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Resume Worksheet
 

This worksheet will help you organize the information you need to write your resume. It is broken down by the individual components that make up a resume.

Name: ______________________________

Address: ______________________________

Home Phone:______________________________

Alternate Phone: ______________________________

Fax: ______________________________

E-Mail: ______________________________

  Job Objective Statement

This statement should include the position you want and the skills you want to use.

  Career Summary/Skills Statement

Number of years experience: ______________________________

Key accomplishments in field:______________________________

Personal strengths or characteristics important to objective: ______________________________

  Education and Training Section

List your highest levels of education and any training pertinent to your objective.______________________________

School (Highest level) :______________________________

City and State:______________________________

Field of Study/Courses: ______________________________

School: ______________________________

City and State: ______________________________

Field of Study/ Courses:______________________________

Additional Types of Certification or Training: ______________________________

  Work Experience Section

Most Recent or Present Job title:______________________________

Dates of employment (month/year):

From:______________________________

To:______________________________

Organization name:______________________________

City and State:______________________________

Duties, responsibilities and accomplishments:______________________________

Next Most Recent Job title:______________________________

Dates of employment (month/year):

From:______________________________

To:______________________________

Organization name:______________________________

City and State:______________________________

Duties, responsibilities and accomplishments:______________________________

Next Most Recent Job title: ______________________________

Dates of employment (month/year):

From:______________________________

To:______________________________

Organization name:

City and State:______________________________

Duties, responsibilities and accomplishments:______________________________

Next Most Recent Job title: ______________________________

Dates of employment (month/year):

From:______________________________

To:______________________________

Organization name:______________________________

City and State:______________________________

Duties, responsibilities and accomplishments:______________________________

  Volunteer Experience, Hobbies, References and Awards

If you include information in this area only include information that is relevant to the position you are seeking. It is important that you include volunteer activities. Do not include information unrelated to job performance such as martial status, health, weight and age. It is not necessary to include reference on the resume but it is helpful to prepare a separate list of references to give to the employer when asked.


ACTION WORD LIST

EFFECTIVE “ACTION” WORDS
for use in identifying skills on the resume

acted

cut

innovated

recommended

administered

defined

installed

recorded

adapted

delegated

instructed

recruited

adjusted

delivered

introduced

reduced

advised

demonstrated

invented

regulated

analyzed

derived

investigated

reinforced

applied

designed

kept

reorganized

appraised

determined

led

repaired

approved

developed

managed

reviewed

arranged

diagnosed

maintained

revised

assembled

directed

mediated

scheduled

assisted

drew up

monitored

screened

balanced

drilled

negotiated

sculpted

billed

edited

notified

selected

blasted

eliminated

observed

served

bound

enabled

opened

serviced

briefed

enforced

operated

set criteria

built

engaged

ordered

set up

cared for

engineered

organized

shipped

carried out

entertained

packed

sold

clarified

established

participated

solved

cleaned

expanded

perceived

structured

coached

expedited

performed

summarized

communicated

evaluated

planned

supervised

compiled

facilitated

prepared

supported

completed

farmed

presented

surveyed

composed

fashioned

processed

taught

computed

filed

produced

teamed with

conducted

formed

programmed

tested

constructed

formulated

proposed

trained

contracted

gathered

proved

translated

controlled

generated

provided

tuned

cooked

guided

publicized

tutored

coordinated

illustrated

published

typed

created

improved

punched

updated

cultivated

increased

received

wrote