​Do:

• Keep your resume to a maximum of two pages long.

• Place your recent positions and qualifications first.

• Ensure your spelling and grammar is correct.

• Ask a friend to proof read it.

• Include a customised cover letter within which you have answered each of the employer's job selection criteria with how your skills, experience and personality make you a good match for the role.

• Use bullet points. Keep it short and simple, remembering the reader will often skim over your resume rather than read it in detail. The more concise and clear you are in your wording, the more likely your resume will be held onto and taken to the next stage.

• Include only information, courses and experience relevant to the job you're applying for.

• Sell yourself by rephrasing your job responsibilities as achievements. It can be challenging to think of your work tasks as achievements, but often a friend or colleague with a different perspective can help you do this.

Don't

• Do not provide referee contact details, instead write "Referees available upon request".

• Do not include details about your nationality, religion, marital status, age.

• Do not use an unprofessional email address. If you are still using your childhood email account (such as superstar34@...), consider creating a new one using your full name.