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Panama: Resumes
2010-02-13
by goinglobal.com
Resumes are essential in Panama for personal marketing success. Even though international and local guidelines exist (see below), it is important to customize resumes to the specific company and job requirements. In other words, resumes must be, as much as possible, uniquely tailored to each job opportunity.
At a minimum, the following general resume guidelines must be followed. Resumes must not be more than two pages. Ideally, it should be one page long. They must be concisely written in terms of achievements, take a positive tone, and contain no typos or misspelling. Resumes must not include a salary record, job references, marital or health status, height, nationality, religion, weight, ethnic group of the candidate, sexual preference or reasons the candidate left previous jobs. The only exception takes places when employers require one of more of these items. In other words, employer’s requirements must be met.
Features desired by Panamanian employers that must be included in the resume are team work experience, creativity, leadership, analytical, financial and communication skills, and qualitative and quantitative achievements.
Although different resume formats exist in Panama, the most accepted one is likely the one page resume divided into four different sections. The first section includes the candidate’s name (officially known and used in social networks) and contact data including, telephone number (including country and area codes) and email address. Webpages are an increasingly valuable resource for additional candidate details, as is a blog or a relevant professional or business network like LinkedIn.
Sections two to four focus on experience. Educational experience is usually second, with a focus on studies that are relevant to company and position, or the candidate’s main and most recent studies. Work experience usually comes third, in inverse chronological order (from most recent to the oldest position held). Here again only information relevant to job and company is provided. For all jobs mentioned, the company name and location (city and country), job title, and tenure (with dates) must be included.
The closing section of the resume has to do with additional experience. This includes all non-academic/non-labor activities that add value to the organization, such as training abilities, language skills (a competitive advantage here usually includes a third language), sports, art, public speaking or conflict management skills, and –increasingly important– experience with corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, eco-efficiency and volunteering.
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