This document provides guidance on creating résumés in 3 main sections. It discusses presenting qualifications and accomplishments, the different types of résumés including chronological and skills-based, and details on layout, typesetting and proofreading. Key recommendations include quantifying accomplishments, using action verbs, keeping the résumé to 1-2 pages with no unnecessary information, and carefully checking for errors.

1. Résumés Module 27

2. Presenting Your Qualifications Accomplishments (quantify if you can) Prioritize relevant achievements Separate yourself

3. Presenting Your Qualifications Buzzwords/Jargon (but be careful) Basic skills (technology, public speaking, writing, collaboration, second language, etc.) Objective with employer’s name (?)

4. Kinds of Résumés Chronological Skills

5. Chronological Résumé Steady progression

6. Skills Résumé non-standard route (education/experience) changing fields combine experience for various activities questionable recent work history

7. Chronological Résumé organized according to past positions details relative to job importance parallel structure

8. Skills Résumé Organized according to skills or sets of skills Headings appropriate to application

9. One page or two? If one page, fill it. If one to two pages, no fluff.

10. Scannable Resume Take out all the formatting .txt file

11. Action Verbs See page 483 of our text

12. Layout Navigable Consistency (design, parallel grammatical structures) Horizontal Organization Vertical Organization

13. Typesettings Conservative Fonts (Times, Helvetica, Arial; no more than two) Bold, Italics, Lines, Bullets: Use sparingly and Strategically Name: 14pt, bold Body 11-12; Section Headings: 12pt, bold

14. Details & Proof Reading Grammar and spelling Consistent grammatical structure Consistent Font and Type Size

15. Thank You.