How to Write a Resume: Sections of a Resume
The following information should always appear on a resume:
Contact Information: Include your name, permanent address, city, state, zip code, and telephone number with area code. Do not write the word "Résumé" at the top of the page unless your job search is confidential. If this is this case, insert "Confidential Résumé" at the top.
Work Experience: Include information about both paid and unpaid, part and full-time employment and internships in reverse chronological order. Include the following information for each job you have held:
-Job title-Name of employer -Location (employer's city and state)-Dates of employment (beginning and ending month and year)-Your most important job duties summarized as briefly as possible, followed by your most important accomplishments. Quantify your accomplishments using actual numbers, percentages and other statistics whenever possible.NOTE: You do not have to offer work history older than 15 or 20 years unless it is logical for you to do so. For example, if you've been out of the workforce raising children for the last 10 years, then you would want to include the work history older than 10 years. However, if you have been a successful business person for many years, then there is really no need to include the jobs you held during college, or that are irrelevant to whom you are now. This type of information is distracting to the reader and bulks up your résumé with needless information.
