A Resume is a MARKETING PIECE--not a "career obituary!"
Mass Mailings result in a 1% return rate.
Employers spend an average of 30 seconds looking at resumes.
Resumes should focus on the skills you developed not just the fact that you held a position.
Use Action Words
Make it look Good: Business font, good white paper
Don't include ethnic or religious affiliations (inviting pre-interview discrimination) UNLESS it SUPPORTS your job objective
Students can make their resume look neater by listing seasonal jobs very simply.
Use something such as "Spring 1996" or "Summer 1996" rather than 6/96 to 9/96.
Chronological-style resume or a Functional one?
Choose the chronological if you're staying in the same field (especially if you've been upwardly-mobile).
Choose a functional if you're changing fields, because a skills-oriented format shows off your transferable skills better and takes the focus off your old job-titles.
Fill your resume with Problem-Action-Results statements
State the problem that existed in your workplace
Describe what YOU did about it
Point out the beneficial results.
Sample Results Statement
"Transformed a disorganized, inefficient warehouse into a smooth-running operation by totally redesigning the layout; this saved the company $250,000 in recovered stock."
"Improved an engineering company's obsolete filing system by developing a simple but sophisticated functional-coding system. This saved time and money by recovering valuable, previously lost, project records."
ELEMENTS OF A RESUME
Name, Address, Phone
Objective: Should change for each job you are applying for
Education: Degree, Institution
GPA if 3.0 or above or/ GPA in major
Year Graduated or expect to graduate
Experience: Include jobs, volunteer work, internships
A Resume is a MARKETING PIECE--not a "career obituary!" 
