1. The Résumé Dos and Don’ts

2. Consider Your Audience With many applicants, employers spend no more than 30 seconds reading your résumé. Tailor your needs to the employer. ◦ Be concise, but impactful

3. Language Use action verbs ◦ Make concise statements about your achievements Use data wherever possible ◦ Ex: Increased productivity by 20% through management techniques. Look! An action verb!

4. The little things… Use nice paper ◦ White, off-white ◦ Heavy stock (specialized paper) ◦ Watermark

5. Mistakes Reflect on you personally ◦ If you’re not the best you can be on paper, what are you like in person? Detract from your credentials ◦ I play less attention to what you can do when I see what you can’t do correctly. Take you out of the running

6. Typos Get your phone number wrong? Not gonna get the job! Check for simple mistakes, like manger vs. manager. Check body AND headings– a typo anywhere shows that you are careless.

7. Font Faults Don’t use too many fonts. Be nice to the eyes of the reader. Keep size above 10 pts. See how hard this is to read? Use white space to help organize information