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How to write the Perfect resume

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  • How to write the

    Perfectresume

  • Your resume is thefirst wall betweenyou and a new job.

  • So...

  • So...It's gotta be great.

  • So...It's gotta be great.

    Or it'll get passed over.

  • Recruiters spend an average of

    SIX SECONDSreviewing a candidate's resume

  • Recruiters spend an average of

    SIX SECONDSreviewing a candidate's resume

  • Recruiters spend an average of

    SIX SECONDSreviewing a candidate's resume

    SECONDS

  • That's not a lotof time, people.

  • Here's what you do...

  • Create aone-pagedocumentwith threesections.

  • Create aone-pagedocumentwith threesections.

    1. Contact Information

    2. Professional Experience

    3. Education

  • Create aone-pagedocumentwith threesections.

    1. Contact Information

    2. Professional Experience

    3. Education

  • Create aone-pagedocumentwith threesections.

    1. Contact Information

    2. Professional Experience

    3. Education

  • Contact Information

  • YourContact

    Informationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Your Full Name

    2. Phone Number

    3. Email Address

    4. Physical Address

    5. ProfessionalWebsite/Social Media*

  • YourContact

    Informationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Your Full Name

    2. Phone Number

    3. Email Address

    4. Physical Address

    5. ProfessionalWebsite/Social Media*

  • YourContact

    Informationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Your Full Name

    2. Phone Number

    3. Email Address

    4. Physical Address

    5. ProfessionalWebsite/Social Media*

  • YourContact

    Informationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Your Full Name

    2. Phone Number

    3. Email Address

    4. Physical Address

    5. ProfessionalWebsite/Social Media*

  • YourContact

    Informationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Your Full Name

    2. Phone Number

    3. Email Address

    4. Physical Address

    5. ProfessionalWebsite/Social Media*

  • YourContact

    Informationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Your Full Name

    2. Phone Number

    3. Email Address

    4. Physical Address

    5. ProfessionalWebsite/Social Media*

  • *Only include your personal website and social mediaaccounts if they are relevant and professional.

    For more on how your social profiles can impact your job search, click here.

    https://www.themuse.com/advice/social-media-scrutiny-how-companies-see-you

  • Section one, d

    one!

  • Section one, d

    one!

    On to section two...

  • Professional Experience

  • YourProfessionalExperience

    section shouldinclude:

    1. Job Titles

    2. Company Names

    3. Dates of Employment

    4. Short descriptions ofresponsibilites/projects in

    each role

  • YourProfessionalExperience

    section shouldinclude:

    1. Job Titles

    2. Company Names

    3. Dates of Employment

    4. Short descriptions ofresponsibilites/projects in

    each role

  • YourProfessionalExperience

    section shouldinclude:

    1. Job Titles

    2. Company Names

    3. Dates of Employment

    4. Short descriptions ofresponsibilites/projects in

    each role

  • YourProfessionalExperience

    section shouldinclude:

    1. Job Titles

    2. Company Names

    3. Dates of Employment

    4. Short descriptions ofresponsibilites/projects in

    each role

  • It should look something like this:

    ProfessionalExperience

    JobTitle,CompanyName

    DatesEmployedShortdescriptionofresponsibilitiesusing

    awesome,excitingactionverbs.

    Youcanuseafewbullets(23)ifneeded.

  • Section two, d

    one!

  • Section two, d

    one!

    On to section three...

  • Education

  • YourEducationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Degrees (mostadvanced first)

    2. Institution Names

    3. Dates of graduation*

  • YourEducationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Degrees (mostadvanced first)

    2. Institution Names

    3. Dates of graduation*

  • YourEducationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Degrees (mostadvanced first)

    2. Institution Names

    3. Dates of graduation*

  • YourEducationsectionshouldinclude:

    1. Degrees (mostadvanced first)

    2. Institution Names

    3. Dates of graduation*

  • *Only include dates of graduation if you are a recentgraduate. But be sure to place your education sectionstrategically; if you went to a prestigious school, itmight be worth keeping it at the top of your resume.

  • Section three,

    done!

  • and now...

  • A WORD ON

    FORMATTING

    and now...

  • KEEP

  • KEEPIT

  • KEEPIT

    SIMPLE

  • That's it!You've got all thetools to create theperfect resume.

  • Now go use it!

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