Business Resume

What is a resume?
A resume is a brief summary of your experiences including work, volunteer, extracurricular activities, educational background, and relevant skills that highlights your qualifications for jobs, internships, specialized programs, or positions.
The purpose of a resume is to market yourself to employers by summarizing your education, experience and skills, ultimately aiming to convince employers to invite you to an interview.
A resume is like an advertisement: it must attract attention, create interest, and generate action on the part of the reader.
The resume tells a potential employer what you have done, what you can do, who you are, and what you know. It also states what kind of work you seek.
A good resume will lead an employer to invite you to an interview to discuss how your background and personality fit the organization.
Resume Format
All dates, bullets, and sections are aligned evenly and consistently throughout the resume.
Resume is tailored to a specific position, job type or industry.
Resume is easy to read, with proper grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Resume includes the following:
Name, Address, Telephone Number, Email Address
A clear and specific job objective tailored to the exact position with a unique approach (optional)
Summary of Qualifications (only highlight skills relevant to the position you’re applying for)
Education (including current education) in reverse chronological order (most recent first)
Work/Volunteer ExperienceA minimum of two to three statements, effectively communicating a demonstration of a skill, experience or ability
Includes: Name of organization, job title, location, and dates
Begins each phrase with an action verb and these verbs are not repeated several times

Resume Do’s