Format
This is the ideal length of an undergraduate student's resume.
What is 1 page?
These sections are required in a student resume.
What are Education and Experience? or What are Contact Information and Education?
Some companies will trash your resume after seeing this number of grammar or spelling errors.
What is 1?
We suggest omitting your GPA in your resume if it is below this number.
What is 3.0?
Skills that are transferred from one job to the next.
What are transferable skills?
Your name should be in a font size this large.
What is 12-14 point font?
Degree, Major, School, Location of School (city/state only), Attendance dates or Expected graduation date.
What information is usually found in an Education section?
This particular office specializes in resume review and would be a great place to have your resume proofread
What is the Career Center?
Information from this time period should "usually" not be found in your resume unless you are a freshman.
What is High School?
An introductory written statement for individuals with little or no work experience and is used on a functional resume.
What is a skills summary?
Top Down, Left to Right.
What is the way employers read a resume?
In describing your experience, you should begin each point with this kind of word.
What are action verbs?
Career Centers often see spelling errors in the Section Headings of a resume, when they are written in all-capital letters.
What spell check doesn't catch?
This information should never be included in your resume.
What is information regarding your family or personal identification information (such as social security number)?
To get an interview.
What is the purpose of a resume?
A good starting point for all four margins.
What is 1 inch?
Quantify, qualify or include results.
What are ways to strengthen transferable skills?
This should be done by multiple people before submitting your resume to any organization.
What is proofreading?
Ideally (but not always possible), experiences on a resume should highlight how the employer or organization benefited from your actions.
What are accomplishments and results?
This is the cost of a resume review in the Career Center.
What is free?
A name usually placed within quotation marks or parentheses on the top of a resume.
What is a nickname?
The one word usually never found on a resume.
What is I?
Review each particular item type on a resume one-by-one (such as read through just the dates on a resume).
What is a good way to proofread?
It is an art, not a science.
What is resume writing?
A formal written profile that presents a person's knowledge, skills and abilities to potential employers.
What is a resume?