When it comes to resume writing, you know that grammar, spelling, and language are areas where most of your clients struggle. What you may not know is that many Canadian practitioners also have difficulty in these areas.
Many practitioners applying for the Certified Resume Strategist (CRS) credential have difficulty with the grammar, spelling, and language areas in the online exam and with their submissions. In fact, this area is where many applicants lose points in the overall process.
As a Canadian practitioner, to provide your clients with solid resume advice, you must have above-average comprehension of the English language.
Do you know:
- The difference between an acronym and an abbreviation?
- How adjectives apply to resumes?
- Why using pronouns is not advised?
- Gramatically correct usage of numerals?
- How to apply bulleted phrases correctly?
- When capitalization is not required?
- Why parallelism is crucial?
- The correct use of serial commas and other punctuation?
- The true application of active voice and when passive is okay?
IF YOU ARE CRS CERTIFIED OR IN THE PROCESS OF ATTAINING YOUR CERTIFICATION
Study pages 17-25 of the current CRS study eGuide: http://www.careerprocanada.ca/CRSStudyGroup
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE CRS CERTIFICATION STUDY GROUP
Don’t worry. You may not access the certification guide because you have not applied for your CRS – instead, read this short article so that you can start on the road to your professional development:
http://sharongraham.ca/2011/02/use-a-style-guide-in-developing-your-executive-resume/