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Part 2 ➤ Six Steps to a Perfect Resume

➤ Publications
➤ Awards
➤ Computer skills
➤ Personal pursuits

Career Casualty Even if you feel like just throwing them in a big pile at the bottom of
the page, don’t! Instead, create one or more logical sections that will
Don’t feel pressure to have lots spark the employer’s interest. Sneak a peek at the following template to
of extra sections on your resume. see where you might place your extra goodies.
If your resume is complete with
your Heading, Job Objective,
Summary of Qualifications, Education 101
Professional Achievements, Work
Your education is almost always a point of interest to a prospective
History, and Education sections,
employer. The Education section is usually positioned at or near the
stop right there. After all, look at
end of the resume, as noted on the previous template.
how many of the sample resumes
in Appendix B, “Portfolio of In some cases, however, it’s better to place the Education section under
Sample Resumes,” have just those the Summary of Qualifications section near the beginning of the
six sections. resume. You might want to put it here if one or more of the following
conditions applies:
➤ Your education is highly relevant to your new position.
➤ You’re a new graduate and you want to show off your degree.
➤ You have no employment experience in the field you are going
into, but you have a degree or training in that field.

Job-Hunt Hint What If ?
Instead of listing all the classes
Education comes in many forms (formal, independent, professional
and workshops you ever at-
training, and experiential), and there are as many ways to measure its
tended, list only the ones that
results (degrees, credentials, certifications, equivalencies, years of expe-
support your job objective.
rience, lists of acquired skills).
You probably fall into one of the following categories:
➤ You have one or more college degrees.
➤ You are about to achieve your college degree.
➤ You have a college degree equivalent.
➤ You went to college but didn’t complete your degree program.
➤ You just graduated from high school.
➤ You graduated from high school some time ago and never went to college.

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