Resume Writing 

I.   PURPOSE OF A RESUME

• Advertisement of self - your personal advertising brochure.
• Information about your qualifications that will show how you can benefit prospective employers.
• Means of relating skills, achievements, qualifications, personal qualities, interests and strengths.
• Education
  • Institutions
  • Degrees, years granted
  • GPA - if applicable
  • Major and minor, optional
  • Course emphasis - if applicable
  • Vocational training - if applicable to job
  • Means of financing education - if applicable
  • Work experience - what, where, when
    • Full-time work
    • Part-time work
    • Volunteer work if related to job search
    • Internships, practicums, professional experience
  • Special Skills (optional)
    • Skills relating to career objective and/or to job target
    • Special licenses
    • Foreign language proficiencies (if applicable)
    • Discoveries and inventions credited to you
  • Activities, Honors, Affiliations, Organizations (optional)
    • Community activities and involvement
    • School organizations and activities (offices held)
    • Membership in honorary societies
    • Dean’s list, when achieved
  • Interests and hobbies (if applicable)

III.  REFERENCE PAGE

• List approximately 3 individuals
  • Persons who are familiar with your educational accomplishments
  • Persons who are familiar with your capabilities and/or work experience
• May state References furnished upon request at the bottom of the resume.
• References may be listed with name, title, address, phone number, and e-mail address (on a separate sheet, matching the resume paper).
• Device to create interest, to get an interview, to get your foot in the door.

II.   CONTENTS OF A RESUME

• Identification - name, address, and phone
• Career Objective - logical and meaningful statement describing in a concise manner one’s immediate and possible long-range career goals.  Use as specific a title as possible without being too restrictive.

This page last updated on October 13, 2003
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