The Resume.Com Guide to Writing Unbeatable Resumes (40 page)

right format for,
237–238

samples,
18–24

skills and accomplishments and,
16
,
17
,
19
,
21
,
24
,
63
,
65

specialized training in,
25

summary of qualifications for,
19
,
24

template,
17

Gaps in employment,
8
,
15
,
174
,
218

Graphics,
98

Header,
5

alignment of,
45
,
47

bolding of,
45

in career change resume,
214

in cover letter,
224

in executive resume,
202

formatting of,
44–47

for IT resume,
175–176
,
186

samples of,
47

for student/entry-level resume,
192
,
198

Headline

bolding of,
48

building of attributes in,
49–50

in career change resume,
213
,
214–215

in chronological resume,
11

in combination resume,
31
,
33

examples,
51–52
,
175
,
192
,
215

experience (of years) in,
176

formatting of,
48–49

in functional resume,
19
,
24

for IT resume,
175–176
,
186

objectives and accomplishments in,
4
,
48

problem solving in,
48

for student/entry-level resume,
192
,
198

tailoring to specific job,
48

writing resume and objective v.,
48–52

Hiring managers

friendly tone with,
98

IT resume for,
174

keeping, reading,
49

overworked,
1

HotJobs.com,
93

Information technology (IT) resume

chronological format for,
181

combination format for,
174

computer/technical skills, certifications and,
73–74
,
178–180
,
186

education in,
182–183
,
187

examples of,
22–25
,
90–91
,
136–138
,
184–189

functional format for,
174
,
182

header for,
174–175
,
186

headline for,
175–176
,
186

for hiring managers,
174

industry diversity of,
173–174

keywords in,
183
,
187

layoffs, competition and,
173

professional experience in,
180–182
,
186

right format for,
174

summary of qualifications for,
176–178
,
186

Innovations,
61

Internet resume.
See also
Job boards

ASCII,
84–92

cover letters for,
89

cut-and-paste and not attaching,
84
,
88
,
89

deluge of,
83

distribution over,
2
,
83

first e-mail to yourself,
88

future of,
92

lightning-quick transfer of information with,
83

optical character recognition and ASCII,
88–89

scannable resume and,
89

viruses and,
84

Internship,
194–195

Interview

preparing for,
98

from resume,
2

IT.
See
Information technology (IT) resume

Job boards,
1
,
2
,
183

association,
94

chat rooms, message boards, community forums and,
95

Internet caution and,
95

newspaper v.,
93–94

online newspaper and,
94

targeting,
94

Job search

cover letter for,
223–229

follow-up for,
232

recommendation letters for,
232

reference list for,
230–231
,
233

thank you letter for,
234–235

Keywords

in career change resume,
219–220

in chronological resume,
11
,
13

electronic resume databases use of,
80–82

examples,
77
,
183
,
196
,
219

in executive resume,
208

in functional resume,
19

in hiring process,
77
,
79

by industry,
81–82

in IT resume,
183
,
187

optical character recognition of,
39

scanning software and,
77

in student/entry-level resume,
195–196
,
198

workings of,
80

writing resume of,
76–77

Languages,
195
,
244

Management

skills,
204

summary of qualifications and,
55

Margin settings,
36–37

Message boards,
95

Monster.com,
93

Newspaper

job boards v.,
93–94

online,
94

Numbers,
5

Optical character recognition (OCR),
39
,
79
,
80
,
88–89

Paper,
97

Period

headline with no,
49
,
215

summary and bullets use of,
58
,
177

Point of view,
3
,
42–43

Professional affiliations,
74–75
,
202
,
207

Professional development, writing resume of,
66–69

Professional experience

accomplishments in,
61
,
181
,
204

background for executive resume in,
205–206

in chronological resume,
9
,
11
,
13
,
63
,
64–65
,
181

in combination resume,
31
,
33

date formatting in,
8
,
11
,
63–64
,
181

examples of,
64–65
,
181–182
,
194–195
,
204–206

executive resume,
204–206

in functional resume,
16
,
63
,
65
,
182

information included in,
61

in IT resume,
176–177
,
180–182
,
186

past v. present tense of verb in,
61–62

professional resume builder worksheets for,
240–241

skill sets in,
63

in student/entry-level resume,
194–195
,
198

writing resume for,
60–65

Professional resume builder worksheets,
239–244

Profile, in executive resume,
202–203
,
209

Recommendation letters,
232

Recruiter,
7
,
208

RefDesk.com,
179

References, list of,
230–231
,
233

Responsibility statements,
3

Resume.
See also
Career change resume; Executive resume; Information technology (IT) resume; Internet resume; Student/entry resume; Writing resume

