Resume Tips

How To Write A Resume.

Resumes are a marketing tool to sell your experience and
qualifications to potential employers. Click here for interview tips.

The resume is a personal statement of your education and experience,
as well as your career direction for the future. It should highlight
your relevant qualifications and accomplishments as they relate to the
employer’s current needs.

DO:

• Begin with a clear objective tailored to the specific job for
  which you are applying.

• Start sentences with action verbs.

• Quantify your experience whenever possible, citing figures
  that demonstrate progress due directly to your work.

• Limit your resume to no more than two pages

• Organize education and employment in reverse chronological
  order.

• List accomplishments whenever possible rather than just
  describing duties.

• Give attention to the attractiveness and clarity of the
  resume.

• Proofread it numerous times.

DON'T:

• Sell yourself short.

• Include personal information such as: social security number,
  marital status, health, citizenship, age, children or religion.

• Provide irrelevant information such as travel history,
  previous pay rates, reasons for leaving jobs, irrelevant awards,
  associations and memberships. Or the phrase “References upon
  request.”

• List references with your resume. Prepare a separate list
  to be offered at interview time.

• Make it a biography of everything you have ever done.

• Use introductory phrases such as “My duties included” or “I
  was responsible for.”

• Use unusual font types, underlines, italics, shading,
  graphics, and adjusted spacing. This will prevent your resume from
  being easily accessed by different computer programs.