What is a Resume?

-in five minutes or less.

YOUR RESUME…1. INTRODUCES YOU IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS2. IS SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT TO THE READER3. STANDS UP TO A QUICK SCAN AND A CLOSE READ

YOUR RESUME…1. INTRODUCES YOU IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS2. IS SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT TO THE READER3. STANDS UP TO A QUICK SCAN AND A CLOSE READ

PAINTS A PICTURE

CREATES CURIOSITY

BUILDS CONFIDENCE

IMPROVES WITH TIME

early campus job

internship

full-time work

YOUR RESUME…1. INTRODUCES YOU IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS2. IS SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT TO THE READER3. STANDS UP TO A QUICK SCAN AND A CLOSE READ

LADY GAGA

OPRAH WINFREY

Communicate Passionately

Empathetic

Pop Culture

MARK ZUCKERBERG

entrepreneurial

tech savvy

BARACK OBAMA

Influence Change

Political Involvement

I do them.

Successfully.All of the time.

Those things that you’re looking for?

CLEAR

CONCISE

FOCUSED

EVIDENCEresults

positive feedback

impact

change

improvement

scale and size

percentages

dollars

who

what

when

where

why

how

benefits

YOUR RESUME…1. INTRODUCES YOU IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS2. IS SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT TO THE READER3. STANDS UP TO A QUICK SCAN AND A CLOSE READ

USE ONE PAGE

PUT MOST COMPELLING INFORMATION FIRST

ORGANIZE CONSISTENTLY

organization role location date

USE ACTIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE

VERBS

INCLUDE CONTEXTUALDETAILS

Developed own project, including contacting dance companies and choreographers; designed budget of $4000

Represented the interests of the nearly 180,000 students in Holtz County

Sold products and resolved customer conflicts in a fast-paced environment

DEMONSTRATERESULTS

Research culminated in an independent research project on the current economic situation in

Wenzhou, China

Named to Academic All-American, All-New England teams for lacrosse

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