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ResumeGuide

RESUME&COVERLETTERGUIDE

Usearesumeto:

∙Respondtoanadvertisedjobvacancy

∙Sendtoemployersthatinterestyouafteryouhaveresearchedtheorganization

∙Accompanygraduateschoolorotherimportantapplicationforms

∙Presentataninterviewtoapotentialemployer

∙Submittoemployersbeforeon-campusinterviews

∙Accompanyarequesttoapastorcurrentemployerorprofessortowritealetterofrecommendation

∙Reinforceapersonalcontactyouhavealreadyestablishedwithaemployer

Howtodeveloparesume:

1.Analyzethejobdescriptionforskillsandabilities–Readthroughjobdescriptionsfortheskillsandabilitiesthatemployersareseeking.Readthroughthedescriptionsandhighlighttherequiredskills,attributesandqualifications.Usethesewordsinyourresume.

2.Createalistofaccomplishments–Takesometimetothinkaboutyouraccomplishments:

thingsyoudidwell,enjoyeddoingandwereproudof.Includeeducation/training,volunteeropportunities,jobs,projects,schoolassignments,travelandgroup/teamactivities.Describeindetailwhatyoudid,whoyoudiditwith,whatequipmentyouusedandwhathappened.Quantifyyourresults,ifpossible,andusecommonlyunderstoodterminology.

3.Analyzeexperiencesforrelevantskillsareas

4.Writedescriptivephrases–Usingactionverbs,writeshortphrasestodescribewhatyoudidthatillustrateseachskill.Beconciseandspecific.Arrangethedescriptivephrasesinorderofrelevancetothepositionforwhichyouareapplying.

5.Choosetheappropriateformat-Thereareseveralresumeformatsthatsuitindividualswithdifferentbackgroundswithvaryingexperiences.Choosetheonethatisbestforyou:

Chronological:

Thistypeofresumelistsyourexperienceinreversechronologicalorder,startingwiththemostrecent.Youmayarrangeyourheadingsinvariousways,dependinguponwhataspectsofyourbackgroundthatyouwishtostress.Thisformatworksbestwhenyourwork,volunteer,andacademicexperiencesrelatedirectlytothetypeofjobforwhichyouareapplying.Itispreferredbymostbusinessemployers.

Skills/Functional:

Thisresumehighlightsyourmostimportantskillsorfunctions.Headingsarebuiltaroundtheseareas.Jobtitles,employersanddatesofemploymentarelistedinabriefsectionatthebottomofthepage.Thisformatallowsyoutohighlightskills,knowledgeandrelevantabilitiestothepositionregardlessofwhereandwhenyouobtainedthem.Itworkswellwhenyourworkexperienceisnotdirectlyrelatedtoyourcareergoal,youareenteringajobmarketforthefirsttime,oryouaremakingacareerchange.

Hybrid:

Thisresumecombinesboththechronologicalandskillsresumes.Itallowsyoutomaintainthepopularchronologicalresumewhileincludingasummaryofyourskills.Itcanbeorganizedinanumberofways,butmosthybridsstartwithaskillssummaryfollowedbyalistofexperienceswithdescriptionsinreversechronologicalorder.

RESUMEDO’S&DON’TS

Do:

∙Usegoodqualitypaper（atleast20lb.bond）paper

∙Useareadablefontandprintonlaserprinter

∙Bespecificinyourobjective,ifyouuseone

∙Emphasizeresultsproduced,significantachievements,recognitionfromothers

∙Quantifywhenpossibleandusespecificexamples

∙Checkthespellingofeveryword;makesuregrammarandpunctuationarecorrect

∙Havesomeoneelseproofreadyourresume

∙Getfeedbackfromseveralpeople

∙Beginphraseswithactionverbssuchas“developed,”“originated,”“led,”etc.

∙Betruthfulaboutyouraccomplishments

∙Keepyourresumetoonepageunlessyouhaveextensiveexperiencerelatedtoyourjobobjective

Don’t:

∙Useresumetemplates（i.e.ResumeWizard）.Itisdifficulttoadjustsectionsandyourresumelookslikeallothercandidateswhousedthesametemplate

∙Beginphraseswith“I”orusecompletesentences

∙Includepersonalinformationsuchasmaritalstatus,socialsecuritynumber,ageornationalorigin

∙Useflashygraphicsorcoloredpaper

∙Mentioncontroversialactivitiesorassociations

∙Listunrelated,detaileddutiessuchas“openedmail”or“fileddocuments”

∙Exaggerateyourexperience

∙Usemeaninglesswordsorphrasessuchas“seekingachallengingposition”or“seekingapositionworkingwithpeople”

∙Startphrasesintheexperiencesectionwith“myresponsibilities（orduties）included”

∙Useabbreviations

REFERENCES

Becauseitisassumedthatacandidatewillfurnishreferencesuponrequest,itisunnecessarytoput“referencesavailableuponrequest”atthebottomofyourresume.However,whenanemployerdoesrequestreferences,includethemonaseparatepieceofpaperwithcurrentcontactinformation（names,titles,addresses,phonenumbersande-mail）of3to5personswhohaveagreedtoproviderecommendationsforyou.

