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Dates of employment
Position or job title
Awards received
Computer skills
Job descriptions
Activities (organizations, volunteer
service)
Rsum Format
~Basic
Example~
NAME
Current Address, City, State, Zip
Professional Email
Home or Cell Phone Number
PROFILE
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Position, Company, Location (City, State)
Description of company
Success Statement #1 (most important)
Success Statement #2 (important)
Success Statement #3 (least important)
Month Yr-Month Yr
Month Yr-Month Yr
SKILLS
(List computer systems and software applications you are familiar with
as well as languages spoken that may pertain to the job for which you are
applying.)
HONORS/AWARDS
ACTIVITIES/SERVICE
Rsum Content
STEP ONE ~ HEADER SECTION
NAME
Current Address
Email
Phone Number
PROFILE
OBJECTIVE
EDUCATION
Type of Degree, Major and Minor
Date of Degree, GPA (if above 3.0)
University, Location
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Position, Company, Location (City, State)
Description of company
Success Statement #1 (most important)
Success Statement #2 (important)
Success Statement #3 (least important)
Month Yr-Month Yr
WHEN CREATING BULLETS FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SECTION TRY TO:
Relate skills and experience to the job for which you are applying
List professional experience in reverse chronological order
Only include the most recent information and the most relative
Use numbers to show measurable results
Results show: increase, decrease, or improvement by comparison
(% Percentages, $ Money, Time, # Big Numbers)
Use action words (pages 13-15)
Describe your job with success statements, not job duties:
Creating Success Statements: When creating bullets for your rsum, a
hiring manager would like to see the professional skills learned and how the
skills can be effective and put to use in the position for which you are
applying
See pages 8-12 for professional skills and pages 13-15 for action words
Example 4
Waited tables
-versus Maintained consistent customer satisfaction while exceeding beverage sales goals
SKILLS
Computer Skills
Foreign Languages
Certifications
Professional Training
ACTIVITIES/COMMUNITY SERVICE
HONORS
Accomplishments
Activities (student organizations, volunteer service, etc.)
Honors
Awards
Rsum Content
~What not to include~
INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
Height / weight
Marital status
Photos / graphics
Emoticons
Relaying content in slang form
Religious information
Race / ethnic information
Health, family, age
Work phone number
Supervisors name or contact information
Desired salary
Salary history
High school information
Reason for leaving previous jobs
Moral / political statements
Abbreviations
Unprofessional e-mail address (Ex: BigDaddy2000@yahoo.com)
Unnecessary words or phrases:
References Available upon Request, Responsible for, Duties
Include
If requested, references should be included within a separate document
INAPPROPRIATE FORMAT
Professional Skills
The following checklist is one key to having a top notch, professional rsum.
This list will assist you in accentuating your professional experience. Check off
skills you may not remember you have! Then, fill in your professional skills at the
end of this form and add them into the experience section of your rsum where
applicable.
Continuous Improvement
Activity-Based-Costing
Administering Programs
Coordinating Events
Advising People
Counseling
Arbitrating
Crisis Intervention
Culturally Adaptive
Budgeting Expenses
Business Communication
Business Management
Data Management
Capital Budgeting
Capital Management
Delegating Authority
Delivery Environment
Classifying Records
Client Relations
Coaching Individuals
Design Management
Community Relations
Compiling Statistics
Developing Presentations
Computer-based Management
Constructing Buildings
Financial Valuation
Formulating Policy
Formulating Strategy
Handling Complaints
Distributing Products
Editing Publications
Effecting Change
Electronic Commerce
Electronic Inter-Organizational
Communications
Enterprise Modeling
Entertaining People
Entity/Relationship Modeling
Evaluating Programs
Health Economics
Expressing Feelings
Information Management
Information Technology as
Improvement Driver
Financial Consulting
Financial Management
Marketing Control
Marketing Management
Marketing Planning
Interpreting Languages
Inter-Process Communications
Marketing Strategy
Interviewing
Microeconomics
Investigating Problems
Investment Management
Money Management
Investment Valuation
Motivating Others
Negotiating Contracts
Java Programming
Judging Performance
Judging Quality
Language / Translation
Leadership
Leadership Development
Listening to Others
Operations Management
Organization Change
Organization Strategy
Logistics Management
Organizational Communication
Macroeconomics Analysis
Managed Care
