THE COMPONENTS OF A RÉSUMÉ

CONTACT INFORMATION:
List personal contact information including e-mail address if you have one.

PROFILE/SUMMARY:
Briefly highlight key skills, accomplishments and talents. Emphasize what you can offer to the employer and how your skills and experience can be applied to benefit the organization. 

CAREER OBJECTIVE:
State the type and level of position sought and preferred area. Elaborate how your skills can be utilized to benefit that position.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
Clearly state key responsibilities while being concise and to the point.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
List resulting accomplishments from each position, be specific and tell what you have achieved for your employer (e.g. systems you have improved, policies you have developed, revenues you have generated, sales you have increased, time or money you have saved).

EDUCATION:
University, community college, private career colleges, secondary school.

• Degrees
• Diplomas
• Certificates
• Licenses
• Designations

SKILLS (FUNCTIONAL): 
Hands-on skills (e g. computer skills-programming languages/applications/hardware, instruments used, equipment operate, etc.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
Problem solving, decision making, interpersonal, communication, time-management, organizational skills; team player, self-motivated, work well under pressure, adaptable, etc.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
All related training courses/seminars/workshops

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Associations of trades, memberships, licenses

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
Community involvement relevant to work experience

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Interests, sports, etc.

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