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I am a single middle age mother who is trying to figure out the best format for a resume. I only have a high school education, and have worked at various part time and full time jobs in between raising a family.
What format should I choose? How do I get across my strengths best? Do you know of any websites where there are sample resumes of women in similar situations that I could look at for comparison?
Microsoft word has templates. America's Job Bank, www.americasjobbank.com, gives resume templates and which one to use for your situation.
Microsoft word has templates. America's Job Bank, http://www.americasjobbank.com, gives resume templates and which one to use for your situation.
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Microsoft.com has templates for resumes.
As far as your resume, set it up by skills. In other words, dont emphasize where you last worked, emphasize what you can do and sort it out by type of skill.
For example – Administrative Assistant – Type 40 wpm, operate copier, fax, postage machine
Write down everything you have done with strong verb words such TYPED, EDITED, for example. Use the same past tense throughout the resume. Good luck!
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go to microsoft.com
They have plenty of templates.
I am older than you and have actually put together a different type of resume altogether.
I have found when your older(and because my resume would be about 20 pages long) that making it simple to read along with a cover letter that you will receive more interviews than if you use what everyone else uses.
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just my experience
Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:
1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.
In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.
Good luck!
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