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Your resume or CV should include:
Heading
will include your name, address,
phone number, and e-mail address. If you are
posting your resume/CV online, include only
your name and your email address.
Career objective
Career objectives are
rarely included in today’s resumes. The job
seeker must either write a generic statement
that is meaningless or one so specialized that it
sounds like it was written only for the job for
which you are applying.
Education
Your education section precedes
your experience section until several years
after you graduate. List the names of the
institutions you attended with the most recent
first. List the degree received plus your major
area of study. Include any study abroad or
relevant academic projects. Indicate either the
degree name (Doctor of Science, Master of
Science, or Master of Public Health) or the
degree initials (ScD, SM, MPH) and the
anticipated date of graduation. Include the
area of specialization or concentration after
the degree title. Remember to include your
thesis or dissertation topic. Some individuals
also include relevant courses.
Professional experience
Your work
experience should be listed in reverse
chronological order with your most recent
experience listed first. Internships and
volunteer experience can be included in this
section if they relate to your professional
goals, or you can create a section called
"Additional or Related Experience," or
"Community Service."
When describing work experience
,
summarize
your accomplishments rather than listing job
tasks
.
Organize work accomplishments into
clusters of related tasks. Clusters of these
skills and their respective action verbs might
include:
Management and Leadership Skills
Administered
Centralized
Contracted
Coordinated
Directed
Increased
Managed
Negotiated
Operated
Organized
Oversaw
Recognized
Recruited
Reduced
Supervised
Taught
Trained
Research and Analytical Skills
Analyzed
Interpreted
Appraised Investigated
Collected (data)
Invented
Conducted (surveys)
Presented (results)
Developed
Documented
Published
Researched
Edited
Evaluated
Solved
Wrote
Presented (results)
Published
Problem-Solving and Program
Development Skills
Created
Designed
Devised
Developed
Established
Expanded
Forecast
Implemented
Improved
Launched
Prepared
Tripled
Honors and awards
List any awards or
distinctions you received, such as dean's list,
cum laude
, or Phi Beta Kappa. Include a brief
explanation of honors or awards that are not
Self-explanatory. It is not necessary to include
your grade point average, unless requested by
an employer. This information can be
included within the Education section or listed
separately.