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Outline For Preparing Your Resume and Addendum

Resume should include the following elements in this order:

Education section (each school, degree, year of degree completion, honors, GPA and/or class

ranking)

Certifications - CPA, bar memberships, etc.

Work history - List of all positions in chronological order with the most recent at the top.

Each position should include:

Name of Employer

Under the Employer name, list 2-3 sentences describing the company - revenue size,

industry type, short description of international structure (example: $5 billion

pharmaceutical company with operations in Europe, Asia & Latin America including 10

manufacturing sites and 20 distribution centers outside the U.S.).

(It is not necessary to include a company description for a Big 4 public accounting firm

or major law firm.)

Title

Dates of employment - list all positions and dates of employment. If you have had

multiple positions at one employer first list the overall dates and then list the specific

dates for each position.

Job description section (for each position - keep to one paragraph) Describe your overall

role and major areas of responsibility. Include the reporting structure - who you report

to and who reports to you. Please keep "1st person references" to a minimum. You want

to bring across your abilities as a team player.

Additional sections at the end of your resume can include publications, professional organizations

(ex: Tax Executives Institute, American Bar Association), computer skills and personal

accomplishments - if kept short.

It is not necessary to include sections listing references (you can provide those when you are

actively in the process of interviewing for the position) or a career objectives/career summary

description.

Naming your resume - When saving your resume to a Word (or other word processing software)

document - USE YOUR NAME. H/R and tax hiring authorities receive many resumes a day called

resume.doc or something similar. The best way to have your resume properly noticed &

categorized is something like JohnSmithTaxResume.doc, or JaneDoeTaxAttorney.doc.

II.

Addendum should be a 1 to 3-page document listing accomplishments in bullet point form. This can

include technical projects and/or examples of leadership/management accomplishments. If possible,

quantify tax technical accomplishments by some metric (approx. dollars saved; approx. liability exposure

avoided in dollars; percentage reduction in ETR; increased cash flow by dollars, etc.)

Addendum can be broken down to include a section listing projects from your current employer and

additional section(s) listing projects from past employers. Include projects that will directly relate to the

position under consideration.

III.

Resume Template:

Full Name

Home Address

City, State Zip

Home Phone Number

EDUCATION

School last attended

Outline For Preparing Your Resume And Addendum

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