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.

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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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8. REALITY CHECK!!
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9. HIDDEN FACTS & FIGURES!!
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10. MUST KNOW INSIGHTS!!
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BUT WHAT?
IF AFTER KNOWING THE FACTS THIS
HAPPENS!!!

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18. HOW TO AVOID THIS?
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19. How
will
“Your”
Resume
Stand
OUT
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20. BEST & WORST FONTS TO USE
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21. Typography Wonks
Which typefaces make a curriculum
vitae look classiest
Which should never, ever be seen by
an employer
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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

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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

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Invented Investigated Lectured Managed Marketed
Mediated Modeled Monitored Motivated Negotiated
Obtained Operated Ordered Organized Oversaw
Performed Persuaded Photographed Planned Prepared
Presented Printed Processed Produced Projected
Promoted Proofread Provided Publicized Purchased
Received Recommended Reconciled Recorded Recruited
Reduced Referred Refined Rehabilitated Repaired
Reported Represented Researched Resolved Responded
Restored Retrieved Reviewed Scheduled Selected
Solved Sorted Summarized Supervised Supplied
Surveyed Tested Trained Transcribed Translated
Traveled Tutored Upgraded Utilized Wrote

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