How to Make up a Resume: Structure and Advice

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Resume is a condensed version of the most important job experience for a potential employer and professional skills and knowledge of a candidate.

Did you know that recruitment consultants spend about nine seconds on one resume?

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Correct resume structure

• Contact information: first and last name, address (city), phone and email.
• Work experience: name and type of companies you worked for, time period you worked for them, title, responsibilities and achievements.
• Education: name of education institutions, studying periods, additional education (trainings, skill enhancement courses, internships).
• Professional skills: foreign languages knowledge, computer knowledge including special programs and equipment, driving license status.
• Personal data: date of birth, family status, current residence (city, subway station). Here you can also add information about your hobbies.

What you should not mention in your resume

• Remove title “Resume”, “CV”, etc (from the documents itself it is clear what you mean);
• All your work experience (potential employer is interested only in last 3-5 places of work and time frame of no more than 10 years);
• Physical data and your health condition;
• Informal photo, photo which is too small or too large, vacation photos etc;
• Unsuccessful projects description;
• Reasons why you quit previous jobs;
• Letters of recommendation, have them separately, it can be useful at the job interview;

Check your resume for perfection

• Ask someone who knows the language in which your resume is written to proofread it;
• Check if all information is in correct order and in the same format: for instance, if you use certain abbreviation once, keep the same style through the whole resume (better to avoid abbreviations and use full words);
• Try to avoid long phrases, complicated and unclear words, or abbreviations;
• Be sure that your resume uses the same format;
• Choose a convenient reading format: wide margins, font that is not too small or too large, enough paragraph spacing;
• Preferable use Word format for your resume.