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A resume is a one or two page summary of your skills, accomplishments, experiences and education, designed to capture a prospective employer’s interest. The purpose of a resume is the secure an interview. It is the primary tool of your job search and doesn’t feel foolish if it takes several drafts to prepare effectively.

Building An Effective Resume

I. Self Assessment

Before u can write an effective resume, you must first be able to identify your skills and abilities as well as your special needs relating to the work environment, salary, geographic location, and people environment. This step will help you to develop a career objective. The following exercise will help u identify some things about yourself that you may want to convey in your resume.
Exercise:

• List at least 10 skills that you have developed in each of the following areas: education/work/internships or volunteer/extracurricular. Use action words to develop on liner summaries.
• Circle each of the skill noted in part A that you would like to user in your employment. Are there other talents you possess that you would like to use on the job? If so, add them to the list of circled skills. Now rank these skills in order of those most want to use.
• Make a list of what you consider to be five great accomplishments in your life. What personal qualities helped you reach each goal?

II. Career Exploration

Collecting information regarding the required skills and qualifications of occupations, which interest you, is an extremely important step. This information will help you decide if and how these requirements relate to your own skills and needs.

III. Writing the Resume

As you organize your resume, keep in mind the needs of the employer who will be reading it. Consider what he is looking for in a candidate and make it easy for the reader to pick out those skill by selecting appropriate categories, using underlining, boldfacing or capitalizing and presenting relevant experience and skill areas higher up on the page. Keep in mind the following as you begin developing your resume:

Sell Yourself
Create a good first impression by highlighting skill and abilities appropriate to the position.

Use Effective Language
Articulate marketable skill acquired through your positions.
Example: Marketing Executive, ABC Software House. Assisted clients with selection of software, developed and promoted special marketing strategies, trained new employees, monitored development. The software house increased sales by 7 percent in a 6 months period.

• Be consistent
  Choose a pattern of spacing, an order of information presentation or a format of highlighting and be consistent throughout.
• Present information in a reverse chronological order
  It should also be within categories. List education and work experience starting with the most recent first.
• Check for grammar
  Misspellings and poorly constructed sentences communicate negative impressions about a candidate.
• Ensure that your resume is neat and visually appealing
  Choose high quality paper in white or off-white.

Resume Content Areas
The following categories can be used as guideline to assist you in organizing a resume. In constructing a rough draft, do not be concerned with length. Remember that categories may be omitted or added in later revisions. There is no absolute correct way to organize your resume. Creativity is encouraged. The following are descriptions of the basic categories of the standard resume.

• Name, Address and Telephone
  Present yourself with the name you use in your personal and business life(nick name should be avoided). Use your permanent home address or someone who will know where to contact your at all times. Also and always include phone numbers if you can. If you have an email address, you might want to include that as well.
• Objective or Profile
  Objective is one of the most important parts of a resume and should not be overlooked. It informs potential employers that you are moving in a certain direction, relates your work preferences, and serves as a focal point from which to reviews and analyze your resume. It should be brief, clearly stated and consistent with the accomplishments and demonstrated skill as documented on your resume. If you are considering more than one professional goal, you should consider developing more than one resume, each presenting a different objective.
  The Profile is an alternative to an objective statement. It gives you the opportunity to present your strengths at the very beginning of the resume. It is important to emphasize your abilities and accomplishments more than past duties. You may also want to indicate how well you performed.
• Education
  This category is particularly important if you have not had a great deal of work experience. Remember that you most recent educational experience should be listed first. Include your degree, specialization, institutions attended, date of graduation, subsidiary subjects studied and any special workshops, seminars related courses or projects.
• Work Experience
  Many students have limited paid work experience but have involved in volunteer, internships, or similar work experiences. The important point to the employer is what your skill are and what your can do on the job. Be sure to include all significant work experience in reverse chronological order (last experience first). You should include:
  • The title of your Position and Responsibilities.
  • Name of Organization.
  • Time Period.

  You should describe your work responsibilities with an emphasis on achievements to communicate your skill. List the most important and related responsibilities first.
  Identify the most relevant work experience and describe them fully. Be brief with the irrelevant experiences or omit them.

• Additional Information
  This category is useful for displaying information that doesn’t fit in any other categories. Although Interests, Computer Knowledge, and activities can be separate categories, especially if they are very strong, they can be listed here as well. Languages spoken, or any extra, relevant bit of information can be placed here as well.
• References
  Be sure to ask individuals if they would be willing to be a reference for you. The reference should include name, job title, address, business and home telephone numbers, or you may also state at the bottom of your resume “References furnished upon request”.