The RésuméDos and Don’ts

Consider Your AudienceWith many applicants,

employers spend no more than 30 seconds reading your résumé.

Tailor your needs to the employer.◦Be concise, but impactful

LanguageUse action verbs

◦Make concise statements about your achievements

Use data wherever possible◦Ex: Increased productivity by 20%

through management techniques.

Look! An action verb!

The little things…Use nice paper

◦White, off-white◦Heavy stock (specialized paper)◦Watermark

MistakesReflect on you personally

◦ If you’re not the best you can be on paper, what are you like in person?

Detract from your credentials◦ I play less attention to what

you can do when I see what you can’t do correctly.

Take you out of the running

TyposGet your phone number wrong?

Not gonna get the job!

Check for simple mistakes, like manger vs. manager.

Check body AND headings– a typo anywhere shows that you are careless.

Font FaultsDon’t use too many fonts. Be

nice to the eyes of the reader.

Keep size above 10 pts. See how hard this is to read?

Use white space to help organize information