How to Make a Resume, Chronological section by section

To understand the basic on How to Make a Resume, is demanding that we have to understand it each part that build a great resume.

Your name and contact information

This section includes your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. It is preferable to list only one set of contact information. If this is not possible, consider adding the dates you are at each address and make sure you identify Present or Permanent. You should still have only one e-mail address and phone number listed. Employers really just need to know how to contact you.

Career Objective

It is optional to include a Career Objective on your resume. See a career advisor for pros and cons and what may work best for your situation! Your Career Objective should be contained in one or two concise phrases, and should be as targeted as possible.

Your career objective informs the potential employer of:

• the Position that you would like to apply for
• the Industry that you would like to work in and/or
• the Skills which you would have to offer or would like them to focus on

Furthermore, a typical career objective can also cover: Functional area of interest and/or specific job title (sales, research, copy writing…), Type of organization or industry (social service agency, financial institution…)

Samples:

• Interested in a career in media or market research with a large agency. Particular focus on corporate communications
• Seeking position as a programmer of systems analyst with an interest in marketing and finance applications
• Pursuing a personnel assistant post in a public service organization, utilizing communication and leadership skills

Education section

• Start with your university, then degree (ex. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science) and when receiving degree, and then major, certificates, GPA, etc…
• If your GPA is 3.0 or above, you probably will want to include it. Make sure you include “/4.0” so they know the scale. You can list just Cumulative or Cumulative and Major if your major GPA is higher
• You do not need to list your high school in this section (or anywhere on your resume)
• You can also list relevant coursework, honors and academic awards, and study abroad in this section

Experience sections

• To make your resume really stand out, consider grouping similar experiences under specific section headings. Consider something like “Media-Related Experience” and “Leadership and Service Experience” instead of “Work Experience” and “Volunteer Experience”. You can also combine paid and unpaid positions. For that matter, you can combine jobs, internships, student organizations, major class projects, volunteer opportunities...
• Experience should be listed in reverse chronological order within each section (most recent listed first)
• For each experience list: your position title, name of group or organization, the location (City, ST or City, Country), dates of employment (Month and Year started and ended) and use a consistent order for all on your resume
• You can then go on to write descriptive lines. These are the bulleted statements that describe what you did and what skills you used, learned, or developed
• These descriptive lines will answer the questions: How did you do X? Why did you do X? What resulted?

Additional sections

Special Skills sections can highlight your strengths not readily obvious from other areas of your resume. These might include language(s) and/or computer skills. Computer Skills can be a section by itself if you are proficient with a number of applications. It is usually helpful to include your computer skills somewhere in the resume (as long as they are more than just Word and Excel).

Other section headings might include: Leadership Activities; Community Service; Memberships (student clubs or organizations); Professional Affiliations (student chapters of professional organizations or societies); and Interests (hobbies and leisure activities).

References

Your reference list belongs on a separate sheet of paper. Only include references with your resume and cover letter at the employer’s request. When you have a job interview be sure you bring your list of references with you.