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Resumes
You will need to keep several considerations in mind
when creating your resume.
Information to Include
In designing your resume, you want to include key information in
such a way that it convinces the employer to contact you and makes
it easy for the employer to do so. Be sure to include the following
information:
- Your name, address, and telephone number (including area code)
- Description of your educational history
- Description of your work
history
- Work-related or school-related honors
- Memberships in professional
organizations
- Titles of published articles, conference presentations,
etc.
enable employers to eliminate you from the job pool:
Information to Exclude
In creating your resume, you want to
omit information that could be a reason for excluding you:
- Reasons for leaving past jobs
- Past salaries or present salary
requirements
- Supervisors' names
- Personal information (age, physical characteristics,
marital status, number of children, etc.)
- Hobbies and interests,
unless directly related to the job position
- Health status
- Names of spouses and children
- Photographs
- Negative information
- Optional Information
In creating your resume, you may want to consider adding
the following:
- Summary of qualifications or career objective
- Foreign
languages
- Relevant specialized training and licensing
- Military
service, security clearance, etc
- Willingness to travel
and/or relocate
- References
Layout and Design
In designing your resume, you will need to consider
the following:
- Use medium weight bond paper (note: for paper with
a watermark, you will need to make sure the final
copy of the resume has the watermark
readable from left to right)
- Choose a color of paper that is both
conservative and elegant, such as light gray, white,
eggshell, or cream
- Use a skills resume format to
emphasize your qualifications and abilities and
to de-emphasize the dates of
employment and/or ties between specific
job duties and places of employment
- Use a chronological resume
format to illustrate a stable work history with
upward movement within one organization or employment
with a
few companies for long amounts of time
A cover letter that accompanies the resume is highly
recommended and often required.
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