From Student To Professional: A Guide To Resume Writing Page 4
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27Personal Data:
Do not include personal data, such as weight, height, age, gender, color, creed,
marital status, hobbies, or health.
Do include information that has significance for the job, (e.g., being bilingual,
having special licensure, related training, etc.) Use discretion in this area—
everything included on the resume should clearly be pertinent to the job.
Other Headings: There are a variety of other topics which may be relevant to your experience.
Include related information such as Special Skills, Professional Affiliations,
Offices or Positions of Responsibility, Awards and Recognition, and Volunteer
Experience or Community Involvement. Be succinct.
DEVELOPING CAR STORIES
for Your Achievement Statements
An effectively written resume is an important marketing tool in a successful job seeking campaign.
As with all print communication, a good resume may require several revisions. Please keep in mind
as you continue to edit and update (as well as prepare to present yourself for job interviews) you
are telling what are referred to as “CAR Stories.”
C: Challenge
Each of the achievements you present on your resume represents a
challenge to which you have successfully responded not simply a task you
accomplished. The opportunity to more fully elaborate will come during the
interview.
A: Action
An effective presentation of your actions (accomplishments or
achievements) is a vitally important opportunity to demonstrate yourself as
an achiever, an individual who makes things happen and gets results. Use
action-oriented verbs to present this information on your resume (see
sample list in your Resume Guide).
R: Results
The evidence of your accomplishments and skills lies in the results (success)
of your actions.
Results may be inferred. Example: ―Implemented an affirmative action
program to meet 20xx-20xx federal, state and local legislative requirements.‖
Results may be quite specific. Example: ―Developed construction computer
audit applications resulting in decreased error rate of 30% per month.‖
Remember, to a prospective employer, past success predicts future success. Eight results-oriented
accomplishments will have more impact than a generic laundry list of sixteen job responsibilities.
This is your resume, not your job description. Including pertinent, effective detail and results is a
strategy which may enable you to positively emerge from the group of applicants as a candidate to
be interviewed.
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