Landing a great job starts with writing a great resume. There’s no doubt that in these financially difficult times it’s never been harder to find the ideal job, and you won’t with a second rate resume.

For every great job there is hundreds or even thousands of applications, and if your application doesn’t stand out then it will end up in the trash along with dozens of others. It’s your resume, together with your cover letter, that lands you the interview you need.

Your summary of your skills and job history has to be good to get past this point. Really good. And it’s not easy creating a job application that includes a resume good enough to get you in front of the person who makes that all important decision, whether it’s you, or someone else, who gets the job.

If you don’t get the interview you’re dead of course. Even if you’re the ideal person for the job.

So do you know how to do all this when you sit at the table to write your resume?

1. Do you know how to write a headline that gets read, and did you even recognize the importance of the headline?

2. How do you emphasize the best parts of your job history?

3. How to craft your objective statement. In fact do you even know what an objective statement is?

4. How you should present your qualifications?

5. What a reference sheet is?

6 Do you know how to write a great cover letter?

Confused already? No idea how these critical steps in the resume writing process should be undertaken? Don’t even know where to start? Don’t worry.

There are certain well worn paths to follow when you write a resume. It’s well known how to do it, you just have to follow the right formula. Then you should have your application end up on the top of the interviews stack instead of in the trash pile.

Follow them and you’re way in front of most other job seekers. Fail to follow them and you’re in there with everyone else, fighting to get your application noticed.

So remember, having a great, eye catching resume and cover letter is the secret to job application success. Learn the correct principles, apply them religiously when writing, and you’re job application should be sitting right there on top of the pile. It all starts with your resume.

It’s so important in fact that I’ve put a book on my website telling you the whole process. If you’re looking for a great job you need to read it.

Want to know more about how to write a proper resume? Visit Peter’s website http://www.professional-resume-writer.com/ for his book of resume writing secrets.