Resume Do's and Don'ts

What is one thing a professional resume will not do for you?

• Focuses the interviewer's attention to your weaknesses

• Gives you credit for your achievements

• Guides an interviewer towards positive topics to talk about you

• Lets you see yourself in a more focused and positive manner

An application examiner decides to either forward your resume to the next step or reject it. This process will happen within the first ___________________ of looking at the resume.

• 5 minutes

• 1 minutes

• 30 seconds

• 10 seconds

Your resume should be lengthy and extremely detailed.

• True

• False

It is necessary that all resumes have a clear and concise ___________________.

• objective

• references

• educational experience

• work experience

This type of resume emphasizes your previous job experience and is written in the order of the positions beginning with the most recent job working backwards.

• Functional resume

• Chronological resume

• Logical resume

• Systematic resume

This type of resume highlights your skills with a lesser emphasis on job titles.

• Functional resume

• Chronological resume

• Logical resume

• Systematic resume

What types of personal information should be included in the resume?

• Name and address

• Age and gender

• Religion affiliation

• Political affiliation

You should always use a fancy script style typeface for your resume.

• True

• False

You should include all related experience on your resume whether it was paid or unpaid.

• True

• False

Your GPA should be included under your educational experiences only if ________.

• you feel comfortable putting it on your resume

• it is 3.5 or higher

• you have approval from you school to do so

• it is 3.0 or higher