【华盛顿大学】UW_Beyond_Academia-Resumes

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1、BEYONDACADEMIARESUMESResumesResumesareanextraordinarilyimportantpartofthejobsearchprocess.Successfuljobcandidatestakethetimetofigureoutthebestwaytomarkettheirskillsandexperienceonpaper.Ifyouaresubmittingresumesbutnotgettingcalledforinterviews,perhapsyourresumeneed

2、samakeover.PURPOSEThepurposeoftheresumeistodemonstrateyourvaluetopotentialemployersoutsideacademiasotheywillinviteyoutointerview.Theresumeisamarketingpiece,notahistorypiece.Yourresumeshouldfocusontheskillsandexperiencesyouhavethatarerelatedtothejobdescriptionandco

3、mpanymissionbecausemanyemployerselectronicallyscanresumesforskillwordsusedinthejobdescriptionandeliminateresumeslackingthosewords.Tailoryourresumeforeachjobdescriptionortypeofpositionbecauseemployersknowanddislikewhencandidatessendagenericversionoftheirresumetodoz

4、ensofjobpostings.LOGISTICSUnlikethecurriculumvita,whichisusedforacademicpositions,theresumeshouldbeshort.Resumesforgraduatelevelstudentsaretypically1-3pages.Eliminatemanyofthedetailsyouwouldincludeonacurriculumvita.Havesomebodyproofreadyourresumebeforeyousendit.FO

5、RMATTINGYourresumeshouldbepleasingtotheeyeandeasytoread.Hiringmanagersreaddozensofresumessoyouwanttomaketheirexperienceofreadingyourresumeaspleasantaspossible.Use11or12point,standardfont.Setyourmarginstoapproximatelyoneinch.Don’tbeafraidtobold,underline,orcapitali

6、zeimportantinformation.Beconsistentwithhowyouusetheseformattingstrategiesthroughoutyourresume.Donotuseabbreviationsandacronymsthatmaynotbeunderstoodbyindividualsoutsideyouruniversityordiscipline–spelloutthewords.Peoplereadlefttorightsoputthemostimportantinformatio

7、n(title,organization)ontheleftandlessimportantinformation(date,city)ontheright.Donotwritebigblocksofwordytextorlongbulletedlists.Printyourresumeonplain,white,heavyweightpaperusingalaserprinter.Ifyourresumeislongerthanonepage:oIncludeaheaderwithyournameandpagenumbe

8、ronthesecondandsubsequentpages.oPrintononlyonesideofthepapertoensurethateachmemberofthesearchcommitteereceivesbothpagesofyourresume.Page1of12ORGANIZATIO