RESUMES - PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE

Plan before you write

Use the following outline for your resume:

1. Contact heading
(name, address, phone, e-mail address)

2. Career objective
(clear, brief, specific)

3. Summary statement
(a bulleted list of your key skills and qualifications)

Example: Public Relations/Community Relations professional

Diversified background in internal and external communications and fund-raising and development
Experience includes: designing and implementing educational programs for public, hospital personnel and medical communities; and marketing hospital services, guest relations services, media campaigns, and in-house publications

4. Work history
(include specific results for which you were personally responsible, with supporting data)

Use action verbs and quantify your experience as much as possible.
Cite sales goals achieved, production volumes increased, lines of code debugged, number of employees managed, revenues increased.

5. Education
(college degrees, relevant courses or workshops, list of internal or corporate training courses completed)

6. Optional information
(relevant memberships, awards, publications, certificates, etc.)

7. Personal statement
(an overview of the personal characteristics that make you an excellent candidate for the job)