RESUME WRITING
GUIDELINE
DOCUMENT CREATION > RESUMES
ORGANIZATION
Organize your resume with clear and distinctive sections:
• Headline with your brand (“Hydraulic Project Manager”) instead of the word “Summary” or
“Qualifications Summary” at the top
• Experience sections can include full-time, part-time, internship, leadership roles, and projects
• Experience and Education should be listed in reverse chronological order
CONTENT
Writing should be crisp, concise, and compelling:
• Use Power Bullets to write bullets to show your impact, instead of listing every task you performed
• Keep things short. 1 page for every 5 years of experience is a general rule of thumb
• Short paragraphs - no more than 3 lines
• Short bullets - no more than 2 lines for each bullet
• Short lists of bullets - no more than 6 bullets for each job
• If there are multiple projects within a long tenured job, use subheadings to categorize functions
• Use relevant and meaningful section headers
• Remove information not relevant to your objective
• Contact information only needs to contain your email, phone number, and customized LinkedIn URL
DESIGN & FORMAT
Ensure the readability of your resume:
• Add a blank line between sections, jobs, and education institutions
• Equal margins on all 4 sides of the page (0.5”-1”)
• Consider using lines to distinguish sections
• Use tabs to align information on the page
• Do not use spaces to align the dates to the right margin
• Do not use text boxes or tables
• Maximum of 1-2 font types
• Standardized fonts are best (Arial, Georgia, Cambria, Calibri, Garamond are safe choices)
• If using 2 font types, make sure they are the same style font (serif vs. sans serif)
• Do not use shading
Schedule an appointment with a Career Coach for a resume review, after working on your resume in
VMock and achieving a score of 70% or higher.
