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Job Search Handbook

Copyrighted Material
Your Résumé Checklist

1. Categories
Name, address, phone number(s)
Objective
Summary (optional)
Professional experience or skills
Dates
Company name
Job title
Job description
responsibilities
duties
achievements
Education
Name of institution
Degree(s)
Year(s)
Other
Professional memberships
Awards
Honors
Publications
2. Format
Logically organized
Reverse chronology (where applicable)
Internal consistency
Appropriate amount of space for each entry
3. Layout
Length — two pages or less.
Margins
external
internal
Airiness
Easy readability
Eye-catching (underlining and use of capitalization)
Individualized (has a personal touch)
4. General
Avoidance of abbreviations
Inclusion of exact detail
Sentences versus phrases (consistent use of one or the
other)
Achievement Oriented

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