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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Section I: Résumé Writing Instructions

Introduction 1

Types of Résumés 2

Objective Statement 3

Transferable Skills 4-5

Creating Effective Bullet Points 6

Sample Action Verbs 7

Common Résumés Mistakes 8

Elements of a Tight Résumés 9-12

Darcy Sanders 13

Chronological/Basic

Bartender Experience

Franklin Smith 14

Targeted

Undergraduate business

Jeremy Student 15

Chronological/Basic

Anthropology

Leah Kennedy 16

Functional

Finance w/ computer skills

Peter Policy 17

Chronological

Public Policy/Plotical Science

Mike Freshman, III 18

Functional

No work expereince

Norman Nurse 19

Targeted

Healthcare

Noreen Nontraditional 20

Combination

Human Resources/Several Years work expereince

Roseanna Creative 21

Functional/Targeted

Arts/Communications

Sally Science 22

Combination

Lab Skills

Henry C. Drive 23

Targeted

Computer Science/Programming

Jessica Janes 24-25

Targeted

Teaching/Education

Anthony Writer 26

Targeted

Writing

Allie Alum 27-28

Functional

Marketing/Business Management

Antsy Anthropology 29

Chronological

Anthropology/Public Affairs

Introduction

Do you need to write a Résumé or CV?

Whether you are a freshman or graduate student, at some point in your academic career you will need a résumé or CV to present your education, skills and experiences to a potential employer or graduate school. Writing a résumé takes time and requires a summary of what you have accomplished within the last 5 to 10 years. Writing an effective draft of your résumé may take four hours. A CV covers more years when appropriate.

Understand that in today’s world of hiring there are sophisticated applicant tracking systems used by business to scan hundreds to thousands of résumés per hour. It is so very important that your résumé have the right words or language. Your résumé must be written with the position you are attempting to gain in mind. You...