Do:

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• Make it attractive to the eye.

• Keep it brief and to the point.

• Use action phrases rather than complete sentences or paragraphs.

• Stress accomplishments, responsibilities, and variety of duties performed.

• Develop and maintain a consistent and orderly presentation throughout your resume.

• Emphasize your strongest skills or most important employment or educational experience, especially those related to your career goal.

• Stress your advancements and/or increased responsibilities or accomplishments if you have worked for one organization for a long period of time.

Do Not:

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• Use abbreviations (except in the cases of Grade Point Average and Degrees. It is optional in these instances).

• List previous salaries, supervisors, employer addresses, or reasons for leaving.

• Have any misspelling or typographical errors.

• Use personal pronouns such as "I" or "my."

• Include your Social Security Number.

• Include a photograph of yourself.

• Use brightly colored paper.

• Use a resume template, such as those available in Microsoft Word.

• List names of references. This is done on a separate page and only at an employer's request.

Updated: 03/27/2007