Resume Tips

What Should My Resume Contain?
A resume should be filled with work and academic experiences that convey a strong sense of your skills and accomplishments.

What Should My Resume Look Like?
Make sure your resume is pleasant to look at and a fast, easy read. Bullet points about your life will tell the story of your career in a short amount of time.

What Should My Resume Say About Me?
In the “Highlights of Qualifications”, tell something about yourself, such as organized, experienced, multi-tasker, excellent personal skills, etc.

What Are Accomplishment Statements?
Although it is important to sum up your experiences, it is also important to show accomplishments such as how you consistently met deadlines, exceeded sales goals and cut expenses.

What Do Accomplishment Statements Look Like?
Quantify accomplishments. Express them in dollars saved, percent of sales increased, percent of improvement, number of people supervised or a specific measurable. Accomplishments should be in the format of Problem, Action, Results.

Focus the Resume on Success
Keep your resume focused on how you helped achieve your company’s goals. Employers are less interested in the fact that you worked for a Fortune 500 company than they are in what you did to help make the company successful.

How Can I Help You?
Highlight what a potential employer is looking for. If you are applying for a CFO position, stress your skills in cash management, budgeting, cost savings, forecasting or raising capital.

Keep the Resume Short and To The Point
Lengthy career summaries and career objectives are not a good idea. Your track record and accomplishments—not verbiage—will sell you. Use active verbs, and avoid fancy ones. Cut out meaningless phrases like results-oriented.

Getting the Edge
People who can help a company grow and make money have an employment edge.

Use Descriptive Job Titles
Make job titles brief and descriptive. Example, “VP, Director" or "Manager of Human Resources.”

Tailor Your Resume
Don’t be afraid to change your resume for each job you are applying for. If you have access to a computer and printer, this can be easily done. State your experience and accomplishments that are relevant to each job.