OBJECTIVE
Enter in one or two sentences your goal and type of job you want.
Be as specific and clear and concise as possible. This part should get the resume reader's attention.
SUMMARY
Here you should summarize your experience and skills for the job you want. Use Bullet headings and summarize your abilities in three to four short paragraphs. You can use tables for IT skills. This area is an important attention grabber.
Here are a few examples:
6+ years experience as advertising sales manager
{Put specific job related skill set here, i.e. to follow}
Extensive cash flow analysis skills. Use of PROJECT, ARGUS, & Spreadsheet SW
IT or other technical people with many skills that are summarized in a word or phrase can use a table format:
| Linux | Windows | Mac OS X | Open Office |
| MS Frontpage | DreamWeaver MX | HTML | CSS |
| PHP | J2EE | XML | SQL |
EXPERIENCE
Company Name, City, State
Job Title, 200x - 2005
Briefly describe your responsibilities in this section. Use short concise language or again use bullet headings. No more than 4-5 per job. Remember, the resume should be easy to read through quickly. Your resume may be one of a hundred a reviewer must look at in a day. Try to start of each bullet heading with an action word or verb. (i.e. - Managed; Created; Revised; Accelerated; Contracted; Supervised; etc.)
Company Name, City, State
Job Title, 199x - 200x
Similar as above.
Another point to remember is to list work experience in reverse order, starting with your present employer and working backwards.
Company Name, City, State
Job Title, 199x - 199x
Try to list relevant jobs. This applies mostly to younger people, with little experience or people with a career change in mind. Do not go extensively into your experience as a waiter, cashier or parking lot attendant, (potentially jobs you had while attending school), if you are applying for an IT position with heavy technical requirements.
If you have no other references, then try to show a related work environment or crossover skill set. For example, while working at a car wash, you helped implement, (or operate), a state of the art, fully automated system with computer network monitoring from a central station. If you are in the midst of a career change, emphasize your potential cross over skills to the new field.
EDUCATION
School Name, City, State
B.A., Major, Minor: Minor, 19xx
GPA: xx, Major GPA: xx. Briefly note any awards, committees, offices held or affiliations from school. Do so in a concise way and remember to emphasize any related issues to the job or field you want to enter.
~ Excellent References Available Upon Request ~