- Limit your resume to
one or two 8 ½" x 11" pages.
- Don't
use “I” or “my.”
- Write
out numbers between one and nine, but use numerals for all numbers 10
and
above. If you begin a sentence with a number, write it out.
- Don’t
include personal information (marital status, social security number,
religion,
age, height or weight).
- Be
clear and concise in your descriptions.
- Don’t
use abbreviations or acronyms
- Check
for periods at the end of full sentences, be consistent with your
punctuation
and don't use exclamation points.
- Use
spell check but remember that spell check doesn't catch everything.
- Use
jargon and terms specific to the industry in your resume.
- Don’t
overcrowd your résumé
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Resumes:
Why You Really Need Two
Technology is rapidly changing the job-hunting rules. A traditional
resume is still an important tool, but the number of employers using
scanners to select applicant pools is growing. It is common for
traditional resumes and those sent via e-mail to be scanned and searched
for keywords by a computer. This creates a problem because traditional
resumes are written using action words (verbs) and keywords are usually
nouns or noun phrases. Since the computer selects an applicant pool based
on the number of keyword “hits,” a traditional resume may not make it
through the first cut.
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Guidelines for Electronic and Scanned
Resumes:
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Use left justification for the
entire document.
-
Use a sans serif font like Arial
or Optima in size of 10 to 14.
-
Avoid tabs
-
Avoid hard returns whenever
possible.
-
Avoid italic text, script,
underlining, graphics, bold and shading.
-
Avoid horizontal and vertical
lines.
-
Avoid parentheses and brackets.
-
Avoid compressed lines of print.
-
Avoid faxed copies that can
become fuzzy.
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Action
Words To Use In A Resume:
