Basics
This document summarizes your education, skills, and work experience for employers.
What is a resume?
This section of a resume lists abilities like teamwork, communication, or computer knowledge.
What is the skills section?
Spelling or grammar errors are considered this on a resume.
This optional section highlights key qualifications at the top.
What is a summary or profile?
A resume should use this type of font style.
What is arial, calibri, or times new roman?
Most resumes should be about this length for college students or new graduates.
What is one page?
Being able to clearly share ideas with coworkers and customers is this important skill.
What is communication?
Listing an unprofessional email address like "xoxocheetahgirl25@gmail.com" is this type of issue.
What is unprofessional contact information?
This section lists special abilities like communication or software knowledge.
What is the skills section?
This layout in the job description should be easy to scan and organize using these.
What are bullet points?
This section usually appears at the top and includes your phone number and email.
What is the contact information section?
Working well with others to complete a task shows this skill.
What is teamwork?
Using hard-to-read fonts like Comic Sans or overly fancy script fonts on a resume can make it look like this.
What is unprofessional?
Clubs, volunteering, and leadership roles often go in this section.
What is optional sections?
What color text should you use?
What is dark or black text?
This section lists your past jobs, internships, and responsibilities.
What is work experience?
Knowing how to use programs like Microsoft Word, Excel, or Google Docs is this type of skill.
What are hard skills?
Writing paragraphs instead of short statements is poor use of these?
What are bullet points?
This section might include GPA, honors, or scholarships.
What is education?
How should the text look on job titles, names, and section titles?
What is bold text?
This section highlights degrees, majors, and universities attended.
What is education?
These are skills that are interpersonal abilities and how you interact with others.
What are soft skills?
Including personal information like age or marital status is this.
What is inappropriate information?
Internships typically appear in this section.
What is work or professional experience?
What is readability/professionalism?