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CREATE A RESUME THAT WILL GET ATTENTION
- State your name, address, home, work/cell phone numbers, and
email address.
- State a simple, general objective. Being too specific will
limit who will consider you for a job.
- Work experience
- List in reverse chronological order.
- State the company, city and state, and years
worked there. In a short (1 line) sentence state what the company
makes and the chemical process.
- State your Job title, if it is too company
specific that people outside your company will not understand,
substitute a generic title.
- List your Duties and Accomplishments specific
to the job title and date of the job.
- Use short statement bullet points, not long
paragraphs
- Start your bullets with an action verb, for
instance: Designed, Supervised,
Implemented, Increased,
Performed, Spearheaded, Saved, Led, etc.
- End your bullets with quantifiable results,
for instance:
improved overall plant profit by 5%/yr, reduced
consumption by 80%,
saved $120,000 in annual operating costs,
decreased process cycle time
by 14%, saving $100 M/yr., etc.
*** (If you do not state
results/accomplishments, how will a potential employer know you can
really help him/her?) ***
- Education
- Degree
- School attended
- Year graduated
- If graduated within the past 5 years, give GPA.
- List any supplemental training, certifications, or licenses.
- List any special skills, for instance: Computer or Software
Skills.
- List any professional memberships and/or awards.
- Resume should be no longer than two (2) pages.
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