by David Marwick, KempMillJobAssist
February 4, 2024
To apply for most jobs, even summer jobs, you will most likely be asked to submit a resume.
A resume is a marketing document. Its purpose is to entice a prospective employer to set up an interview with you.
Therefore, a resume should provide the information that can help a prospective employer make that decision and, to the extent possible, should be customized/tailored to a specific job opening.
A resume is not the same as a CV (curriculum vitae), which lists–often in gruesome detail–what you’ve done since you graduated high school or college.
There are two basic types of resumes: (1) federal government resumes and (2) other resumes.
Federal government resumes generally need to provide very specific content in a very specific format.
If you need to create a federal resume, there’s lots of helpful information at Kathryn Troutman’s website, www.resume-place.com and at Corliss Jackson’s website, www.FederalJobResults.com
Other resumes should include
- contact information, including your name, address (city and state only), phone number, and LinkedIn profile URL (if you have one),
- education, focusing especially on the courses and projects that are most relevant to your target position,
- work experience, again focusing especially on experience that is most relevant to your target position, and
- other information that is most relevant to your target position.
Andy LaCivita provides an excellent guide to resumes for young job seekers, along with an example, at:
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