Tips
- Research the company and job you are applying for.
- Tailor each resume to the job you are applying for.
- Emphasize the past experience that best matches the job and the company profile.
- De-emphasize or eliminate past job requirements that are irrelevant to the job at hand.
- Choose industry-related terms to express your past experience.
- Use bullet points to make your resume easier to read.
Basic Rules
(note: Our basic rules are geared towards applicants who are unfamiliar with writing a resume or applying for a job in the United States .)
- Be sure to start the resume with an Objective (a short statement about your goal).
- List dates of employment and education in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
- Your resume should not exceed two pages.
- Provide references on a separate page, or write "References Available Upon Request".
- Write a cover letter for each job you are applying for. The cover letter should briefly summarize your skills and why you are the right person for the job. This letter should be in a professional format.
- Print your resume on high quality white or slightly off-white paper. You can get this paper by the sheet in copy shops or by the box at office supply stores.
- Your resume should have a clean, professional, and easy-to-read format.
- You should never includepersonal information such as your age, birth date, marital status, parental status, pets, or ethnicity. Also avoid including affiliations or hobbies that might be controversial or will not specifically affect your ability to do the job.
- Do not include a photograph of yourself on your resume.
- Make sure your resume is free of spelling and grammatical errors and check several times for typographic errors
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