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Contact Information

  • First Name Last Name
  • Street Address
  • City, State, Zip Code
  • Phone (Home/Cell)
  • Email Address

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Summary /Objective

  • List achievements for experienced candidates.
  • Objective your entry-level right out of school.

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Experience

  • List company name, job site, months/years, and job title
  • Show in chronological order with most recent job listed first
  • Use “inverted pyramid” style with bullet points to highlight work
  • Prioritize bullet points based on level of responsibility or to tailor to specific job you are applying to get
  • Eliminate bullet points, as resume increases in size with each additional job, by choosing to rid those responsibilities that no
  • longer sells yourself and where you are currently at professionally

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Professional Memberships / Certifications

  • Technical certifications
  • Memberships or organizations

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Skills

  • Listing of any technology or skills that apply to help meet or bolster chances of landing a specific job

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Education

  • Associates, Bachelors, Masters, etc…be clear on degree earned. Any ambiguity will lead employer to think classes were taken, but no degree earned.