Organizational Design
Management Communications
Organizational Leadership
Organizational Management
Organizational Motivation
Persuading Others
Securities Valuation
Physical Distribution of
Materials/Equipment
Selling Products
Planning Agendas
Services Marketing
Policy Formulation
Setting Priorities
Portfolio Management
Speaking in Public
Predicting Futures
Process Management
Procurement of Materials
Procurement of Services
Professional Presentation
Program Management
Project Management
Promoting Events
Quantitative Analysis
Raising Funds
Strategic Management
Reducing Costs
Supervising Others
Remembering Information
Teaching Classes
Researching Information
Team Facilitation
Team Presentation
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Warranty Management
Technology Strategy
The Platform
Time-Based Strategies
Others
Troubleshooting
Technological Change
Technology Capability
For ease of use and to see them all on one page, list all of the professional skills you
have checked here:
1._________________________________
2._________________________________
3._________________________________
4._________________________________
5._________________________________
6._________________________________
7._________________________________
8._________________________________
9._________________________________
10._________________________________
11._________________________________
12._________________________________
13._______________________________________________
14._______________________________________________
15._______________________________________________
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accelerate
accomplish
achieve
acquaint
acquire
adapt
address
advance
advise
aided
align
alleviate
allocate
analyze
anticipate
apply
appoint
appraise
arbitrate
architect
arrange
ascertain
assemble
assess
assist
attain
attend
audit
augment
author
authorize
award
benchmark
brief
budget
build
built
calculate
capture
catalog
certify
champion
chart
clarify
classify
close
coach
collaborate
collect
command
communicate
compare
compel
compile
complete
compose
compute
conceive
conceptualize
conclude
conduct
conserve
consolidate
construct
consult
contact
continue
contract
contribute
convert
convey
coordinate
correct
counsel
craft
create
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critique
decrease
define
delegate
deliver
demonstrate
deploy
design
detail
detect
determine
develop
devise
direct
discover
dispense
display
disseminate
distribute
diversify
divert
document
double
draft
drive
earn
edit
educate
effect
elect
eliminate
emphasize
enact
encourage
endure
energize
enforce
engineer
enhance
enlist
ensure
equate
establish
estimate
evaluate
examine
exceed
execute
expand
expedite
experiment
expert
export
explain
explore
extract
facilitate
finalize
finance
forge
formalize
form
formulate
foster
found
gather
generate
govern
graduate
guide
halt
head
hired
honor
hypothesize
identify
illustrate
imagine
implement
import
improve
improvise
increase
incur
influence
inform
infuse
initiate
innovate
inspect
inspire
install
institute
instruct
interpret
interview
integrate
intensify
internalize
introduce
invent
inventory
invest
investigate
invigorate
judge
justify
launch
lead
lecture
led
leverage
license
listen
locate
maintain
managed
manipulate
manufacture
map
mastermind
measure
market
mediate
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mentor
model
moderate
modify
monitor
motivate
navigate
negotiate
nominate
normalize
observe
obtain
offer
officiate
operate
orchestrate
orient
outsource
organize
originate
overcome
oversee
participate
patent
perceive
perfect
perform
persuade
pilot
pinpoint
pioneer
plan
position
predict
prepare
prescribe
present
preside
process
procure
produce
program
progress
project
promote
propel
propose
prospect
provide
publicize
publish
purchase
qualify
quantify
query
question
rate
realign
rebuild
recapture
receive
recognize
recommend
reconcile
record
recruit
redesign
reduce
reengineer
regain
regulate
rehabilitate
reinforce
rejuvenate
render
renegotiate
reorganize
replicate
report
reposition
represent
requisition
respond
resource
restore
restructure
retrieve
review
revise
revitalize
route
satisfy
save
schedule
secure
select
separate
serve
service
simplify
sold
solidify
solicit
solve
spearhead
speak
specify
sponsor
staged
standardize
start
stimulate
streamline
structure
succeed
suggest
summarize
supervise
supply
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support
surpass
survey
sustain
sympathize
synthesize
tabulate
target
taught
teach
terminate
test
thwart
train
transcribe
transfer
transform
transition
translate
triple
troubleshoot
unify
unite
update
upgrade
use
utilize
verbalize
verify
win
wrote
Weak Phrases:
Responsible for
Assisted in
Helped
Was assigned
Performed
Rsum Checklist
Once you have completed your rough draft use this checklist to be sure your rsum meets the
following guidelines.
