Architect Resume Guide [2023]

Architect Resume Guide [2023]

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

Format Your Architect Resume The first thing you want to know is that your resume should follow the chronological resume format.  Not only is it the most popular format among recruiters anywhere in the world, but it also helps convey your work history best by focusing more on it over other sections. Once you got the resume format 

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

settled, start working on your resume layout, which involves: – Using headers to separate the different sections of your resume. – Keeping your resume within the optimal 1-page length to make sure recruiters go through all of it (unless you have 10+ years of valuable experience to list). – Using the typical 11-12 pt font size. If you go for 

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

anything smaller, the text would be hard to read, and anything bigger would take up too much space. – Choosing a font like Roboto, Rokkit or Overpass for your resume to look both professional and memorable at the same time. – Save your resume as a PDF file (unless otherwise recommended) to ensure it opens on all devices and Operating Systems.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

List Your Contact Details Start filling in your resume’s contents by listing your contact information. As basic as this section is, there’s one thing you should make sure of—that it has no typos. After all, no matter how amazing your architect resume might be, none of it is going to count if the recruiter can’t contact you because of a

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

typo in your phone number. So, double-check all the information you provide, which should include: – Name and surname – Professional title – Phone number – Email – Location (city and state/country) – Link to an online portfolio or your professional website (e.g. Behance)

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

Write an Architect Resume Summary or Resume Objective Your resume profile, also known as resume summary or objective, is basically an elevator pitch of your resume. In 2-4 sentences, you cover the highlights of your career, which includes: – Your years of experience. – 1-2 top achievements. – Relevant skills. – Career goals.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

Now, depending on your level of work experience, you’d either opt for a resume summary or an objective. Here’s how the two differ: The resume summary focuses more on your past work experience and less on your goals. Usually, it includes your years of experience, top skills, and professional highlights. A resume objective, on the 

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

other hand, is more about your skill-set, educational background, and career goals. As such, it’s much more useful for students lacking in work experience.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

Make Your Work Experience Stand Out Consider your work experience section your resume’s #1 asset. After all, what best way to prove to recruiters that you’re a worthy candidate other than dazzling them with your past professional achievements and responsibilities? As such, you have to make sure this section is as compelling as it can be.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

So, first things first, deal with the formatting: – Start with your most recent/current positions and go backward in time. – Don’t bother listing jobs you’ve had years ago or that aren’t all that relevant to the position. The hiring manager won’t be impressed by your data entry job ten years back. – Begin each entry with your work title and then add the 

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

company name, the dates you worked there, and 3-5 of your achievements and responsibilities, in bullet points.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

List Your Education The Right Way The education section might not be as important as the work section, but that in no way means it shouldn’t be spotless. Simply follow these guidelines and you’ll have a short and to-the-point education section: – Start off with your highest degree and follow that up with the university’s name, location,

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

and the years you attended. – If you have another advanced degree (e.g. Masters’ and Bachelors’ degrees), include it in your resume too. – Feel free to skip out on a high school degree if you have a Bachelors’.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

List Your Architecture Skills A strong skills section - especially when it comes to technical jobs such as architecture - is the second thing recruiters will notice after your work experience. As such, you’ve got to make it count by adding both hard and soft skills. However, keep in mind this doesn’t mean listing all the

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

skills you possess just to fill up space. You can probably imagine the recruiter doesn’t expect to read about your chess-playing skills.  Instead, what you want to do is list skills that are relevant to architecture and, specifically, to the job you’re applying for. Here’s an easy way to do that: – Make a list of your architecture-related soft skills 

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

(e.g. communication, teamwork, active listening), and hard skills (e.g. 3D Design, model building, hand drafting). – Check the skills the position you’re applying for requires on the job description. – Put your skills that match those in the job description first and follow up with other industry-relevant skills you possess.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

30 Architect Resume Skills to Use on Your Resume Soft Skills 1. Presentation Skills 2. Public Speaking 3. Active Listening 4. Perseverance 5. Written & Oral Communication 6. Creativity 7. Problem Solving 8. Critical Thinking 9. Confidence 10. Empathy

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11. Intercultural Competence 12. Patience 13. Punctuality 14. Collaboration 15. Decision-making Hard Skills 1. Hand Drafting 2. Sketching 3. Autodesk AutoCAD 4. ArcGIS 5. Adobe Creative Cloud Suite 6. Sketchup Pro

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7. Autodesk Revit 8. Windows & OSX Operating systems 9. Microsoft Office 10. Google Drive/Docs 11. Basic Web Development 12. Model Building 13. Dark Room Techniques 14. Digital + Film Photography 15. 3D Design

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Take Advantage of These Additional Sections At this point, if your resume is already one page long, you can safely consider your resume completed.  In case you have some space left, however, you should definitely take advantage of some extra sections relevant to architecture such as projects, certifications, or conferences attended.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

Though they won’t determine whether you get the job or not, these sections will do the following: – Help you stand out from applicants with the same qualifications. If you’re competing against someone with similar work experience and skill set as you, then these extra sections will help you stand out once more and testify to your professionalism and passion.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

– Make your architect resume more diverse. This is especially true if you’re a recent graduate who needs all the architecture-related experience you can get to show recruiters that you’re going to be a committed and passionate employee. Here are some additional sections you can add to your architect resume: – Awards and certifications. 

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

Did you win an architecture competition or get certified as a System Architect? Any such accomplishments belong under this resume section! – Conferences attended. Attending architecture conferences no doubt means you’re passionate about your profession. We’re sure that’s something recruiters want to learn about. – Accolades or recognitions. 

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Were you recognized for being the best plan developer or project manager in your previous work? Yeap, definitely include that in your resume if you’ve got the space. – Languages. Speaking a foreign language is always an asset. For example, you’ll be able to establish a rapport with foreign clients and coworkers or be more likely to get hired somewhere abroad. And these 

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

are just two out of many advantages. – Hobbies and interests. Your hobbies and interests are a great way to add some flavor to your resume and show what you do in your free time. – Projects. Additionally to your portfolio, you can highlight 1-2 projects that you’re most proud of on your resume also. That way, recruiters will know about

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

your best work without having to go through your entire folder.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

Pair Your Architect Resume With a Cover Letter Attaching a cover letter to your architect resume is just as important as having a portfolio. A cover letter allows you to elaborate on your skills and achievements and mention anything you didn’t have the space for on your resume. So, how to write a cover letter that’s just as good as your resume?

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Here’s what we recommend: – Address the cover letter in a more personal way. If you know the recruiter’s first or last name, you can use it to address them directly. This is guaranteed to grab their attention (unlike the traditional “Dear Sir/Madam”). – Start off with an attention-grabbing introduction that highlights your most noteworthy skills and achievements.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Write Your Architect Resume

– Give a more in-depth description of your experience, projects, and other relevant qualifications throughout the cover letter’s body section. Remember: achievements are always the best way to support your claims! – End your cover letter with a memorable closing sentence and a call to action.

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