Airline/Aviation Job Preparation: How to write your Resume?

A resume is a first and foremost an important document that decides whether you are eligible for the role or not. The resume becomes the reflection of all your achievements and skills.

A resume or CV (Curriculum Vitae) is basically a document that is designed by the applicant to showcase their career background and skills. Mostly required when a person is a fresher and landing into a new job.

A resume contains a different section or parts like:

·         Professional Summary

·         Working Experience

·         Education Section

The purpose of building up a resume is to provide the work experience and skills summary of the applicant. It is very helpful for the recruiter to screen the most eligible one. One must have an impressive resume without it you cannot expect to be invited for the interviews.

Therefore, follow the given tips while preparing your resume.

·         Set a one-inch margin on each side of the page.

·         It should not be of more than 2 pages.

·         The font size should be 11pt or 12pt.

·         Write your contact on the left top side of the header.

·         DO NOT WRITE THE WORD CV/RESUME ON TOP.

·         Describe your achievement of the qualification in points.

·         Leave enough space so it does not look bad.

·         It should look presentable with both photos and without a photo.

·         Stick the photo on the right top corner of the page.

     i.        Reverse-chronological Resume

·         This type of resume is almost available to every candidate and to the recruiter.

·         Hence, here the focus is mainly on the current job and then goes to skills.

·         Ideal for people who are switching jobs in the same field.

    ii.        Functional Resume

·         Focus more on skills.

·         Ideal for fresher’s.

  iii.        Combination Resume

·         This kind of resume is a mixture of both 1st and 2nd types of resume.

·         It contains the summary of skills and working experience both.

Steps for an impressive flight attendant resume:

1.   Contact Information:

• Your Name
• House Address
• Phone Number
• Email Address

2.   Career Objective:

• A traveler by nature loves to be around people looking forward to establishing a career as a Flight Attendant in a reputed travel company that offers me a challenging and rewarding opportunity.
• A passionate traveler with a very good understanding of how to please the client requirements. Excellent at researching the best travel deals & curating budget travel packages. Seeking to establish a career in your organization. (This career objective can be used even if you have little experience) relevant to the role.
• Looking for an opportunity to utilize my acquired skills and passion help the company and my future peers grow. I want my efforts to make a considerable difference to the company and help in their consequent success.
• A highly organized and hardworking individual searching for an entry-level position to gain industrial exposure in this field. Here you can add some more good words from the above.

3.   Work Experience: Write all your career history here.

• Job A: The latest one

• Title
• Duration
• Role in the job

• Job B: The second latest.

4.   Academic Record:

• University Record
• High School Record
• 10th Record

5.   Award and Achievements: List all your achievements.

6.   Strength: While making this column of your resume please check the skills required column of the role and list them in your resume.

• Adaptable
• Able to work under pressure
• Enthusiast and Knowledge-hungry.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work within a multinational team.

7.   Personal Details:

• Date of Birth
• Language known
• Gender
• Nationality
• Passport Valid date and Number

8.   Permanent Address

Paste your passport size photo on the top right side of the page. Try not to format your resume with your photo included, as you still will have to submit a copy of your passport size photo. The photo you choose should be in Formal the outfit, with or without a jacket/blazer.

If you have any internship relevant to the job please list it.

An impressive flight attendant resume is the only way that can get us to the interview. Therefore, the resume should speak louder than the candidate action.