Somesuggestionsrelatingtoselectingandworkingwithyourreferences:

∙Alwaysasktheperson'spermissiontousehimorherasareference.Donotassumethatthepersonwillbewillingtorecommendyou.Thiscourtesyisappreciatedandmayavoidlaterembarrassment--oranegativereference."Wouldyoubecomfortablegivingmeastrongrecommendation?

"opensthesubject.Bepreparedtoheara"no"ortodealwithsomereservations.

∙Givethepersonprovidingtherecommendationacopyofyourcurrentresume.Inmanycases,he/shewillknowyouinonlyonecontext（intheclassroom,asanadvisor,asasupervisorinaworksituation）.Thereferencemaybestrongerifthepersonhasfullerknowledgeofyourotheraccomplishments.

∙Discusswiththepersonthetypeofpositionyouwillbeseekingorsharedescriptionsofspecificpositionsforwhichyouarebeingconsidered.Ifthereareparticularskillsorinformationyouhopeheorshewillincludeinthereference,mentionthese.

SENDINGRESUMES&COVERLETTERSELECTRONICALLY

Tosendyourresumeasanattachment:

∙Createyourresumeusingacommonwordprocessingprogram

∙Givethedocumentanametherecruiterwillassociatewithyou（i.e.MillerJennifer.doc）

∙Beabsolutelysureyourdocumentisfreeofviruses.Senditelectronicallytoafriendtomakesureitiseasytoopen,theformattingstayscorrect,andthedocumentisvirus-free.

Tosendyourresumeinthetextofthee-mailmessage:

∙Thecoverlettershouldappearfirst,aboveyourresume

∙Donotusebold,underlining,bullets,distinctivefonts,coloredtext,orhtmlcodes.Useasterisks（*）,plussigns（+）,dashes（-）,ALLCAPITALLETTERS,andcombinationsofthesetohighlighttext.

∙Alignalltexttotheleftmargin

∙Usingyourwordprocessingsoftware,select“File-SaveAs”andchangethe“filetype”to“textonly.”Nametheresumeversionsomethingsuchas“resumetextversion.”

∙Re-openyourtextversionandviewthedifferences.Thetextversionisnowreadytoe-mailorpasteintoaweb-basedform.

∙Senditelectronicallytoyourselfandtoafriendwithadifferente-mailsystemtoseehowitwilllook

∙Textresumeslookplainandordinary,butemployersareusedtothis

Tomakeyourresumescannable:

Somelargeemployersutilizeresumedatabasetrackingsystems.Theyscanincomingresumesintoadatabase（sometimesletters,too）andwhentheyhaveopenings,theycanretrieveresumesusingrelevantkeywords.

∙It’sokaytoasktheemployerifyoushouldprovideascannableresume.Somecompanieswillindicateontheirwebsiteiftheyscanresumes

∙Includeindustryorjob-specifickeywords,especiallyrelevantskills,understandableabbreviations,major,specificfieldsofstudy,andexperience

∙Use10to14-pointfontsize

∙Donotuseitalics,underlining,fancyfonts,bullets,andmultiplecolumns.

∙UsespacingorALLCAPITALSforemphasis

∙Donotcentertext

RESUMECOMPONENTS

COMPONENT

BASICS

COMMENTS

IdentifyingData

Name,address,e-mailaddress&phonenumber（includeareacodeandzipcode）-Putatthetopofthepage

Besurethatanymessageonyourpersonalansweringmachineisappropriateforapotentialemployer.Ifyouhaveapersonalwebpagethatyouwantemployerstoview,includeitsaddresshere.

Education

Nameofschool,major,degreereceived,graduationdateorexpectedgraduationdate

HonorsandG.P.A.areoptional.However,mostbusinesses（especiallyconsultingandaccountingfirms）wanttoseeyourG.P.A.Ifyouhaveattendedmorethanoneschool,listthemostrecentfirst.Itisnotnecessarytolistalltheschoolsyouhaveattended.Donotlisthighschool.Additionaltrainingyouhavereceivedmayeithergounderthisheadingorunderaseparateone.

Experience

Paid,volunteerormilitary.Emphasizeskills,abilitiesandaccomplishmentsappropriatetothepositionforwhichyouareapplying.Notethejobtitle,employer’sname,locationanddatesofemployment.

Experiencedoesnotneedtobepaidtobeincludedhere.Focusonachievementsandcontributions（i.e.aprocedureyoustreamlinedoracost-savingsuggestionyoumade）

JobObjective*

Ifused,thisisaonelinedescriptionofthetypeofpositiondesired.

Thejobobjectiveshouldfollowyouridentifyingdataandbeasspecificaspossible.

Skills&Abilities*

Foreignlanguages,computerskills,officeskills,labtechniquesortransferableskillsnotmentionedelsewhereintheresume

Thesecanbelistedseparatelyorcombinedundertheheading“Skills&Abilities”

Languages*

Mentionifyouarefluentinaforeignlanguage

Ifyouunderstandalanguage,butarenotfluentyoustillmightwanttomentionit（i.e.ConversationalSpanishorreadandwriteFrench）

Activities&Interests*

Inorderofimportance,liststudentactivities,professionalassociationsandcommitteesinwhichyouhaveparticipated.Listanyofficesyouhaveheldandindicatetheskillsyouused.

Includeactiv