Professional Resume Outline With Instructions (Page 2 of 8) in pdf

Your Resume is a Marketing Tool that Sells You to an Employer

Putting together a resume is serious business. Often it is the first impression you will make on a

prospective employer. After looking over your resume, the employer will grant you the

opportunity to make a second impression. Whether you are reviewing or writing a resume, the

main objectives of a resume should include education, professional and related work

experiences, and associated skills and accomplishments. It should ultimately act as an

introduction to the employer.

Components of Your Professional Resume

 Identifying Information

 Job Objective/Career Goals

 Education (in reverse chronological order)

 Experience

o Also include special projects, research, independent

studies related to therapy.

 Skills, certifications, professional memberships

 Community Activities

 Honors and Awards

 References upon request

Components of Your Professional Resume

The components are fairly straight-forward.

1. Provide identifying information: Who you are and how your prospective employer can

reach you.

2. Describe YOUR job objective: Briefly summarize the type of position you are seeking

and/or career goals. This gives the employer an idea of your future goals.

3. Describe your educational background and accomplishments: For a new graduate

therapist this is one of the most important qualifications you have to offer. List the

most recent first. List the names and dates of degrees conferred in reverse

chronological order along with the names of the degree granting institutions.

a. Special achievements or honors can be included in this section or in a separate

section usually titled, Honors and Awards.

b. If you have strong GPA, list it!

4. Under Experience, list each of your clinical experiences in reverse chronological order,

the name of the organization where you completed the experiences, the dates you were

there. List them with positive action wording. For example, “successfully manages a

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