This document discusses resumes, providing tips on formatting, fonts, and keywords. It notes resumes should provide a snapshot of your skills, abilities, and accomplishments. Common fonts like Helvetica, Proxima Nova, and Garamond are recommended, while Comic Sans should be avoided. Keywords about achievements, personal attributes, career progression and gaps should be included to avoid common deal-breakers that cause resumes to be rejected.
4. What is a RESUME???
Quick advertisement of who “YOU” are
Snapshot of “YOU”
Self Marketing Tool
Effectively communicate your assets to the employer
Summary of your Skills, Abilities & Accomplishments
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Helvetica is so no-fuss
It doesn’t really lean in one direction or another
It feels professional, light hearted, honest
Helvetica is safe
It’s more business-y
Their letters do not have the tiny "feet"
It is beautiful
Proxima Nova, is “cousin to Helvetica” with less
of an edge
It has a softer feel
It feels a little rounder
Proxima Nova is apparently a hit among suits.
Say you're a high roller and want to actually purchase a font
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use Garamond to get your long rap sheet to fit into
a single page
Garamond is legible and easy for the eye to
follow
Garamond has all these quirks in it, so what that
does is allow the eye to see where it should go
If you are very experienced,
It’s very tall
It’s a little fancy
It’s a little feminine
It’s a good option for a fashion job, It’s like wearing the black dress to the ball
If you want something intentionally upscale, try Didot
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There’s some controversy over the classic Times New Roman
It has the reputation of being staid
It has been a system font for a long time. It’s been used and misused a lot
It’s said that:
Using Times New Roman is the typeface equivalent of wearing sweatpants to an
interview
You should never use Comic Sans unless you are designing the investment issue
of a national business magazine.
Do not even look at Comic Sans. It should not be on your résumé
33. Resume DEAL Breakers
4 Resume Deal-Breakers that most employers strike when thumbing through a resume
1. Insufficient Experience - The best way to hit this target is to zero in on every piece of
SIGNIFICANT experience you can muster - Don't JUST stay confined to your employment
history, dig up any key ACCOMPLISHMENTS you've achieved in your hobbies, volunteer work,
personal development or sporting activities.
2. Insufficient Personal Attributes - Now this blunder USUALLY steams from candidates, firing of
cookie-cutter resumes and cover letters without scanning the ad/application looking for clues
It's all there info such as ability to work with others or ability to motivate others. You need to
peek into your PERSONAL history and demonstrate these attributes by sprinkling them
throughout your resume.
3. Slow Career Advancement - Depending on the position the interviewer may have expected
you to SHOOT up the career ladder a lot faster and higher than you have. This ones simple
but also completely overlooked. Without being to long-winded about it you simply give a
REASON why.
4. Employment Gaps - Don't let bumps in the road derail YOU! A super-quick explanation
showing what you did DURING these gaps, and how this experience has given you an
advantage in preparation for the role.
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34. Best ACTIVE KEYWORDS to use
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Achieved Adapted Addressed Administered Advised
Analyzed Arranged Assembled Assessed Assisted
Attained Audited Budgeted Calculated Classified
Coached Collected Communicated Compiled Composed
Computed Conducted Consolidated Constructed Consulted
Coordinated Counselled Created Critiqued Defined
Designed Detected Determined Devised Diagnosed
Directed Discovered Displayed Earned Edited
Eliminated Enforced Established Estimated Evaluated
Examined Expanded Explained Experimented Financed
Formulated Gathered Generated Grossed Guided
Handled Hypothesized Identified Illustrated Implemented
Improved Increased Influenced Initiated Inspected
Installed Instituted Instructed Interpreted Interviewed