Outline to Make A Resume

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It happens in everyone's career at least once - a great opportunity comes up and either you don't have a resume or the one you have is too dusty to even consider using. Here's some tips for writing a resume that I call the quick resume .

Resume Tips - Outline to Make a Resume

How to Write a Resume:

First of all, center your full name, address, phone number, and e-mail (no goofy e-mail names) at the top of the page. It's called a heading, and it should look like this:

Carey Jones
533 Surrey Place
Anytown, Anystate, 12345
(234) 567-8910
cjones@anything.net

Next, you need a resume objective. Skip a space between your heading and the objective. Basically, use the name of the position you are now applying for in the resume objective, in combination with a mention of your education (if any) and experience. It should look something like this:

OBJECTIVE: A challenging position as an account clerk that will utilize my degree in accounting and five years of banking experience.

Next, we'll do the education portion of your resume. You'll need to include the name of the school or college you attended, location, your degree (or diploma in case of high school), date of graduation. You can include your GPA if it's 3.0 or higher. Again, you need to skip a space in between sections of your resume.

For a college graduate, it should look like this:

EDUCATION: Lawrence College, Anytown, NY, Bachelor of Arts, English, GPA: 3.0.

For a high school graduate, it would look like this:

Jones High School, Jonestown, NY, High School Diploma, 1988

Next, we're going to tackle the Work Experience section of your Overnight Resume (TM). Because we're going to do the most popular form of resume, the chronological resume, we'll start with your current (or last) employer. You'll need to list the name of the company, location, dates of employment, your position, your job duties/responsibilities, and accomplishments (if applicable). Here's an example to follow:

The Lake Restaurant 9/2006 to Present
Lakeville, NY
Waiter

Serve food and beverage to customers, operate cash register, make salads, bus tables, set tables, greet customers, and fill in as bartender when needed. Named Employee of the Month in February 2008 due to personal sales volume in excess of $5,000.

Now you need to work backwards to include each position you've held for the past ten years or so. This is called reversed chronological order. If you've been in the workforce for many years, you don't need to include your entire work history. If you're 55, you don't need to include the store you worked at when you were in high school. The last ten years of your work history will be the most relevant in most cases.

Congratulations! Not everyone knows how to write a resume, but now you've completed your Overnight Resume. At the bottom, you can put "References Available Upon Request" (centered) (if you have room on the page). Otherwise, just end with your last position in the Work Experience section. You can go over one page to two pages if you need to (depends on how many years you've been working). 

Keep this resume (save the file) and you can improve upon it when you have more time. See - writing a resume doesn't have to be a nightmare.  Just follow the tips for effective resume writing and you'll be set.
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