How to Make a Great Resume

~ Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 1:15 AM ~

A resume is very important as it represents yourself when you are trying to secure a job.

Resume must be simple yet professional and stands out from the rest as employers go through a lot of resume when they are in the process of hiring a new employee.

Although I am no longer working, I do still helped out by forwarding my resume template to my ex-colleagues and friends who are looking to change jobs.

Now how to make a resume?

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Below are some on my personal tips:

- Write out your personal details so that it's easy to read at a glance. Details such as name, race, age, marital status, some of the common things that an employer or headhunter will look at very quickly.

- Summarised your education background in a few lines. I personally will just list down the year, education place and the grades/certificates attained.

- Summarised your working experience as brief as possible. I normally put in the duration employed, job title and job scopes and what I have achieved and contributed towards the company during my employment period.

- I will personally leave the hobbies and extra-curricular activities out. However, things worth putting into the resume are such as awards you have received in previous or current working place, or accomplishments that might make you stand out from the rest of the candidates.

- Try not to have more than 2 pages for your resume.

- Other details worth taking note of is the font size, standardisation of your font type and grammatical errors.

- If you are sending your resume via email, please make sure you convert your document to PDF format, as the file size will be smaller and your document and contents are protected and not being able to be tampered with easily.

What are your personal tips in making a resume?

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Addiction...

~ Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 2:02 PM ~

Hi! My Name is Jenny. I'm a Khapkeks-holics...

I first reviewed this yummylicious cupcakes without the icing early this month. And then the owner made me another batch when she read my review posted and was so happy with my feedback.

Recently, I decided to order a batch from her. I wanted to give some to my hubby's aunt to try as well as she has been giving some paus for Ben lately and I really felt I should return the favor. Hence the order hahahah...

Btw, this time, Su Yi, the owner suggested rum raisins Nutella cupcakes as I asked for half in raisins (got some grumbling from my MIL for the previous batch when I asked for ALL cupcakes to be Nutella choc chips hahahaha.. I am so selfish huh?)

Just want to add how thoughtful Su Yi is to separate out 9 of the cupcakes (6 in rum raisins, 3 in Nutella choc chips) in a smaller box which was meant for my hubby's aunt! I had originally planned to just chuck half of my order (which is 9 pieces) into a container and just pass to my hubby's aunt later but wow, Su Yi is amazing and awesome to separate out for me and put them in a smaller nice looking box! So so thoughtful on my behalf! Kudos to you!

And before I forget, she also added in some extra cupcakes for me as she knows I'll be having less to eat with my decision to give half of my order to my hubby's aunt. So yes, I am getting 7 extra in my box! Awwwwwww... so so so awfully nice of her!

Yes, my mouth waters when I think of the Nutella chocolate chip cupcakes.

Look at my boy's reactions as I hover one of the Nutella choc chip cupcakes near his eye radar as he plays in his water pool...

Guess my addiction is spreading huh?

My Water Boy?

~ Posted on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:33 AM ~

What is it with 3 year old kid and water? Look at the picture below... see how happy my boy looks?!

Water Boy

My boy loves playing with water, in the water, everything. Running around in it, sitting in it, splashing with it, swimming in it,  spraying it, soaking in it... You name it, he's either done it or doing it...

Just a few weeks ago, we tagged along with our SIL and her family to their club. It was Ben's 2nd time at the club and this time, with 4 other cousins (they are all older than Ben, the youngest is about 7 years old) and yet, Ben had a great time splashing about in the swimming pool!

He migrated over from the kiddy pool to the Olympic size swimming pool, without any fear (leaving mummy in the kiddy pool with baby Alyson) and since then, his confidence in the swimming pool grew tremendously! We went for a 1D 1N trip recently with our other BIL and SIL (and their kids) and Ben happily went into the swimming pool (IGNORING the kiddy pool too!) Heck, even my 7 months old girl is enjoying in the swimming pool too!

My oh my, my 3 year old is all grown up! Look at the picture below, it has been a long time since he last sat inside his bath tub (now being used by his baby sister) but the other day, he sat in it and pretended it was a spaceship. Oh-kay... and then I started snapping pictures of him in the bath tub (mummy blogger's habit, I know, I know) and this particular shot just stood out from the rest.

I love it!

Look at his face as he studied the reflection and light caused by the spraying water.

Water Boy

I am happy to see his happy face when he's playing with water so yeah, I'm really looking forward to our family trip next month (Mother's Day!)

Proverbs 27:19 (NIV) As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

John 7:38 (NIV) Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.