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Resume helps migrants too
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-02-11 07:45

More rural migrant workers should learn how to use resumes to enhance their job-seeking missions, says an article in Dazhong Daily. The following is an excerpt:

At a recent job fair in Wuhan, Yu Bo, a 41-year-old rural migrant worker, used a carefully designed resume, rarely used by his peers, to win the hearts of recruiters.

Yu designed his resume as fashionably as college graduates usually do - he put into a file holder all the sheets that describe his work experience, skills and talents, achievements, and various types of certificates and diplomas. A secondary technical school graduate as Yu is, he left a deep impression on recruiters.

Usually, resumes seem to be the exclusive tool for college graduates to find jobs and few migrants have ever used resumes to boost their chances of being hired. Yu's innovative action has set a good example for his peers.

Rural migrant workers have long been the disadvantaged group in the job market - they don't dress up for job fairs and don't expect too much about working conditions and payment; they lack confidence and have few skills to sell themselves to the market.

Today's rural migrant workers are no longer only working with their muscles. They should rely more on their brains. Resumes are an effective tool for them to show off their talents and past achievements to their would-be employers

(China Daily 02/11/2009 page8)