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General Résumé Guidelines

  • Be sure your resume is visually interesting. There should be plenty of white space on the paper to make it easy to read.

  • Your email address should be professional -- don't use anything like hotstuff@hotmail.com

  • Use a standard font like Arial, Times New Roman or Garamond that is easy to read and stick with it. The font size should be 11 or 12 points.

  • Be consistent in your use of capital letters, bullets, boldface, underlining and periods.

  • Bold, CAPITILIZE, or underline headings to make them stand out.

  • Double space between sections. Single space within sections.

  • List job information (company name, city and state, job title, dates) in the same order from one entry to the next.

  • List entries in reverse chronological order (most recent experience first).

  • Wording should be concise and to the point.

  • Be sure there are no errors - typographical, spelling, punctuation, grammar, accuracy of information.

  • Use bullet points with short statements to describe experiences. Put the most important information on the first line under each entry. Start each with an action verb.

  • You do not need to include high school information.

  • A reference list is not necessary.

  • Resumes should be one page in length.

  • Spell check your resume. Ask a friend to proofread it for you.