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- 1. Creating an Effective Resume
- 2. What is a resume? A brief document that highlights your: ▫ Education ▫ Employment history ▫ Experiences that are relevant for a particular job. The purpose is to get an interview!
- 3. Facts about Resumes Employers take less than 20 seconds to look at a resume before they keep or discard it! • Needs to be persuasive and perfect. • No shorter than one full page. • No longer than three pages. • Maintain a general resume but be prepared to tailor it to a specific job.
- 4. Designing the Resume • Use templates cautiously • Conform to the conventional format • Be consistent ▫ Use same font and size for all headings and text • Use Emphasis but don’t overdo it ▫ Bold ▫ Italics ▫ Capitalize ▫ Underline ▫ Color ▫ Choose one not all
- 5. Essential Sections • Contact information • Education • Experience Place strongest/most relevant section closest to the top of the page!
- 6. Additional Section: Recommended for Health Care Professionals • Instrumentation Skills ▫ Proficient in the use of Slit Lamp, Tonometry, Lensometer . . .
- 7. Optional Sections • Computer skills • Languages • Certifications • Honors/Awards Only if relevant!
- 8. Contact Information • What is the best way for you to be contacted? ▫ Home phone ▫ Cell phone ▫ Email ▫ Social media links? (LinkedIn) • Record appropriate voice mail greeting • Use an appropriate email address
- 9. Education • List most recent schooling first • Names of schools you have attended ▫ Don’t list high school, unless particularly relevant • Location of schools • Date of graduation ▫ actual or anticipated • Degree(s) earned • Grade point average ▫ If over 3.0
- 10. Experience • List most recent experience first • Names of companies you have worked for • Location of companies • Position title • Dates of employment • Description of responsibilities and duties Don’t forget volunteer & intern experiences too!
- 11. Description of Responsibilities Before After • Supplies purchasing • Prepared weekly payroll • Responsible for helping customers • Managed purchasing • Prepared weekly payroll • Assisted customers Use keywords from the job description. Use Power Verbs to highlight your accomplishments. Make it parallel:
- 12. Things to avoid • Elaborate Fonts ▫ Stick with Arial or Century Gothic, 10 – 12 point • Colored Paper • Photographs • Objective Statements • References to ▫ age ▫ religious preference ▫ political preference ▫ Hobbies • Sending a Word doc ▫ save resume as a PDF
- 13. Sample Resume