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A
resume is a condensed history of your accomplishments written to provide
potential employers with important information about yourself.
Information
that should be included in a resume:
OBJECTIVE
State
clearly the job and the kind of fields or industries in which you want to work.
Be sure the objective encompasses all the jobs and areas for which you have
competence. Try to use pertinent key words or "buzz words" versus
meaningless generalizations.
The
OBJECTIVE is important because someone will make a decision "do we or
don’t we have a job now that is relevant to what this objective states".
"No we don’t" and the resume most likely will go into the waste
basket. "Yes we do have a job" and the resume is looked at a little
further.
SUMMARY
OR STRENGTH
This
section is optional. Here is where you bring out your special abilities and
areas in which you have particular technical expertise. Make this section a
series of short crisp phrases or sentences. Use the right key words.
EDUCATION
List
schools attended, dates, degrees, diplomas, certificates, and special training
pertinent to your objective. The highest or most recent degree is shown first.
If your GPA was good, or graduated with distinction, or "cum laude"
show it on the resume.
EXPERIENCE
All
work experience should be listed in reverse chronological order. This data
should include the name of each employer, dates of employment, job titles,
responsibilities, and what skills were developed. Devote more space to current
or last employer since this should have been at the highest level of
achievement.
MILITARY
EXPERIENCE
List
dates of service, grade or rank, training, duties, and responsibilities.
Especially include those aspects having a civilian corollary.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION: You may also include professional licenses, certificates,
publications, patents, and professional conferences attended if they relate to
your objective.
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