather than hiring a new employee and having the risk that he is unreliable, no? And it is also less risky to hire someone who is recommended than a unknown person. But it is just unfair for those who are actually qualified but does not have any contact, what would happen to him or her then? If you are not born with a silver in your mouth than you just have to work your way up! Do some networking! That is why I always attend career fair to make some contact here and there, and I also see BeST Programme as a stepping stone to start some influential networking. I do hope all of us in this programme will make full use of it.

I truly felt very content when Madam Liza asked all of us to list down our achievements. I just realized that I actually have gain a lot and have a lot to offer the world. The tips to play around with words, the adjective that represents us made a lot of difference in portraying oneself. Champion of  dot dot dot is better than Won first place dot dot dot..no? Champion sounds greater and stronger. I'm so ready to use the synonym application on Microsoft Word to help me built an elevated resume!
 
Sometimes I do wish that Malaysia is not so discriminate in the job hiring process. In US, resumes are only 1 page long with all the same essential details as a Malaysian resume but each resume is more tailored to a specific job that you only include relevant experiences to that resume. Therefore, the resume look more focus for that job. And a US resume also omits all the details that can be discriminate against someone such as physical appearance, their race, religion, gender and also marital status. It's just sad to know that the most important part of a Malaysia resume will be the picture. The picture?! Aiyaaa. It is just wrong to JUST judge someone based on their picture. Can they not use a picture to firstly judge someone? If I may use some bahasa pasar "What to do, masuk kandang kambing kita kena mengembeklah, masuk kandang lembu kita kena mengemoo lah..mooo.." 

So dear hiring managers,
Is my picture attractive enough? No?! Owh gosh there goes my new elevated resume down the bin.

" In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism". -
Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to win a seat in the United States Congress, 1924.