Resume - 1st Sem Work Immersion

Resume

A document that briefly summarizes your education, experience, employment, training, skills, and abilities. It includes a brief, targeted list of skills and achievements tailored to the position you are applying for. Typically not longer than one page.

Personal information

Information that involves your recent formal picture, complete name, current and permanent address (may be omitted from a resume posted on the web), telephone number, and E-mail address.

Objective

One or two short sentences that is a summary of your goal for your job search. The goal statement should be related to the specific position for which you are applying. It is also effective to highlight your skills in the goal statement.

Educational background

Background that involves school name, city and state, date of graduation, course highlights (courses directly related to the job or your career field and special abilities), and certificates.

Highest

In writing the educational background, begin with the _____ level of educational attainment.

Work and related experiences

Experiences that includes summer jobs, internships, volunteer work (insert position title, company/organization, city/state, dates and a brief list of the job duties).

Recent

In writing work and related experiences, begin with the most _____.

Professional skills

Includes the positions held.

Action phrases

In writing professional skills, use _____ to highlight the duties you have performed.

Parallel

In writing professional skills, use a _____ pattern for verbs.

Strong

In writing professional skills, use _____ words, rather than weak verbs such as endeavored, tried, hoped, attempted.

Specific

In writing professional skills, use _____ rather than vague words.

References

This includes people who will recommend you to an employer such as your teacher/professor, work supervisor (current or past), character (pastor, headmaster, youth group leader or someone who knows you well). Also include their name, relationship to you, organization, contact phone numbers.

Organizations; Honors and awards; Languages; Skills; Technical skills; Personal projects; Interests

Enumerate seven (7) other key elements of a resume: