The document provides guidance on creating an effective resume for job searching. It recommends listing all relevant work history, education, skills and accomplishments in a concise format. The resume should be divided into thirds, with the top third focusing on contacting information and key strengths, the second third on work history and accomplishments, and the last third on education and other details. Specific keywords and phrases are suggested to highlight achievements, problem-solving abilities, leadership skills and more. Certain personal details like health, salary and reasons for leaving jobs should be omitted. The resume can be tailored for different applications and distributed to recruiters and potential interviewers.

1. THE JOB SEARCH
THE RESUME
Monday, February 14, 2011
Presented Lynn Campbell

2. The Resume: Getting Started
Preparation
• List all jobs, companies, dates
• Compile a list of key projects
• Recognizable names for products or projects are key
• Gather correct titles for certifications
• Obtain an accurate count of patents
• List proper degrees titles and educational institutions
• Resolve to use one type of font, little change in size of
font, few “gimmicks”, i.e. underline, italics
• Understand that this must be easy to upload and handle
changes from word to text to pdf styles

3. The Resume: Overall Format
The “Thirds” Guideline
• Top Third:
• Who you are, how to reach you (header/footer)
• Focus is to get you an interview
• What you bring to solve their problem
• Key strengths not history
• The marketing piece
• Avoid:
• Using more the 2 lines for name and details how to reach you
• Addresses are not usually on resumes today
• Long phrases, lots of prose, opinions about your skills

4. The Resume: Overall Format
The “Thirds” Guideline
• Second Third:
• Your backup data
• Chronological (most preferred)
• Your history in more detail
• Focus on key accomplishments
• Alternative ways to describe scope of the job
• Avoid:
• Listing every detail of every job
• Repeating same skills from previous job
• Clutter
• Day, Month, Year format (mm/yyyy or yyyy)

5. The Resume: Overall Format
The “Thirds” Guideline
• Last Third:
• Details of Education
• Can add ranking for grades or even if university is ranked
• Certifications
• Other accomplishments
• Volunteer work, organizations, etc.
• If worried about “age”, can leave off dates on education, but I
don’t recommend it
• Avoid:
• “Referenced upon request”
• Outside interests: i.e. guitar, swimming, tennis
• This is still debatable, but be cautious. Only good for “conversation”
• If add it, make sure it has a link to getting the interview

6. The Resume: The Beginning
Formula to create a marketing statement
1. “I am able to [do something for the company] through [ability /
expertise / knowledge / experience / talent].”
2. “I have [ability / expertise / knowledge / experience / talent] that
results in [benefit to the company].
3. I am a [role(s)] who helps [company type or department type or
person type] [type of change] [business issue] by [amount] in [time].
This will help you to better write your objective/summary
on the top of the resume

7. The Resume: The Proof
Recommended Format or Rule of Thumb
• All caps and bold for organization
• Okay to underline just know the format may not
upload well
• Dates at the far right (use right tabs)
• Bold Job Titles
• 1-2 line Job Scope Statement
• 3-5 bulleted accomplishments, 2-3 lines in
length

8. The Resume: The Proof
Ways to Communicate Your Benefits
Achievement keywords: achieved, completed, increased, improved,
accomplished, performed, expanded;
Problem solving keywords: reduced, corrected, evaluated, utilized,
simplified, analyzed, investigated;
Leadership keywords: developed, managed, inspired, organized,
guided, directed, revitalized;
Initiative keywords: designed, launched, created, established, initiated,
started, formulated;
Some popular phrases: oral and written communications, strategic
planning, project management, performance and productivity
improvement, business development, product positioning, team-
building.

9. The Resume: What to Leave Out
• Health, martial status, birth date, photo
• Salary information
• Details of experience from over 10-15 years
ago
• Reasons for leaving a job
• Religious or political affiliations
• References
• Details of irrelevant positions

10. The Resume: Where Does it Go?
• LinkedIn
• Learn to use Box.net, Slideshare
• On line application
• Have and ASCII-text version for web-sites, email
• Change bold items to ALL CAPS
• Replace bullets with ** or other character
• The Recruiter
• What do they look for?
• People who interview you
• Copies will likely be made for interviewers
• Bring your own!

11. The Resume: Open Discussion
• Questions
• Comments
• Shared ideas from the group