Resume Tips

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CENTERED RESUME FORMAT

 

NAME

 

 

Email

 

LOCAL ADDRESS

 

PERMANENT ADDRESS

Telephone      

 

Telephone      

 

OBJECTIVE

 

You may include a career objective or omit it.  Objectives are often difficult to write and, oftentimes, a job becomes available that is not applicable to the objective.

 

PERSONAL STRENGTHS

 

 

List four or five professional, academic, and personal strengths.  Statements should not take more than one line with each line bulleted.  No period at the end of the statement.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Degree, Name of college, Location of College, Year of Graduation

List Minor

List GPA

List degrees from of colleges/universities

List name of high school

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

(List jobs held during college.  List only those jobs that have contributed to your work experience.  You might also want to include jobs during high school if they have influenced your career choice.)

Name of Company, Location

 

 

Job Title

 

 

  • List two or three lines explaining your job responsibilities.  These lines should be bulleted.  No period at the end.
Name of Company, Location

 

 

Job Title

 

 

  • Continue listing job responsibilities

ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS

(List your professional, academic, and community membership including clubs, honors received, leadership roles, and community contributions.  List those activities and honors received in high school as well.)

Position/Honor, Name of Organization, Date