Why Do You Need A Resume?

Part 2

These can all be important items in today's job market, and you cannot count on a job application to let you include all you want. If you get an interview, then you have a chance to tell more about yourself. But, let the resume help to get that interview.And, unless you are interviewing with a large company that has a H.R. department, you will probably not have a trained interviewer. By providing a resume, you give the interviewer things to ask you about. Things that you know about. Things that you have answers for. Things that you want to be asked about. In a sense - you can control part of the interview by providing a resume.Your resume can be very flexible. With the use of word processing, you can cut & paste your resume to fit any need. So, you don't need to worry about a generic resume. You can easily modify it to fit any job.Here's one final example of why you need a resume.A few years ago, the retail store I managed needed a cashier. The position was for 30-35 hours a week and only paid $6.50 per hour. The store is in a college town, so most of the applicants are students. This time, one of the applicants turned in a resume with the application.The resume clearly showed that she was severely overqualified for the cashier position. But, she met the qualifications for a Manager Trainee. So, I called her and asked if she would be interested in a management position at one of our other stores. The position required relocation, which she was not able to do. But, she did become aware of her qualifications for retail management.