Monique Fields » Write Receptionist Resume http://www.moniquefields.com Monique's Official Blog Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:13:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Receptionist Resume http://www.moniquefields.com/receptionist-resume.html http://www.moniquefields.com/receptionist-resume.html#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:01:08 +0000 Monique http://www.moniquefields.com/?p=59 Concept of receptionist is found in almost all small and larger organizations and mostly females are hired for this job position. What does a receptionist do actually? Main purpose of a receptionist is to attend all visitors and deal with inquiries and questions of visitors. They receive phone calls and deal with mails also. Main job tasks and responsibilities that are assigned to a receptionist include answer, screen and direct telephone calls, greet people entering office or organization, to provide general administrative and clerical support, schedule appointments, organize meetings and prepare letters and documents. They also solve minor complaints of people and guide them where to go for solution of their problems.

A person with graduation or simple education can also get this job but having some special skills and attributes. A person going to apply for the job of a receptionist must have outstanding communication skills, convincing skills, speaking power, nice personality, customer service skills, organizing skills, initiative, team work ability and stress tolerant. A person having all these skills will surely get this job but if he/she submits compelling and well written resume.

Here are some special tips to write a Receptionist resume:

  • Plane wisely and think deeply about job description of this post and match your skills with the responsibilities.
  • Make a list of key words and all your accomplishments to include in the resume.
  • Focus on your skills rather than convincing academic background.
  • If you have past experiences in concerned field or in customer service field, add key points in your resume.
  • Make your resume error free and add scanned and relevant information.
  • You can attach picture with your resume as personality and look are also graded for this job position. Don’t be extra personal and provide relevant information only.
  • If you have done any course in this regard or received any certificate from previous employers, mention all these in a separate head.
  • Proofread your resume more than twice before you submit your resume.
  • It will be better for you to submit your resume along with a cover letter.
  • Use fine quality of paper and ink and organize all information in best order.
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