What You Should Include on a Resume..

What You Should Include on a Resume..

Admin Enggsolution | 2020-09-12
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Your resume is one of the most important documents in a job search. The goal of your resume is to quickly help employers learn who you are and whether your skills and experiences match the position you’re applying for.

Although each resume will differ depending on education, professional history, industry and position, there are a few key sections you might include on your resume. In this guide, we’ll outline what to include on a resume you use for job applications. For inspiration on what to include on a resume, it might be helpful to look at examples of resumes in your position or industry.

What to include on a resume

While you may decide to add, remove or alter sections depending on your application, here are a few most common resume sections:

1. Name and contact information

At a minimum, your contact information section should include your name, phone number and email address. Depending on the type of job you’re applying for, you might also include a link to an online portfolio or professional website.

An example contact information section might look like this:

Alex Gardner
Houston, Texas • (123) ​456-7891
[email protected] • agarder.portfolio.com

A common practice is to use your name as the title of the page, formatted so that employers can easily identify your name and contact information first.

2. Resume summary or objective

Your  or objective should be a short, one to two sentence section that briefly explains who you are and why you’re qualified. Carefully review the job posting for clues on which of your technical and soft skills will be most important and relevant.

Resume summaries and objectives are slightly different, and you should choose to include one or both depending on your background and the position you’re seeking. A resume summary will describe your work experience, while a resume objective will state your short-term goals.

A summary is good if you have at least some work experience that can be quickly summarized. An objective statement, however, is better suited for those who have recently graduated from high school or college, or who otherwise have limited job experience.

Your resume summary could say:

“Thoughtful construction laborer with over 5 years’ experience helping manage teams toward successful and safe completion of housing projects.”

Your resume objective could say:

“Recent graduate eagerly looking to expand construction labor experience with a growing contractor.”

In both your resume section and your summary, it’s important to avoid talking about

3. Education

The resume section is helpful for employers who require a certain degree, certificate or level of experience. You should include your most recent and relevant education based on your level of experience.

The elements of an education section should include:

• Name of your school
• Location of your school
• The degree you obtained (if applicable)
• Your field of study
• Graduation year (if applicable)
• Your GPA (Note: You may not want to include this if it’s not above 3.4)
• Any relevant honors or academic recognition, coursework, activities or other achievements obtained during your education

Consider only listing educational experiences as they make sense for your career experience. As such, high school graduates should list their high school information, but college graduates need not list their high school. However, once you have a post-secondary degree of any kind, you should always list that and any other post-secondary educational experiences in your education section.

Your education section could look as follows:

Hillvalley Technical College
Aug. 2009 May 2011
Associate Degree in Welding Technology
OSHA Certificate Program

4. Professional history

Also called your “experience” or “professional history” section, this is an opportunity to showcase value you’ve brought to former employers. Here, you should list all of your most relevant work experiences, beginning with your most recent job. You should focus on your experiences from the last 10 to 15 years. For example, if you’ve been working as a marketing professional for the 11 years, you can leave off jobs from earlier in your life that may not be relevant to the position you’re currently seeking.

5. List of relevant skills, tools and certifications

Your skills section should include relevant technical or hard skills and soft skills. You can include any tools you’ve mastered or

6. Additional relevant accomplishments and volunteer work

The last section to consider adding to your resume is a shortlist of any other relevant accomplishments or volunteer work. Only include those that are relevant or that may help create a better picture of who you are as an individual as related to the position you’re applying for. If you’re not sure what information may be a fit for this section, re-read the job descriptions that interest you. Consider if you have any experiences outside of the professional history you already added which may help employers understand your qualifications.

certifications you’ve obtained as well.

The skills you include should be relevant to the job that interests you. For example, you may have excellent hard skills in different areas, but all of those skills may not be applicable to the job. If you are a skilled violinist, that may not be a good skill to put on your resume when applying for a job in construction.

You can learn what skills potential employers are looking for by reading the job description. As you read through job posts, write down keywords that match your skills and include them in your skills section as appropriate.

6. Additional relevant accomplishments and volunteer work

The last section to consider adding to your resume is a shortlist of any other relevant accomplishments or volunteer work. Only include those that are relevant or that may help create a better picture of who you are as an individual as related to the position you’re applying for. If you’re not sure what information may be a fit for this section, re-read the job descriptions that interest you. Consider if you have any experiences outside of the professional history you already added which may help employers understand your qualifications.

 

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