I’m anything but the resume master. Frankly, working on my resume is about equal with running suicide sprints. I don’t know why anyone would consider either to be fun. But at some point you’re going to have to do both. This would be the opportune time to give you some pointers on running sprints but they would be kind of useless in a blog about College. So….I’ll stick to what I am good at…or better at in this case. I have been lucky enough to have stellar English teachers that gave me good advice to pass on.
•Human check- Yes, the majority of word processing programs automatically check your spelling. But unfortunately most of the time spell check doesn’t know the difference in regards to the correct usage of their, there and they’re. So make sure a real person who has a basic command of the English language gets to glance at your paper.
•Don’t use a postal code in your resume- You don’t live in WY. You live in Wyoming. The abbreviation of WY should only be on the front of your envelopes. Wyoming is a place, WY is a postal code. It only requires an extra five letters to alleviate the problem, so just spell it out.
•Consistency is key- Keep the formatting of your resume the same throughout. Stick with the same font and size where appropriate. If you bold one previous employer you have to bold all of your previous employers. You want to look like you have got this whole resume thing together……and you will!
Heather
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