RELEVANCE
Is there a clear reason for each piece of information?
Has the information been tailored to a targeted position or industry? You will need more than
one rsum if you are applying for different types of positions.
WORD CHOICE
Are action words used?
Are inappropriate words and abbreviations avoided?
Is professional language of the industry used?
MECHANICS
Are there any errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation? Make sure to not use personal
pronouns like I or me.
Are there any typographical errors, fragments, or incomplete sentences?
ORDER OF INFORMATION
Does the most important information come first?
Have you ranked success statements from most important to least important?
Is the organization of content logical and clear?
COMPLETENESS
Have you emphasized qualifications specifically mentioned in the position description (if applying
for a specific job)?
Is each area concise yet complete?
Are accomplishments described in specific terms with results?
LAYOUT
Is the rsum appealing and easy to scan?
Does it use headings effectively?
Does it use white space, indentation, underlining, capitals, and spacing effectively?
Does it have a professional look?
Is it on one page? (2 pages are rarely needed at this point in your career)
Is it printed on high quality paper?
CONSISTENCY
Are layout features (headings, spacing, typeface, bullets and ink) handled consistently
throughout the document?
Are wording, verb tense and punctuation consistent throughout the document?
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Sample Rsums
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Guy Johnson
ACU Box 28 Abilene, TX 79699
Mobile: (555)555-5555
E-mail: gqj01x@acu.edu
PROFILE
A creative, energetic and personable finance and accounting major seeking an opportunity to work in public accounting.
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Travel Coordinator, Spring Break Campaigns
Abilene, Texas
Aug. 2005-May 2006
Acted as an intermediary between campaign leaders and the travel agent
Coordinated travel arrangements for 450 students to 26 domestic and international locations
Documented and maintained accurate financial and itinerary records of all travel information for 26 campaigns
Evaluated and selected around 50 students to be leaders of individual missionary campaigns
Faculty Assistant, Associate Professor of Management Abilene, Texas
Aug. 2004-Dec. 2005
Instructed 80 students on project management tools using SIMUL8, Microsoft Project and Excel resulting in students
understanding of critical path, resourcing, and time management
Analyzed and modified projects to pursue the improvement of students knowledge and usage of the material
Graded students projects to evaluate proficiency of course material and recorded this data
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tyler, Texas
Sugar Land, Texas
Abilene, Texas
Summer 2007
Summer 2006
Summer 2004 & 2005
Organization where young adults augment their knowledge and skills and address the physical and social needs of their
communities while promoting international understanding and peace through a framework of friendship and service
Organization that plans service activities throughout the community for ACU students
Committee that planned events for thousands of alumni and distinguished guests for ACUs Centennial year
Representative of a freshman class who acted as their voice in decisions affecting their student lives
HONORS
Whos Who Among College and University Students, 2007
Deans List (six semesters)
Phi Eta Sigma, 2006
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John Winn
ACU Box 29734
Abilene, TX. 79699
HM# (555)555-5555
E-mail: jqw09x@acu.edu
Profile
Marketing and management double major with an engaging personality, leadership experience,
genuine people skills, and responsible multi-tasking skills seeking a marketing or management
analysis and consulting position within the insurance industry.
Education
Experience
Activities
2007 - Present
Student led organization serving the Abilene community through Christian leadership and actions.
Skills
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Lea LuPIN
Profile
A senior marketing major with administrative skills, leadership qualities, international work experience, and the ability to
exceed expectations. Am seeking a market research or public relations position within a recognized, international firm.
Education
Candidate for BBA in Marketing
EXPERIENCE
Marketing/Management Intern Genesis Networks Solutions, Abilene, TX
A fast-growing high tech firm with a commitment and vision to provide superior software solutions at an unprecedented value.