10 second rule in reading of,
53

action verbs in,
3–4
,
245–247

articles not used in,
4–5

avoiding screening out topics in,
5

chronological,
6
,
7–13
,
238

combination,
6
,
27–34

functional,
6
,
15–26
,
238

header most important in,
5

headline hook for,
4

numbers and symbols in,
5

presentation,
97–98

review time for,
1

right point of view for,
3
,
42–43

sending method for,
89
,
219

seven steps for,
2–5

Resume.com,
77
,
79
,
99
,
245

Salary,
226

Sales, summary of qualifications and,
54

Scanning,
94

fonts and,
89

keyword section and,
77

software,
2
,
39
,
88–89

Selling points

in cover letter,
225

in summary of qualifications,
57
,
177

Skills

in career change resume,
214
,
216–217

cause-and-effect relationship with,
63

in combination resume,
27
,
31
,
33

in cover letter,
225–226

in functional resume,
16
,
17
,
19
,
21
,
24
,
63
,
65

management,
204

technical/computer,
72–74
,
176–180

Software, scanning,
2

optical character recognition (OCR),
39
,
79
,
80
,
88–89

Specialized training

in functional resume,
25

Spell check

of computer skills,
179

of cover letter,
224

summary, fragments and,
58
,
203

in word processing,
43–44

Student/entry-level resume

additional sections in,
195
,
198

computer skills in,
195
,
198

education in,
193–194
,
198

getting started,
191–192

header for,
192
,
198

headline for,
192
,
198

keywords in,
195–196
,
198

professional experience in,
194–195
,
198

samples of,
197–199

summary of qualifications in,
192–193
,
198

Summary of qualifications

administration and,
55–56

bullets with periods in,
58
,
177

in career change resume,
213–214
,
215–216

in chronological resume,
11

in combination resume,
31
,
33

examples,
58–59
,
177–178
,
193
,
203
,
216

in executive resume,
202–203

formatting bullets for,
56–58

in functional resume,
19
,
24

information included in,
53
,
176–177

in IT resume,
176–178

management and,
55

rules for,
177

sales and,
54

selling points in order of importance in,
57
,
177

strong bullets created for,
53–56

strong education in,
57
,
192

in student/entry-level resume,
192–193
,
198

10 second rule for,
53

writing resume of,
53–59

Symbols,
5

Technical skills,
72–74
,
195
,
208
,
219

examples,
73–74
,
179–180

IT,
73–74
,
176–180
,
186

10 second rule,
53

Thank you letter,
234–235

Thesaurus,
42–43

Training

employee,
177

specialized,
25

Verbs

action,
3–4
,
245–247

past v. present tense in,
61–62

Viruses,
84

Volunteer work,
75

Web browsers,
95

Word-processing program

font types and font sizes used in,
37–39

opening/saving word file in,
36

page margin settings in,
36–37

toolbar,
36

Workforce

returning, after absence,
15

Writing resume

for activities and community involvement,
75

for awards and recognition,
70–71

for education and professional development,
66–69

first person point of view in,
42–43

header’s formatting and power in,
44
–47

headline v. objective in,
48–52

for keywords,
76–77

for professional affiliations,
74–75

for professional experience,
60–65

spell checking for,
43–44
,
58

for summary of qualifications,
53–59

for technical/computer skills,
72–74

thesaurus, synonym, word replacements and,
42–43

Rose Curtis, CPRW
, and
Warren Simons, CPRW
, served as Senior Managing Editors of Resume.com, the nation’s leader in Web-based career services, with more than 100 professional resume writers and career consultants across the nation.