Do's
Improve your resume by:
- Adding bullets instead of having a lengthy explanation. It will bore your readers.
- Describing your job duties that are only relevant to the job you want.
- Writing the month and year that you started and ended any previous jobs. For example: May, 2008 – February, 2012
- Feeling okay to write over one page if you have vast experience.
- Writing out the meaning of words that have acronyms. For instance, HBO. Make sure you write out the meaning or else someone may think you are referring to the television show when you may mean Health Benefits Officer.
- Always adding a city and state to each job you have posted on your resume.
- Using vocabulary words that will prompt the reader to be interested in your resume.
- Using an easy to read font that is not too big or too small. Times New Roman size 12 is often used.
Don'ts
What will kick your resume off the table:
- Writing a story for every job you had.
- Having jobs that do not relate to the job you are applying to on the resume.
- Using the word Responsibility or Responsible more than once
- Having an objective that will put you to sleep or make others think you really don’t want the job. For instance, using the same objective for every resume is terrible. Be creative!
- Putting an unprofessional picture on your resume. Try to avoid the picture. (However, In countries like Japan, they request a professional picture)
- Writing your hobbies…they don’t care. Do not write them.
- Spelling errors. Always use your knowledge and grammar check.
- Describing your looks. Unless you are in the modeling industry, delete that part.
- Hiding references. Have references ready before you meet them.
- Explaining duties that are not relevant to your job. Delete those.