Your resume should tell both your career story and how your experience fits the employer’s needs.

Customizing Your Resume

• Customize your resume for each job by matching skills and keywords in the job description. Create a targeted skills summary.
• Research the company beforehand to understand their priorities. Align your content.

Content

• Use data and metrics to demonstrate professional impact, not just duties. For example: “Provided career services to 50 clients.”
• Focus on relevant skills, achievements and recent experience.
• Highlight achievements and abilities that show you can perform the required tasks.

Formatting

• Use clear formatting: bullet points, simple fonts, white space, headings. Make it easy to scan.
• Submit as a simple, readable PDF.
• List employment history from most recent to oldest, back to around 10 years. Include start and end month/year.

Review Process

• Thoroughly proofread for any errors. Ask others to review as well. Edit for consistency.
• Carefully review for proper grammar, spelling, verb consistency before submitting. Ask someone else to review before submitting.

Leveraging Technology

• Consider using AI tools like Claude.ai or ChatGPT to help identify transferable skills, but don’t rely on them as a substitute.

Truthfulness and Ethics

• Be completely honest. Recruiters verify credentials. Don’t exaggerate qualifications.

Design

• Avoid overusing fancy resume templates. Prioritize clear organization and communication of experiences.
• Keep it concise at 1-2 pages maximum. ::