Resumes

1. Resumes

2. Don’ts • Age height, weight, martial status • Social insurance number • Photograph or physical description • Political or religious affiliations • Reasons for leaving last employer • Salary requirements • Health availability

3. Do’s • Personal information: name. address, phone number, email • Career objective: state what you plan to accomplish • List education and training • List with most recent for specific diplomas and degrees • Work experience • List in reverse chronological order stating the company, your position, dates, duties, and accomplishments

4. Resume Rules! • No sentences. No periods. No paragraphs • Choose past or present tense—not both • Space info so you don’t have big white blocks of empty paper • Shoot for 2 pages… no more…no less • Use effective font styles, sizes, bullets, lines, ect. • Save all of your work while editing