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January 16, 2008
Basic Resume Format
For students who are just starting the resume writing process, format is the most difficult part. Sometimes its easy to know what you want to say, but finding the right way to say it is hard.
There are a bunch of different ways to format your resume, but whatever way you choose, it has gotta be consistent and easy to read through. Formatting is used so that employers can pick out relevant information within the small period of time they have, so make sure your formatting accomplishes that.
A starting point is simply to Bold the organization/company title on the left most margin. Underneath that you can indent your own job title, maybe even italicize it. And underneath that, bullet the skills you developed and utilized while doing what you did. Not just "what you did".
Here's kinda what it looks like (without the dots):
UM Career Center
......Peer Advisor
.........-Worked with students in one-on-one advisory setting
Hope it helps!
-Nick
Peer Advisor
Posted by glauchni at January 16, 2008 04:19 PM