The general tips section is exactly that--GENERAL tips.  This section will simply give you a guideline and some food for thought. There are some exercises to help you practice some of the concepts; however, you will be applying these concepts to your actual resume in the content section. For now, in this section, you will just practice these writing tips, so when it comes time to apply them on your actual resume, you will be ready. 

This tip lists words that should not appear on a resume and reasons why.  It is so important that you learn to sell yourself and avoid the words that make you sound just like everyone else. 

This tip gets down to the heart of the matter: showing your skills rather than telling your skills.  This is the best thing you can do to help you shine. Since this is such an important principle, it will be further illustrated in the description of accomplishments lecture of the content section.  

In this lecture, you will have the opportunity to practice this concept, so when it comes time to implement it into your own resume in the experience section, you will feel more comfortable doing so. 

This is a very important tip to set the stage for a great experience section. 

In this tip, you will learn how to write in active voice and how to start with powerful action verbs.

This lecture introduces the content section.

This content is the MEAT of your resume! In the next three sections (lecture 8-22), you will apply my tips to your resume and revise your content.

This explains what should go in the heading at the very top of your resume. It is pretty standard. 

You want to highlight yourself well right at the top, so in this lecture, you will learn whether to use an objective or career summary to highlight yourself and how to write them well.  Since this goes right at the top, you want to make sure to start off with the best content. 

Most people WASTE this space, so be sure to learn how to utilize the top of your resume to really MARKET yourself. 

This slideshow gives you some tips for writing an objective if you choose to have one. 

This slideshow explains the function of a career summary and some questions to think about while you write it.

This slideshow walks you through how I used the questions given in the last lecture to write effective career summaries for a variety of clients. 

In this lecture, you will learn how to select which experiences to include in your resume and whether you need to separate your experiences into categories. 

Before you begin listing your job accomplishments, you will need a heading for each job entry, and you may need a job summary.  In this lecture, you will learn how to create the heading and the job summary. 

This is the most important lecture as this is the part where you really sell yourself.  It is so important that you show your job accomplishments rather than just describe your duties.  In this lecture, you will learn how to write this section well to help your resume stand out!

In this lecture, you will learn how to expound on your education section to include more than just your degree and university name.  You can use the education section to further highlight your skills. 

You may want to include this optional/bonus section, and if so, see what I included in my activities section to give you an idea of what you can put in yours. 

This lecture clarifies why I mentioned volunteer work and membership in clubs in BOTH the experience section and the activities section.  This document guides you on how to choose where best to place your volunteer work and club memberships.  

Another optional section to help you shine further is the skills section.  In this lecture, you will learn how to avoid a common mistake many make with this section. 

In this lecture, I clarify the difference between the marketable skills that go into your experience section and the type of skills you can put in your skills section. 

If you have several important certificates or licenses, you may need this section. 

In this section, I go over design and layout tips, using the acronym GET A JOB!  

• Graphics
• Element Layout
• Typography
• Appropriate White Space
• Just flip it
• Organize
• Bullets

In this slideshow presentation, I show examples of how to lay out the elements for easy reading and how to  use simple graphics to enhance your resume. 

In this slideshow presentation, I show you how to ensure appropriate use of white space and how to select the best fonts. 

This slideshow contains just a few more quick tips on designing and formatting your resume. 

A guide for more "modern, artsy" resumes. Just remember these are only recommended in certain industries.

For those of you who need to see an example of all that I have asked you to do in the lectures, you can either watch me transform a resume, completing all the steps and tips I gave you, or you can just check out the supplement material and read how I transformed this resume. 

For those of you who need to see an example of all that I have asked you to do in the lectures, you can either watch me transform a resume, completing all the steps and tips I gave you, or you can just check out the supplement material and read how I transformed this resume.