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M USTS
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r ésumé
m ust
b e
e asily
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t o
t he
e ye.
O n
a verage
y ou
w ill
g et
b etween
1 0-‐
20
s econds
o f
a
h iring
m anager
o r
r ecruiter’s
a ttention
o n
y our
r ésumé.
T his
m eans
y ou
must
b reak
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u p
i nto
b ite
s ized
p ieces
o f
i nformation
t hat
c an
b e
a bsorbed
q uickly
b y
t he
reader.
G ood
u se
o f
b ulleted
l ists
a nd
w hite
s pace
a nd
a voiding
l arge
c hunks
o f
t ext
w ill
make
y our
r ésumé
a
m ore
e ffective
d ocument.
2. Your
n ame
s hould
b e
p rominent
a nd
l arger
t han
t he
t ype
i n
t he
r est
o f
y our
r ésumé.
If
w e
t hink
o f
t he
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s earch
a s
a
m arketing
j ob
y our
n ame
i s
y our
b rand
a nd
y ou
w ant
y our
customers
( potential
e mployers)
t o
r emember
t hat
b rand
a nd
b egin
t o
a ssociate
p ositive
qualities
w ith
t hat
b rand.
3. Use
a n
o bjective
s tatement
b ut
k eep
i t
s hort
a nd
s imple!
E xtraneous
d etails
a nd
l ong
sentences
d ivert
t he
a ttention
o f
t he
r eader
f rom
m ore
i mportant
d etails
i n
t he
d ocument
o r
get
i gnored
e ntirely.
A
s hort,
s imple
o bjective
t hat
s imply
s tates
w hat
k ind
o f
w ork
(internship,
f ull-‐time,
p racticum,
e tc.)
a nd
i n
w hat
f ield,
i ndustry
o r
f or
w hat
c ompany
g ives
your
r eader
v aluable
i nformation
a nd
l et’s
t hem
m ove
o n
t o
e xamine
y our
s kills
a nd
experience.
4. Use
r everse
c hronological
o rder.
S tart
a ll
s ections
w ith
t he
m ost
r ecent
p osition
o r
degree
a nd
w ork
b ackwards
i n
t ime.
5. List
y our
G PA
i f
i t
i s
3 .0
o r
h igher
–
c onsider
o mitting
i t
i f
i t
f alls
b elow
3 .0.
A
p otential
employer
w ill
p robably
g uess
t hat
y our
G PA
i s
l ower
t han
3 .0
i f
i t
i s
n ot
l isted,
h owever,
making
t hem
a sk
a bout
i t
g ives
y ou
t he
o pportunity
t o
g ive
a
p ositive
m arketing
m essage
t o
explain
y our
G PA
a nd
m ake
t he
c ase
t hat
y ou
a re
a
w orthwhile
c andidate
n evertheless.
Confidence
a nd
g ood
c ommunication
s kills
w hile
t alking
t o
a n
e mployer
w ill
o ften
t rump
a
lacking
G PA.
6. For
y our
w ork
e xperience
–
l ead
w ith
t itles
o r
c ompany
n ames.
A
g ood
t itle
o r
a
recognizable
c ompany
n ame
c an
i ncrease
y our
c hances
o f
g etting
a n
i nterview
s o
l ead
w ith
those
r ather
t han
w ith
d ates
w hich
c an
b e
p ushed
t o
t he
f ar
r ight
s ide
o f
t he
p age.
7. Use
3 -‐5
b ulleted
a ccomplishment
s tatements
u nder
e ach
p osition
y ou
l ist.
T hese
bullets
s hould
b egin
w ith
a n
a ction
v erb
( see
a ttached
l ist
o f
v erbs
f or
h elp)
a nd
s hould
quantify
t he
r esults
o f
y our
w ork
w henever
p ossible.
( e.g.,
A udited
a ccounting
s tatements
and
l edgers
r evealing
n early
$ 50,000
i n
u npaid
b ills.)
8. Highlight
c omputer
s kills.
C omputer
s kills
s till
r ank
v ery
h igh
i n
a ttributes
t hat
m ost
employers
v alue
i n
n ew
h ires
s o
b e
s ure
t o
h ighlight
t hem.
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f rom
o perating
systems
t o
M icrosoft
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t hat
i s
u nique
t o
y our
f ield
w ill
h elp.
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t itled
p ositions
y ou
h ave
h eld
i n
c lubs
o r
o rganizations.
E mployers
l ike
t o
see
s tudents
w ho
h ave
b een
a ctive
o n
c ampus
b ut
t hey
l ove
t o
s ee
s tudents
w ho
h ave
t aken
on
p ositions
o f
l eadership
a nd
a uthority
w ithin
t hose
o rganizations
s o
b e
s ure
t o
l ist
t hem
first
i n
y our
A ctivities
s ection
a nd
p ut
t hem
i n
b old
t o
b ring
a ttention
t o
t hem.