How To Write a Winning Resume

• Personal job hunting tool to get you a job interview
• Written summary of who you are, what you have done, your education, your skills and your abilities

Contact Information

• Include your Name, Address, Telephone #, Message #, E-mail address

Job Objective

• Employers read resumes to answer the question : What can this person do for us? 
• Be as specific as possible about the employment position you want and how you can benefit the employer

Highlights of Qualifications / Profile / Summary

• A bulleted list of your most relevant skills or personal qualities as related to the job objective

Employment History / Work History

• List your job title, employer and main responsibilities of each job
• You can list the time spent at each job in total years (3 years) or actual dates, year-to-year format (2005-2008)

Education & Training

• List diplomas, degrees, certificates and other training, including locations and dates

Volunteer Experience / Community Involvement

• Be sure to include the organization name and job titles of your volunteer placements

Hobbies & Interests

• An optional section, use this if your interests show skills and abilities related to the job you are applying for

References

• Professional and Characteristic /Personal references are listed on a separate page, to be given to the employer when asked for

• Highlights your skills, experiences and personal traits as they relate to the job you are applying for
• Focuses on achievements and accomplishments - not just the job duties or descriptions

Please put this resume back in order. The resume has been scrambled and it's up to you to click and drag the sections back into their proper place.

• REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
• SUMMARY OF SKILLS
  • Over 15 years experience in large production environments
    
  • Trained and certified in WHMIS and Forklift operation
    
  • Familiar with working in accordance to ISO and Health & Safety Standards
    
  • Enthusiastic team oriented worker with excellent record of attendance
• COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  • Campaign Team Leader, United Way of Quinte, Belleville, ON - 1998 - 2005
    
  • Food Drive Volunteer, Gleaners Food Bank, Belleville, ON - 1997 - 2000
• Assembler, Rexcan Circuits, Belleville, ON - 1995 - 2001
  • Assembled and tested units in accordance to company production and quality goals
  • Participated in Forklift and WHMIS Training
  • Worked in a team environment on rotating shift schedule
• JOHN SMITH
  1 Front Street, Apartment 25, Belleville, ON K8N 1H5 - 613-969-0000
• Team Leader - Production, Rexcan Circuits, Belleville, ON - 2002 - 2008
  • Supervised small teams to ensure quality and quantity produced
    
  • Prepared goods for packaging department
    
  • Communicated with Managerial team regarding concerns of team members
    
  • Trained new staff and explained orientation packages
• EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
• JOB OBJECTIVE
  Production / Inventory Control / Quality Control
• EDUCATION AND TRAINING
  • WHMIS Training and Certification, Workplace Training, Belleville, ON - 2007
    
  • Forklift Operator's Licence, Workplace Training, Belleville, ON - 2006
    
  • First Aid and CPR Certificate, St. John's Ambulance, Belleville, ON - 2004
    
  • GED Certification, Loyalist Training and Development Centre, Belleville, ON
• Production Worker/Assembler, Nortel Networks, Belleville, ON - 1988 - 1994
  • Prepared circuit board components for assembly department checking of defective parts
  • Used soldering tools for assembly of products and utilized testing equipment
  • Ensured clean work areas for assembly and on coming shift

WHEN FINISHED PROCEED TO STEP 8, DOWNLOAD THE RESUME AND CHECK YOUR ANSWER - GOOD LUCK!!!

• Functional resumes organize your work experience by the skills you have acquired in the positions you have held
• You have little or no paid work experience
• You are making a career change
• Your most impressive skills or accomplishments came out of volunteer or unpaid work
• You want to draw attention to your skills that apply to your future job goals, and play down your past content
• Your best accomplishments and most impressive work experiences were not very recent, but are drawn from jobs you held some time ago
• Your work history is complicated
• You want to de-emphasize time frames that may reveal your age or show gaps in your work history

DOWNLOAD THE FUNCTIONAL WORKSHEET, PRINT IT OUT, FILL IT OUT, AND THEN PROCEED TO STEP 10

DOWNLOAD PROPER FUNCTIONAL RESUME

OVERALL APPEARANCE AND LAYOUT

• Is your resume easy to read with enough white space (does it look "uncluttered")?
• Can you scan down the page(s) and see a pattern in the placement of headings and text?
• Is the wording positive and action-oriented throughout?
• Does it look professional and business-like with no handwriting?
• Is it free of spelling and grammar errors?
• At a glance, do key ideas and words pop out to support the job objective?
• Has unrelated information been eliminated, and is the length two pages maximum?

FOCUS: JOB OBJECTIVE

• Is a Job Objective included?
• Is it directly related to the job being applied for?
• Is it phrased in the appropriate language of the industry?
• Is it a realistic next step for you?

SKILLS OR QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• Does the Summary contain skills that are consistent with the Job Objective?
• If a Summary is not included, does the most recent job listed in the resume describe the skills that you would like to use in your next job?
• Is the Summary positive, interesting and "alive"?
• Does the Summary combine Hard Skills and Soft Skills?

BODY OF RESUME

• Do you sound real, personable, energetic, and unique?
• Did you include information that supports your work values and professionalism?
• Did you use bulleted points rather than long paragraphs?
• Accomplishment statements - measurable and specific (use numbers/percentages/dollar values/decreases-increases, etc.)
• Is the information relevant to the Job Objective and showing a wide range of experience?
• Can job titles be easily found by someone scanning the resume?
• Are work experiences presented in reverse chronological order (most recent work first)?

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE / COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Did you include organization names and job titles?
• Are major skills and accomplishments related to the Job Objective highlighted? (In a Functional resume format, they may be listed under the Skills Summary area)

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

• If this section is included, do the activities have some relevance to the job? (i.e. skills, accomplishments)
• Is it positioned at the end of the resume?

REFERENCES

• If you have references to use, does the resume indicate that references are Available upon request