The Good Old Resume.
If you need help with your resume, you have come to the right place. We are experts at reviewing resumes and have a solid basis for what makes a resume great.
Here are a few things to consider as "must-have" items:
Your contact information:
Full name
Personal phone number
Personal email address
City of residence (does not need to be an exact address and frankly, we advise against those)
Education experience:
School name
Graduation month and year
Degree(s) received
Major(s) + Minor(s)
GPA (highly advised to include)
Current and previous work experience with accurate dates
Metrics, stats, quantifiable details
Industry-relevant skills, awards, certifications, volunteer experience, projects, promotions
The file name! Here are acceptable options:
FirstName LastName Resume ex) John Smith Resume
LastName FirstName Resume ex) Smith John Resume
FirstInitial_LastName Resume ex) J_Smith Resume
Share your resume as both a ".dox" and ".pdf" whenever possible
Now that we covered what's important to include, let's talk about formatting:
*If you have less than 5 years of experience in you professional career a 1-page resume is best practice.
Font:
Easily readable fonts are the best. We recommend Times, Serif fonts, Arial, etc.
12-10.5pt
Margins:
Reduce margins to 0.5in it will allow you to fit more important information on the page
Line spacing:
