Careers - Résumé Tips

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Here are a few tips to help you create a professional and easy to read résumé.

• Tell the truth about your career and experiences
• Decide on the format and lay out of your résumé
• Make it brief, using short phrases
• Use action verbs such as created, initiated, organized,
• Include internships, summer and part-time employment,
• Emphasize skills, strengths and accomplishments,
• List major awards, achievements and publications,
• Organize education and employment in reverse chronological order,
• Give attention to the attractiveness and clarity of the résumé,
• Have your résumé critiqued for style, impact and spelling,
• Consider the tone of your résumé,
• Use the language/jargon of your chosen field,
• Remove all personalization: "I," "me," "my," "we."
• Relate the information given to your career objective
• Check for formatting issues: spacing; awkward page breaks; margins too big/little; general presentation
• Edit and proofread your work before sending it out