The construction worker “perfect resume”

How to draw up a resume that allows you to work on construction sites. Few rules to write simply!

It seems easy to write your own resume, but it’s not. Have you ever thought about who will read it? So try to think as the recruiter or the company that is looking for a construction site professional. But don’t be scared. Writing is not that complicated.
In order to write a good resume, you need a few simple things. But they have to be the right ones. Essential.

Let’s start…

First, we need to coordinate the information around three data groups. Which are:

• personal information;
• previous activities;
• their training.

Then you can also add the frills such as hobbies, attitudes, sports and other no less important things, that will certainly enhance your curriculum and make recruiters understand the transversal skills you have, those that the human resource managers  are interested in. But remember, the most important things are those three we mentioned before
Let’s start with the first one …

Personal information

We recommend you to always be essential in writing your resume. Everything can fit on a page, also to those who are wordy and would never stop writing about themselves.
This information is very easy, makes people understand who you are and how to contact you.
It is therefore about entering obvious data such as: name and surname, date and place of birth, nationality, marital status, possible VAT number, residential address and contacts (telephone number, mobile phone, e-mail). Then we have the section concerning the driving license which is very important, because having the C, D or a special license can also represent an advantage in our sector.
Knowledge of languages ​​(English, French, German …) can also be interesting, and must always introduced by a suitable adjective (basic knowledge, advanced, fluent …).

Previous activities

The curriculum is the self-certification of your career path. Your professional experiences must therefore be highlighted in a few lines to allow those who will read you to immediately identify the role and duties you have performed in the past.

It is therefore useful to start from the last work experience and then, to scale, describing the previous ones.
Every single job must be preceded by the time period in which it was carried out. For example: “April 2010 – October 2013: in charge of the realization of wall coverings at Edil Cipolla di Giarratana (RG): linear and architectural partition walls; customized walls and supports, fireproof / anti-humidity; creation of linear, shaped and architectural false ceilings; creation of specific supports for thermal and acoustic insulation. “
This allows you to highlight all the tasks and specializations matured in the past, also going specifically in a few lines. But always with a few, concise, words, only the right ones.
It is very important to divide these individual experiences into small blocks of text, perhaps using the Word bulleted lists
The following education experiences must obviously be highlighted because they allow us to frame the type of professionalism and specialization developed after school, when you started working. These are the recruiters and companies key clues. Here, as well will be necessary to talk about the years in which you obtained the individual qualifications, followed by the names of the institutions and schools in which you attended the courses.

And at last, the transversal skills

Here we come to the final details, which are generally called “Interests, hobbies and free time”, all things that may appear ornamental, but are not.
In this part of the curriculum you will have to try to talk about yourself, the things you love and the extra professional activities that you’ve been passionate about and that you are still passionate about, trying to highlight the elements of your character. Knowing what your interests are can help the recruiter to understand a little more about you and better track your profile. In this part of the curriculum your soft skills emerge, those that can make the difference in choosing another candidate.
In fact, it is not enough to say that you have “excellent interpersonal skills”, or a “great aptitude for problem solving”, or a “strong work ethic”. You say these things, and you want to make a good impression. But they should also be verified. And the best way to do this is to document them through activities you’ve actually done. For example, playing or having played football or basketball at a certain level suggests that you are capable of working as a team.
On the other hand, if you love extreme and individual sports it can mean that you have discipline and know when to take risks, all desirable characteristics for a leadership or command role.
But remember: anything you put in your resume can become an easy target in the interview, so don’t cheat. You need to be sure that you express your passion for what you have written. Otherwise it can become boomerang!
Anyway, the story of one’s hobbies and interests, which may also include computer skills, is important and must be exposed with care. And be sure these skills are not neglected by recruiters at all.

geoJOB helps you

At geoJOB we know that very often workers come home from construction sites very tired, and that the last thing they would like to do is sit and write the resume with their computer. They have more urgent things to do
And that’s the reason why, the geoJOB team will assist workers in the construction sector to improve, upon reservation and by sending an email request, the presentation of their curriculum, deepen their professional activity and evaluate the job offers to be filled.
An extra service for those who get up every day at 5 in the morning while everyone is asleep.

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