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.