Is my Resume International Enough?

What do you charge for an international resume? Can I use the resume while applying for jobs in the US? Does your resume suit the Middle East market? Will the resume be in line with current trends in Australia? These are some of the questions asked by my clients applying to positions outside the country.

My answer: The resume needs to serve only one purpose — the purpose of winning your recruiters’ attention at the company you are applying. Hence, all that the resume should have is data relevant to the job you are applying to. As long you meet this criteria, everything else is trivial.
Almost till a decade ago, many Indian job applicants used the Bio-data format (a data sheet rather mentioning the applicants’ name, fathers’ name, name of the organizations, designations held, date of birth etc.). Resumes were rarely written, most of the applications were “Bio-data”s. Though Resume LABB has been instrumental in influencing the transformation in India, our answers to our clients question “is this the current trend” was not a Yes, but a sermon on the resume!

A few companies in North America and Europe, and some academic institutions might insist on a 1-page resume, while some in the Middle East might want your picture to be included in the resume. By creating a resume focused on the target job at the target company, you need not worry about the international aspect of the resume — it will be international enough.

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