Resume headings

Heading of a resume should keep on information as follows:

1. Contact Information:

• First Last Name
• Street Address
• City, State, Zip
• Phone (Landline or Cell)
• Email Address

2. Job objectives

What do you want to do? It should be short and specific statement that includes position, industry and/or relevant skills; it should be a sentence or two about your employment goals.

3. Job summary

It should include a brief for your resume. You should describe briefly skills, experience, abilities… that match with job specifications of employer.

4. Knowledge/educations

You can supply information about name, information brief, time, level of each degree…

a. Degrees.
b. All certificates related to this job.
c. Licenses.

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Resume do's and don'ts

Here are some dos and don’ts resume tips that can help you avoid common mistakes while building a stronger, more refined resume (and cover letter).

12 resume do’s tips

1. Make sure your resume is easy to read. Remember, it’s a summary, not an autobiography.

2. Keep the overall length of your resume short.

3. Stress your past accomplishments and the skills you used to get the desired results.

4. Focus on information that’s relevant to your own career goals.

5. Place your strongest material in the two-inch visual space that begins about 2 5/8 inches from the top of your resume.

6. Give the most weight to your most recent (past ten to fifteen years) professional position.

7. Quantify your impact on the organizations you have worked for.

8. Pay as much attention to your resume’s design as you do to its content.

9. Place your education after your experience if you’ve been in the workforce for more than five years.

10. Use a two-page resume if appropriate.

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Resume action verbs

Purpose of resume action verbs/words is to increase the strength of your writing and make potential employers take notice of your accomplishments and skills!
You can use some action verbs as follows:

1. Action verbs of administrative/office skills

• Approved
• Arranged
• Catalogued
• Classified
• Collected
• Compiled
• Dispatched
• Executed
• Generated
• Implemented
• Inspected
• Monitored
• Operated
• Organized
• Prepared
• Organized
• Prepared
• Processed
• Purchased

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