Your resume is usually an employer’s first impression of you.  It should:

• be strong, concise, honest, positive and impeccable
• contain information relevant to your audience
• be tailored to the employer’s interests and needs
• showcase your accomplishments

 

TAILORING YOUR RESUME OR CV

What is this resume’s purpose?  

  

Have you researched your audience to determine how you meet their hiring needs? 

 

How do you show you’re the best candidate?

 

What type of resume will you develop?

 

Is a curriculum vitae more appropriate?

 

 

RESUME COMPONENTS

Career Summary and Objective

 

Education and Experience

 

Other Sections including: Training, Skills, Community Service, Awards, Professional Affiliations, etc.

 

 

SAMPLE RESUMES

            Chronological Resume - Teacher (.doc)

            Chronological Resume – Social Worker (.doc)

            Combination Resume – Human Resources (.doc)

 

 

LINKS

Action Verbs for Work Experience

Using these action verbs can make your work responsibilities pop on your resume or c.v.

 

Articles and a Tutorial on Resumes

The Quintessential Careers site has sample resumes and a resume-writing tutorial.

 

Job Application Materials

Examples of cover letters, references and job application other materials are on the Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab under “Job Search Writing.”

 

Resumes for Federal Jobs

USAJOBS, OPM’s official website for Federal jobs, has an excellent online template to create a Federal resume.  Federal agencies typically require a more detailed resume than private sector employers.

 

ResumeTutor!

This excellent tool from the University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources explains resume development step-by-step. 

 

Templates

This site has useful templates for writing cover letters and resumes.

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