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Objective: Company Name, City/State Dates of Employment

The resume summarizes an individual's contact information, education history, and professional experience. It lists a college degree and major, as well as previous positions held with two companies. Job duties are outlined using action verbs for each role, with the most recent position listed first in reverse chronological order. The resume is formatted according to typical conventions, with sections for objective, education, experience, and references.

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Objective: Company Name, City/State Dates of Employment

The resume summarizes an individual's contact information, education history, and professional experience. It lists a college degree and major, as well as previous positions held with two companies. Job duties are outlined using action verbs for each role, with the most recent position listed first in reverse chronological order. The resume is formatted according to typical conventions, with sections for objective, education, experience, and references.

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NAME

Address
City, State, Zip
Contact numbers (home/cell)
Email address

OBJECTIVE
Including an objective is optional. If you choose to include an objective, make sure the statement is
specific to a type of position. (For exampleTo obtain an administrative support position where skills and
qualifications can be utilized to help a company achieve maximum productivity. Or Seeking a
challenging position in [job industry] utilizing my [give examples] skills.

EDUCATION (Do not list high school diploma. List your degree(s). Even if you have only attended
college courses, list the college that you attended, how many years your attended or how many
hours you completed and your areas of study, but be very careful to not mislead or imply that
you do have a degree.)
Name of College
Degree
Major
Minor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Company Name, City/State
Title

Using bullets, expand on your duties with action words.


Begin each sentence with an action word. Examples include: Performed, Expedited, Created,
Developed, Designed, Participated in, Provided, Prepared, Compiled, Administered, Handled,
Coordinated. Do not use first person phrases such as, I created or I was responsible for.
List duties of current position in present tense, and list duties of past positions in past tense.
Keep your resume clear and concise.
Rule of thumb is to limit resume to 2 pages.
Do not include personal information such as age, hobbies, graduation dates

Company Name, City/State


Title

Dates of Employment

Dates of Employment

Repeat this format for each position held.


List your positions sequentially in order of the most recent position first.
For each position, it is important to include not only statements of what your responsibilities
are/were, but also statements about what you have accomplished. For example, statements such as
Increased efficiencies by 20% that resulted in . or Developed a new process for.that
resulted in
You can include these accomplishment statements as bullets within each position or some
people choose to include a section of Accomplishments at the top of their resume in place of a
Summary of Qualifications.

Company Name, City/State


Title (Dates of Employment in this position)

Dates of Employment
(Entire duration w/ Company)

If you have held more than one position with the same company, first list the name of the company
(bolded) and the entire duration of time that you worked with that company (bolded).
Then, break down the time you were with the company by position.
Next to each title (in parenthesis), break down how long you were in each specific position.

Title (Dates of Employment in this position)

Make adjustments to document margins as needed.


Get together reference information including the name, title, and company of the person, contact
information, as well as their relation to you.
Ask permission from each reference and make sure you make them aware when you begin an
active job search so they are prepared for getting a phone call asking for a reference on you.

References available upon request.

Other/alternative sections to consider including:


* Career Summary (in place of Summary of Qualifications)
* Accomplishments & Skills
* Memberships & Affiliations
* Licenses
* Profile (in place of Objective)
* Honors or Activities

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