Resumes

A resume is a concise document that summarizes your background, and is tailored to your purpose, which could be to seek an internship, a post-graduation job, admission to graduate school, etc. It is the most commonly preferred document in business and industry positions. A curriculum vitae (CV) is a document that gives much more detail about your academic and professional accomplishments. It is most often used for academic or research positions.

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) can be used by a company to screen and rank job applicants, determining whether or not to pass your resume to a real person. Appropriate formatting and document type will help you present effective content and help your resume to be read correctly. To learn more about ATS and how to make your resume standout, there are additional articles you can read below.

• Beat the Robots: How to Get Your Resume Past the System and Into Human Hands
• What is an ATS Resume? How to Build a Bot-Proof Job Application
• Creative Resume Formats: What You Need To Know
• Are You Guilty of Resume Keyword Stuffing?
• 6 Popular Resume Tips That Are Actually Bad Advice

We have put together a worksheet to help utilize action verbs for your resume. You can click the box below to view or print for future use.

Some are too complicated in layout, have excessive shading, or other formatting features that are not recommended. A risk with a template is choosing one with categories and headings that do not suit your background or best present your qualifications for the positions you are seeking.