Writing a résumé can be a daunting task. It has a style unlike virtually any other document you are likely to write. Consequently, many people rely on either preconceived ideas or stock templates when setting down their credentials for a new position, dooming themselves to a mediocre product from the get-go.
撰寫簡歷是一項艱巨的任務。它和其它你寫的文章本質上完全不同。因此，很多人在申請新職位的時候，不是依靠預先的想法就是靠普通模板，導致他們的簡歷從一開始就變成了平庸的作品。
We often carry around outdated concepts when we don’t keep up to date with current trends. Today’s quality résumés have dispensed with objective statements, and must contain far more information about your accomplishments than your responsibilities. To stand out from the competition you must convey your personal brand, highlight your skills and explain the results of your work. And at the same time, your résumé should be formatted to be applicant tracking system (ATS) friendly.
如果我們不跟上當前的潮流的話，就常常會有過時的想法。今天，一份高質量的簡歷要有目的陳述，還必須要包含你的成就，而不只是你的職責。要想在競爭中脫穎而出，你必須表現出你的個人特色，著重指出你的能力，解釋你工作的成果。同時，你的簡歷格式應該便於求職追蹤系統(ATS)辨識。
Rather than just trying to initially compose a document in résumé format, it is often very helpful to first create a background document you might think of as a well of information from which to draw. To get organized, begin by creating topic headings for each of the sections of the résumé: Professional Experience, Skills, Education, Certifications & Training, Volunteer / Community Activities.
比起僅僅開始創建簡歷格式的文件，先創建你可能想到的背景文件和可能引用的信息會比較有用。要想有條理，首先給簡歷每一板塊寫上標題：職業經歷、技能、教育、證書&培訓、志願者/社區活動。
Compose bullet points where you highlight each of your major accomplishments. And fill them in with a longhand version of what you did, how you did it and what happened because of your activity.
撰寫你要著重突出的主要成就，用曲折手法寫出你做了什麼，你是怎麼做的，你的行動導致了什麼結果。
Don’t worry about conforming to the space limitation of a page or two in this private document. Just pour out your story on to several pages, and then you will be able to cull the highlights for your finished product. Moreover, having thought about and articulated your experiences you will also have taken an important step forward in preparing stories to tell when you get to interviewing for coveted roles.
不要擔心字數限制，別管文件是一頁還是兩頁。然後你可以選出寫出的內容中的重點部分。此外，要想到把你的經歷連貫起來，你可以在競爭夢寐以求的職位的面試中準備好要講的故事上邁出關鍵的一步。
In each section or bullet point of your résumé well, answer these questions as best you can:
在每個部分或者是簡歷每個重點上，盡你所能地回答這些問題：
1. How did you get this job? What does the company do? Who buys its products or services?
1. 你怎麼得到這份工作的?公司是幹嘛的?購買商品或者服務的都是哪些人?
2. What are your major responsibilities? What have been the biggest challenges you faced in accomplishing them? What did you do, and how did it turn out? What resulted from your actions?
2. 你的主要職責是什麼?工作中面對的重大挑戰是什麼?你怎麼做的，最後結果怎樣?你的行動導致什麼後果?
3. What are you most proud to have accomplished in this role?
3. 你在職位上完成的最值得驕傲的成就有哪些?
4. How have you saved your employer time or increased productivity?
4. 你如何節約僱主的時間、增加效率?
5. What have you done, to increase sales or revenue for your employer? How did you go about doing it? What tools, skills, knowledge or software did you utilize?
5. 你為了幫僱主增加銷售或者收益做過什麼?你怎麼做的?用了什麼工具、技巧、只是或者軟體?
6. What have you done, and how did you do it, to decrease costs or expenses for your employer? Again, what tools, skills, knowledge or software did you utilize?
6. 你做過什麼，怎麼做讓僱主的支出費用下降?同樣，用了什麼工具、技巧、只是或者軟體?
7. How have your accomplishments in this role stacked up against others in your department, company or industry?
7. 你在職的成就和你同部門、同公司、同行業的人比起來如何?
8. Why is your employer better off because you were hired?
8. 為什麼你被僱傭對僱主更好?
9. What did you start or set up that became a model for others to copy in other locations or companies?
9. 你怎麼成為他人在各自崗位或者公司裡學習的榜樣?
10. How did you make life easier for your boss, your peers or others with whom you worked?
10. 你如何讓你的老闆、同事的生活更輕鬆?
11. How are you viewed by your boss, peers and those you supervise?
11. 你的老闆、同事和你的下屬怎麼看你?
12. What is your reputation among your vendors, customers or clients? Why do they have this opinion of you?
12. 你在供應商、顧客、客戶中名聲如何?為什麼他們這樣看你?
Your résumé well will likely turn out to be several pages long. Then, you can draw from it the main substance and ideas that emerge from your self-reflection.
你的簡歷很可能會有好幾頁。然後，你可以從中選出你自我審視中出現的主要內容和想法。
Once you've completed this preliminary document and are ready to write the résumé itself, determine for yourself the overall impression of what you want to create in the mind of your reader. With this in mind, go back to highlight all the things that you』ve written that will contribute to someone coming to the conclusion you seek. Now you are well underway to figuring out what to include in the bullet points you will be fashioning.
一旦你完成了這份初步文件，準備好要寫簡歷之後，決定你想要給讀者創造出的整體印象。記住這一點，返回去加亮所有能夠讓人得出你想要的結論的地方。現在你非常清楚你寫出的要點裡要包括什麼內容了。
Bear in mind, employers are ultimately far less concerned about reading a listing of your current and former job descriptions than coming to understand how you have fulfilled your responsibilities in a way that sets you apart from everyone else. That is why each bullet point should be in what professional résumé writers call a STAR format that conveys succinctly your Situation, Task, Action and Results.
牢牢記住，僱主不關心你列出的現在和之前的工作描述，他們關心的是你完成你的職責的方式，這點把你和其它人區別開來。這就是為什麼每個要點都必須是用職業簡歷寫手所說的STAR格式寫的，簡明扼要的介紹你的情況(S)、任務(T)、行動(A)和結果(R)。
When you go about the task of résumé creation this way, you will create a document that will interest its readers to invest far more than the six to 10 seconds they give to your competition.
當你這麼撰寫簡歷的時候，你會寫出一份讓讀者有花上6-10秒更多的時間來閱讀的興趣的簡歷，從而給你競爭的機會。
Happy hunting!
求職愉快!
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