Basically your resume is an advertisement for you and you are going to sell yourself by highlighting all of your strengths. It will represent you and say for you to the employer. So you have to convey all the required information in your resume including "What are your features and benefits? What makes you unique?". The following tips may help you to prepare your Resume effectively.

•  Make your resume in point form rather than sentence form. Because employers can spend a very few moments to scan a resume.

•  List your qualifications in order of relevance, from most to least. Any paid work should be expressed using headings such as Part-time Employment, Employment, Professional Vacation Work etc.

•  Maintain reverse chronological order (most recent information first under each heading).

•  List your technical knowledge first in an itemized fashion. Especially for IT professionals, list all operating systems you know. Mention all programming languages and platforms with which you are experienced. List all software & applications that you have previously used.

•  Use action verb at the beginning of sentence like prepared, developed, monitored and presented. Minimize usage of articles and never use "I" or other pronouns to identify yourself.

•  Discard needless items, such as social security number, marital status, health, scholarships references, travel history, previous pay rates, previous supervisor names, reasons for leaving, previous jobs and associations, memberships, publications, recreational activities etc.

•  Permanent address is confusing and never used. A second mailing address should also not be used. Leave off irrelevant personal information like your height and weight.

•  Set same format - same font size, bolding etc for headings, subheadings or description. Use font within 10 to 12 points.

•  The resume must be Laser printed on plain white paper. Handwriting, typing, dot printing or ink jet printing is not a good choice.

•  Proofreading is a must. Check all spelling errors, grammatical weaknesses, unusual punctuation and inconsistent capitalization. Proofread it numerous times over at least two days to allow a fresh eye to catch any hidden mistakes

•  If any reference is required, the information to be included name of the persons, their job title, place of employment and also telephone number(s). Before put any name as your referee, permission should be taken to use them. Your referees should be those who have sufficient knowledge about you