Involved in the creation of market lead generation for expansion of existing client base
Researched, designed and implemented a proprietary organizational marketing plan
Creation and branding of marketing media specific to the firms HR function
July 2008
Subsidiary of Harte-Hanks, the global leader in direct marketing. Mason Zimbler delivers integrated technology media campaigns for
clients such as Toshiba, Microsoft and Adobe.
Organized and edited a bi-weekly internal newsletter as well as a bi-weekly European newsletter
Researched and authored an article on data hygiene for B2B Marketing magazine
Assisted the Marketing Manager in submitting successful case studies into a national award competition
Dex Media is the exclusive publisher of white and yellow page directories in 14 states. It is owned by the R.H. Donnelley Corporation, one
of the nation's leading Yellow Pages and online local commercial search companies.
Compiled and arranged numerous excel files to be cross linked with other excel files for an internal
database which allowed employees to access, implement, and analyze important segment information
Composed multiple PowerPoint decks that were used in marketing presentations for further discussion
and planning by the IT team for future web-site deployment
Serving the building industry with locations nationwide; focusing on the single and multi-family housing markets.
Provided administrative assistance to the HR manager by organizing a file system of 500+ employees
Assisted the HR manager daily with preparations for an I-9 audit
PC SKILLS
Experience with File Maker Pro 8.1
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher
ACTIVITIES
Spring Break Campaigns part of a week-long mission trip to Anchorage, AK. volunteering for Boys and
Girls clubs, homeless shelters, and soup kitchens, March 2007
Leadership Summit a week-long intensive course in Buena Vista, CO. where several Fortune 100 CEOs
interact and mentor ACU students, January 2007 & 2008
Ko Jo Kai Sorority, August 2006 present
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Katherine Eisenhower
ACU Box 29347, Abilene, TX 79699 ~ E-mail: kxe09q@acu.edu ~ Cell: (555)555-5555
PROFILE
Marketing major with experience in customer service, dedication to quality, and proven time-management
and multi-tasking skills seeking a marketing position with Harte-Hanks, Inc.
EDUCATION
Candidate for BBA in Marketing, minor in Music
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas
An AACSB International accredited School of Business
EXPERIENCE
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, an insurance brokerage firm ranked as the worlds fourth largest
Intern, Gallagher Benefit Services division, June August 2007
Collaborated to develop a web-based training program for employees within the company.
Served on a subcommittee of a National HR workgroup to create effective recruitment pieces
for newly hired employees.
Researched and developed presentation slides regarding presidential candidates positions on
healthcare reform.
COBA Connections Office, career and academic advising for the College of Business
Career Education Officer, August 2004- present
Developed and presented programs to promote career readiness within the college.
Demonstrated fluency in Banner system software to assist with the developmental advising of
over 800 students.
Assisted with planning and execution of special events for the College of Business including
recruiting, alumni development, and new student orientation.
Consistently evaluated and updated office processes to improve student satisfaction.
Oxfam, International, Britains largest humanitarian non-profit with 700 retail outlets worldwide
Analyzed the effectiveness of corporate communication strategies on a workforce almost
entirely composed of volunteers.
Made recommendations to improve volunteer morale and creativity by way of revised content
and modified company publications.
Harte-Hanks, Inc. Worldwide direct and targeted marketing firm providing a range of client services
Evaluated customer service culture and compared findings with industry standards in order to
present results to the heads of London division.
Oxford Analytica, International provider of geopolitical and macro-economic analysis for heads of
state
Administered company- wide web survey to assess customer service culture and made
strategic recommendations based on identified deficiencies.
Boyd W. Shepherd, P.C., a law firm specializing in dental litigation
Intern, May 2005- August 2005
Researched case law for use in dental malpractice hearings.
Mitigated customer complaints and handled all manner of client relations.
Authored and compiled court documents for review and analysis.
ACTIVITIES
2007, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Abilene: weekly mentoring to disadvantaged middle school girls
2006, Spring Break Campaign to New Orleans: collaborated with 30 college students on a weeklong
humanitarian service trip to repair damaged homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina
The Global Apprentice: a COBA study abroad program in Oxford, England. (June- July, 2006)
HONORS
2004,
2004,
2004,
2003,
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