Resume, Letter, Interview
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Resume Format
Choosing the format of your resume is a good place
to start. There are three most common formats which will be
discussed...Chronological, Functional, and Targeted/Combination.
Basic Resume Format
Our experience has found that interviewers prefer a reverse
chronological format resume over a functional or other formats. What is
a chronological format resume? Don't worry, in the following information
we will tell you exactly what your resume should contain and provide you
with an example resume to use as a guide.
When selecting paper, pick something white or ivory, these are
standard and acceptable colors. Pages should be 8 1/2 inches by 11
inches. It is very acceptable for your resume to be over one page.
However, your resume should never exceed two pages.
- At the top of the page, put your name. On the next line
place your mailing address followed by city, state, and zip. To the
right of your name and address, place your home phone number. On the
next line place your work phone number. Now you are ready to begin
the body of your resume.
- In the first section of information, list your educational
background. This section should be titled "EDUCATION". List the
Degree and the year you received your degree on the first line.
Second line should list the University your degree was received from
and the city and state in which the University is located. If you
received a Graduate Degree, you should list this prior to
undergraduate work on one full line and list it in the same manner.
If you have not fully completed your graduate work, list the amount
you have completed.
- The second section on your resume should be your military
history. The grouping should be listed as "EXPERIENCE". Under
experience you should list all military positions in reverse
chronological order.
First you should list, on one line, the date
you began active duty to "present" (If you have already left active
duty then list that date in the place of the word "present".) On
that same line, place that branch of the service and location. Then,
skip one full line.
- Now, we want to explain the positions you have held. On
the first line, list he dates when the positions were held and the
title of the position. Then, in paragraph form, list the
responsibilities of the position you held, the number of people you
supervised and the type and amount of equipment for which you were
responsible. After you have briefly covered the data, you must then
cover the most important part of the paragraph. List the
accomplishments, in a bullet format.
Listing your
accomplishments and the positive impact these accomplishments
made is important for an interviewer. An interviewer must know more
about you than accomplishments you attain and the results and impact
of those accomplishments. It is the results of you accomplishments,
on which an interviewer will judge your job performance and
effectiveness. I'll stress this again, you must list your
accomplishments, the results, and the impact of those
accomplishments.
Repeat the above section for each position you held in military.
- The third grouping on your resume should be special classes
or training you received. This section should be titled "SPECIAL
TRAINING". To the right of the group title, list the name of the
class / course and the date attended.
- The fourth grouping on your resume should be involved honors
/ activities. This section should be titled "HONORS". You should
list all honors, organizations, community service, offices held,
etc.
- The fifth grouping on your resume should be any military
awards you received. This section should be titled "AWARDS".
After the title, skip one line and list all awards you received.
- The sixth grouping should list additional information. This
section should be titled "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION". In this section
you should list any important information that did not get mentioned
in the previous sections of the resume. Such as: computer skills,
foreign language skills, college expenses earned, etc.
Note: Do not include your reference names or say that
references are available on request. It is assumed that they are. Do NOT
use an "objective statement".
Chronological
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Electronic
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Combination
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- Detail work experience in reverse chronological order.
- Include work history and education.
- Easiest to prepare.
- Most favored by organizations - preferred by 83% of corporate
human resource professionals.
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- Scannable Resumes are
designed to be entered into a computerized database. The resume is
read by a scanner and stored in text format.
- E-mail Resumes also deserve
special attention to ensure an organized transfer of your
information.
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- Focus on a position / job target. Present capabilities in
support of that position.
- Permit you to prominently relate you ability to do the job
even if skills and experience are not recent.
- Must research the position sought.
- Include job titles & dates of employment.
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See also: Functional Resume - Sample Functional Resumes
- Resume Format
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