CONTACT INFORMATION

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CONTACT INFORMATION

• Name
• Address
• Phone number(s)
• Email Address

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Contact Information Tips

• Use a professional email name
• Avoid emails such as hotbabe_at_hotmail.com
• Put a straightforward message on your phone
  answering machine.
• Include your name in your voice message.

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Two addresses are acceptable

• Rosemary Lopez
• cell 703 881-2115 email rlopez_at_gmail.com
• University address Permanent Address
• 27 Harrison Avenue 443 Western Drive,35
• Los Angeles, CA 90023 Santa Cruz, Ca
  95060

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Objective

• Include one or leave it off?
• Recruiters prefer to know what you are targeting.
  
• Indicate the field or job title you are targeting
  
• Avoid vague objectives that dont tell the reader
  what you are targeting

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Examples

• Vague Objective
• To obtain a career position that would allow
• me to use my creative talents in a growing
• company with opportunites for advancement
• Clear Objective
• A volunteer coordinator position in a human
• services agency

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EDUCATION

• Bachelors of ___ Degree in ___ - June 2007
• Minor or Concentration
• GPA (if 3.2 or above - optional)
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• Special summer program(s)
• Education abroad program(s)
• Community college (optional)

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Example

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, June 2009
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• U.C. Education Abroad Program, Fall 2007
• University of Mexico City
• Focus Latin American history and Spanish

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Experience

• Full or part-time related jobs
• Internships or field study
• Summer jobs
• Leadership experiences
• School projects
• Volunteer work

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Other Categories

• Honors and/or Awards
• Leadership Activities
• Professional Certifications
• Languages
• Sports
• Community service

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Things to Consider

• Type of resume to develop
• Chronological (Work History)
• Functional
• Combination

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Chronological Resume Elizabeth Porter

• OBJECTIVE
• A counseling position in a non-profit
  organization concerned with battered women
• EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies and
  Psychology, June 2007
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies, Cabrillo
  College, June 2005
• EXPERIENCE
• Hot Line Volunteer, The Care Hotline, Santa
  Cruz, CA, June 2006 - present
• - Counsel clients in crisis at suicide
  prevention hotline
• - Speak to a variety of civic groups and high
  school students as a
• member of hotline community education committee
• - Train volunteers in active listening and
  focusing techniques
• Client Services Intern, Planned Parenthood,
  Santa Cruz, CA,
• Jan. 2006 - June 2006
• - Conducted intake interviews with low income
  clients at community

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Functional ResumeJane Larka

• WRITING
• Wrote four full-page essays on controversial
  and political issues
• Reviewed over 30 entertainment events for
  weekly Bay Area newspaper
• Reported on local political meetings for weekly
  newspaper
• Composed correspondence in Spanish as well as
  English
• EDITING
• Edited over a dozen newspaper articles on local
  events
• Assisted in making all editorial decisions for
  college newspaper
• Selected and edited copy for college newsletter
• INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
• Conducted conflict resolution training sessions
  for Resident Assistants
• Motivated dorm residents to organize and
  produce a highly successful
• Women's Health Fair
• Provided excellent customer service as cashier
  in a busy, high volume
• book store
• WORK HISTORY
• Assistant Editor, City on a Hill, UC Santa Cruz
  September 2006 - present

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Combination ResumeJohn Smith

• Qualifications Summary
• Demonstrated competence in field research and
  applying environmental policy
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experienced with GIS
• Education Bachelor of Arts in Environmental
  Studies, June 2006
• University of California,
  Santa Cruz
• Relevant Courses
• GIS and Environmental Applications National
  Environmental Policy
• Natural Resource Economics Environmental Law
  and Policy
• Research/Field Projects
• Critiqued and made recommendations for a
  Environmental Impact Report.
• Detailed the manufacturing process of the Printed
  Circuit Board industry and compiled a thorough
  categorization of all
• wastes and permitting requirements.
• Related Experience
• Research Assistant, Environmental Studies Dept.,
  UCSC, Oct.-June 2005-06

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Qualifications Summary

• Your skills, abilities and talents related to the
  field or specific job
• Located near the top of the resume
• Presented in bullet format
• Summarizes what you have to offer

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Formatting Job Descriptions

• Bulleted example Elizabeth K. Porter
• Hot Line Volunteer, The Care Hotline, Santa Cruz,
  CA, June 2006 - present
• Counsel clients in crisis at suicide prevention
  hotline
• Speak to a variety of civic groups and high
  school students as a
• member of hotline community education
  committee
• Train volunteers in active listening and focusing
  techniques
• Paragraph example Steven Chen
• Bank Teller, Wells Fargo Bank, Santa Cruz, CA,
  7/2006-Present
• Compute figures with speed and accuracy,
  maintain proper activity in
• customer accounts, operate computer to
  retrieve processed data, control and
• supervise large amounts of cash flow, and
  obtain accountability
• of transactions.

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Formatting Job Descriptions

• Use concise action phrases
• Start with a verb
• Use correct verb tense present or past
• Avoid using I, me, my
• Avoid using My duties included or
  Responsibilities included

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What to include and exclude

• Include information relevant to your job
  objective
• OK to omit short-term jobs or jobs in the distant
  past that are not relevant
• Include relevant unpaid experience
• Volunteer work, internships, leadership
  experience, school projects, etc.

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Develop an appealing format

• Include margins blank space between items
• Center your resume text on the page
• Use 2 pages rather than crowding too much onto 1
  page

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Finishing touches

• Make it brief and easy to read
• Use a high quality printer
• Match the color and quality of paper for resume,
  cover letter, reference sheet envelope
• Use white, cream or grey paper
• Proof read make it perfect

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No references on the resume

• List your references on a separate sheet
• Check in with references
• Are they willing?
• Send your references your resume info about
  your goal

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Sample Reference Sheet

• Carrie N. Kinion
• 1320 17th Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95064
• (831) 464- 9900 ckinion_at_hotmail.com
• References
• Professor Catherine Cooper
• Psychology Department, UCSC
• Santa Cruz, CA 95064
• 831 459-8700
• ccooper_at_cats.ucsc.edu
• Relationship Professor in psychology courses