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Here is what you put into a resume and the order in which you put this information. If you
replace this information with your information, you will have written a resume.
Your name
Street address
City, State Zip
Home phone
Cell phone
Email address
Rule 1: Never refer to yourself in the third person in the body of the resume.
Rule 2: Use factual accomplishments and not subjective opinions of yourself.
- Example of a fact: exceeded assigned sales goal by 30%.
- Examples of opinion; goal-oriented, creative, tenacious, strategic, honest, loyal.
For a person to use adjectives about themselves puts human resource people to
sleep.
Objective: This is optional and often redundant. Generally speaking, your resume has
the objective of getting you interviews with an employer who sees a match in your location,
your compensation, and your experience and that employer's needs. It is conventional to
state an objective here but you can probably find a better use for the space.
Employment History (Most recent job first)
Company Name, Location, Period of Employment (From to )
Most recent title:
- Use bullet format.
- List things you have accomplished.
- Do not waste space on your just giving a job description.
- List things that showed you made a difference.
- Include increasing sales, reducing costs, promoting people, saving time, increasing
productivity, etc.
- Employers and recruiters search their databases for specific words.
- List successes with specific industry words or functions.
- Include the actual name of your product categories, product names, sales
accounts, functions (e.g, Profit & Loss, Market Research or Software Names, New
Product Development, Market Insights, Innovation), etc.
Next List Previous Titles at this company and again bullets on successes:
- List things you have accomplished:
- Do not waste space on your just giving a job description:
- List things that showed you made a difference:
- Things you have accomplished include increasing sales, reducing costs, promoting
people, saving time, increasing productivity, etc.
- Companies and recruiters search their databases for specific words.
- Include the actual name of your product categories, product names, sales
accounts, functions (e.g, Profit & Loss, Market Research or Software Names, New
Product Development, Market Insights, Innovation), etc.
Then include Previous Companies going back in time from most recent.
Education goes next after you have listed the first job you held after college or in your
career: Part-time or vacation jobs held while in school are sometimes not listed except as
a bullet to the education experience.
Do not put references or salary information on your resume.
When you have completed your resume, please send Jay Wren a copy.
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