A resume is your very first impression as an applicant to a hiring manager or recruiter. The truth is, most resumes are initially reviewed for a few seconds to decide if basic requirements are met. To make sure your resume has a chance, our recommendations below will help your resume get a longer read and showcase qualifications a hiring manager is looking for.
DO:
- MUST include a City & State with your Name and contact information
- Use a “chronological” resume format, with most recent position at the top
- Use bullet points and include quantifiable accomplishments that are unique to you
- List accomplishments directly under the position where they occurred
- Include Month and Year in all dates of employment
- List education at the bottom of your resume, include graduation year and GPA if over 3.0
- Go into 2 pages if your experience warrants it (usually 4+ roles and lots of accomplishments)
- Have someone proofread your document
- PDF format is the most professional document type to save and share
- Always list what you were selling and who you were selling to
- Include your individual sales success, performance metrics, and awards
DON'T:
- Don’t use a “Functional” resume format
- Don’t write long paragraph descriptions of jobs or responsibilities
- Don’t remove experience. Simply provide less information about to prevent gaps
- Don’t include information that is not factual
- Don’t use fancy font/typefaces
- Never use the first person: I, Mine, Me, My
- Don’t capitalize all letters in your name at the top of your resume
- Don’t save your resume as a Text, or scanned image of a document
Example Resumes
