Resume format - Acceptable or not?
I've lived and studied in 6 countries (father is a diplomat) and I think this makes me unique/stand out among resumes given the importance of global business and cultural awareness nowadays. I want to draw special attention to this so I was wondering whether it was possible to put my personal stuff (e.g. interests, languages, etc.) at the start of the resume. This would allow the recruiter to see my international-ness straight away, drawing attention to it. Is this layout frowned upon (i.e. interests etc. at the start instead of the end) or would it be acceptable?
Thanks for your help guys
It would be kind of odd. Save it for the interview
I've used it with success for IB interviews-- particularly if your interests are actually interesting or unique. Don't put something stupid and generic like "sports" or "writing".. it should be specific and unique. In terms of languages, you'd BETTER make sure you have those languages down pat. If you can't conduct an interview in those languages (business terms and all), you shouldn't dig a grave for yourself by putting them on your resume. If they can, they WILL test you.
...oh, just skimmed through your question again. Also, if you're going to put interests down at all (which if they're legitimately unique, you should), don't put them at the beginning-- they'll just skim past them to get to what they're looking to see initially anyway (your GPA, your university, your major, etc.) and it'll only serve as a roadblock to that.
Basically quad-lingual here but i still leave that at the bottom. Dunno, i think CV format should be classic:
Name/Adress School Work EC/interests/lang/hobbies.
If you make your interests pop first, I will think the rest of your resume sucks - stick to traditional, but just lead off your "additional" section with languages - or hell, if you've taken coursework or studied them, list them all in your education section.
Here's a sample resume format: http://www.bankonbanking.com/resume-revisions/
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