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Creating
Your Resume
The resume is your personal marketing brochure and an integral
part of your job search. Its purpose is to gain you invitations
to interviews. As a marketing device, a resume must convey who you
are, highlight your qualifications and minimize your limitations
to prospective employers. You want them to "screen you in"
for an interview based on your resume, not "screen you out."
A quality resume is: accurate, descriptive, brief, easy-to-read,
graphically engaging and laser printed. A photocopied resume does
not cut it.
The Resume Page
- The Resume Page discusses points to remember and guidelines to
follow as you write you resume.
The Resume Format
- There are various types of resume formats and they are all discussed
and linked to this page.
• The Chronological Resume
• The Functional Resume
• The Combinational Format
Sample Cover Letter
This is an example of what your resume cover letter should look
like.
Resume Content
Resume content is crucial to an effective resume.
Resume Production
Some key rules that must be obeyed in reproducing your resume are
listed here.
Electronic
and Scannable Resume Guidelines
These are some important and sometimes overlooked guidelines that
are crucial in creating and transmitting electronic resumes.
Action Words
A large list of action verbs that will aid in the development of
a positive and forceful image.
Online
Action Verb List
Sample Resumes
The following are sample resumes that are created by the CDC for
your perusal:
• The Chronological Resume
• The Functional Resume
• The Targeted Resume
Websites for help with writing
resumes and cover letters:
http://www.quintcareers.com/action_skills.html#data
www.jobweb.com/resources/library/international/tips_for_creating_a_182_01.htm
(Tips for creating an global resume or CV)
www.rileyguide.com/letters.html
www.resumesandcoverletters.com
www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes
Career Services Department -
Division of Student Affairs
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
4140 Building, 600 S. 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-596-7494/Fax: 215-596-7582
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