Outline of a Resume
Header
Includes your name, permanent and college addresses, telephone
number(s), and e-mail address. Once you have graduated, of course, you
would use only your permanent address and phone on your resume.
Career Objective
This is strictly an optional section on a resume. If you are
reasonably focused on a particular type of position and/or industry,
then include a targeted objective in your resume. Avoid pronouns and
flowery phrases or cliches. A clearly, simply stated objective will
serve as a confident statement of your interests.
If you are not certain about your career focus, then do not include
an objective on your resume. You will undoubtedly struggle to draft a
statement that fails to enhance your resume or increase your chances
of securing an interview. Narrowing your career focus to a manageable
number of career options is very desirable.If you are in need of
assistance with this, meet with a member of the Career Services staff.
Education
Include the following: college name, city, state, degree,
concentration, date of graduation, overall GPA ( if 3.0 or better),
concentration GPA ( if 3.0 or higher), academic awards, and relevant
courses (include only if they highlight features of your major
concentration or show a specific skill).
If you contribute to the expenses of your college education, make a
statement indicating percentage earned.
Do not include information pertaining to your high school years if
you are beyond your sophomore year.
Computer Skills
Indicate the names of software that you are proficient in or
reasonably familiar with. Also indicate your ability to work in an IBM
windows environment and/or Macintosh environment.
Experience
This section should include the following elements:
- company/organization's name, city and state employment dates (to
and from) job title and job description.
- Be sure to list all relevant experiences that will support your
career objective. Include internships and/or unpaid positions.
In describing your experiences:
- highlight work tasks that are relevant to the position you are
seeking.
- Emphasize major responsibilities and eliminate minor details.
- Use numbers whenever possible to describe the magnitude of your
achievements.
- Use action verbs to begin your bullet-point statements.
Accomplishments
With a functional resume, this heading is an effective way to draw
attention to the fact that you have not only performed your duties at
your jobs and activities, but also have excelled by making positive
changes and contributions. NOTE: While this sample resume does an
excellent job of conveying this student's abilities and
accomplishments, employers generally prefer the chronological format.
You should choose a functional resume format only in circumstances
where the chronological format cannot adequately convey your abilities
(and after consulting with a career counselor).
College Leadership and Activities
Leadership: List campus positions you have been elected to or
selected for. Use titles such as secretary, president, chair. Describe
responsibilities by focusing in on experiences in which you were
singled out as an achiever. If you designed a program, motivated
people to attend an event or raised $1,000 for a charitable
organization, these are all results and demonstrate qualities that
employers find desirable.
Activities: Include clubs, professional organizations, sports,
community groups or committees that you have been involved in.
Additional Categories
You may include information on professional affiliations, community
service, international travel, special skills or fluency in other
languages.
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