What to Put Into Your Resume

What goes into your resume

This is a minimal, basic layout for a resume. There are other sections you can put in once you"ve got a long and distinguished career history but honestly in my opinion, this is the bare bones of what you need and usually enough to tell the recruiter what he needs to know so he can invite you for an interview.

Personal

This is your contact details – name, address, telephone, email. You can also include your gender (if your name is vague ambiguous), date of birth and nationality if you wish, but they"re not required. It"s probably best to leave out your ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and other personal stuff like that which has no bearing on anything and is not useful for the recruiter to know.

This section is also a good spot for your "career objective". This is, in one or two sentences, what you hope to achieve in the next stage of your career. Gaining experience of managing small groups for example. This will vary a lot from person to person, but it"s good to give the recruiter of an idea of ​​what you want out of the job.

Work Experience

If you do not have any work experience, simply skip this part. If you do, start with the most recent first. Include the company you worked for, what dates you worked there and what your job title was. Also include a brief (3-4 sentences, bullet point lists are better) description of your major responsibilities in the job.

Skills / Qualifications / Awards

If you have any extra industrial qualifications or certificates, rewards from school, skills you"ve acquired through hobbies or anything else like that, list them here. List the best and most impressive at the top 🙂

Education

If you do not have any formal education, simply skip this part. If you do, list the most recent first. Include what school it was, when you studied there, what you studied, what level of qualification you achieved and the grades you got.

Do not bother including primary school or lower. Or, if you have some work experience and college diplomas or university degrees you can probably leave off your high school grades. If you do not have any work experience, include more detail about courses you studied, particular highlights where you got good grades and so on.

References

Lastly you need to include details of 2 professional people who can provide a work or character reference for you. Include their names, job titles, the company they work for or the school they work at, and a contact telephone number.

What to Put Into Your Resume