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Welcome to the Online Résumé Writer
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The following advice is provided as a starting point to writing a good resume. To make it great, stop by and meet with our Career Center technician who will help you to fine-tune your resume and answer all your questions.
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The first step to preparing an effective résumé.
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A résumé is a concise summary of your skills and qualifications that match or are related to the position for which you are applying. Its GOAL is to convince the reader that you are worth interviewing. A résumé must do this in 30-60 seconds, the average amount of time a person takes to read it.
The Online Résumé Writer is here to help you do just that. Let’s start by looking at the characteristics of a great résumé.
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- Focused — identifies a particular type of position, field, or job
- Active — action verbs instead of passive verbs
- Brief — written in phrases and not complete sentences
- Balanced — Content and clarity are of equal importance
- Concrete — examples are specific (i.e., Managed budget of $3,000; Supervised four employees)
- Accurate — everything on it can be addressed in detail and proven
- Perfect — no grammatical, spelling or typographical errors
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Provide a full description of your life with every job and experience listed
Mention your age, gender, race, marital status, family size, or handicaps — that’s the law
Act as a generic application for every position to which you are applying
Use personal pronouns such as "I," "me," "my," and "our"
Contain abbreviations (exceptions: type of degree, state names)
List salary requirements and references
Before creating a resume you will need to create an account. If you already have an account simply click "Account Login" from the list below. If you do not have an account click "Create New Account."
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