What to Put on a Resume [7+ Job-Winning Sections]

What to Put on a Resume [7+ Job-Winning Sections]

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What to Include in a Resume To Land The Perfect Job

The most important contents to include on your resume are: 1. Contact information 2. Resume summary or objective statement 3. Professional Experience 4. Skills/Certifications 5. Education 6. Other Important Sections 7. Tailor Your Resume to The Job Description

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

Full Name - The generally preferred format is Name, Last Name Right under the name, you should include your: Professional Title - this should always mirror the job position you are applying for. Let’s say you are applying for a “front-end web development” position but your professional title says “Junior Data Scientist”.

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

Whoever picks up your resume will most likely discard it thinking that you are either overqualified for the position or your resume is in the wrong pile. Professional Email Address Your email should be professional and not something you created back in primary school (“smrtblonde77@gmail.com” or 

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

“I_love_elijah_wood_foreva@hotmail.com”) If you don't have one, make an email specifically for your career and make it something along the lines of [name] [last name] @ email.com Phone Number - If you are applying for a job outside your country, make sure to include your country code as well. 

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

If you have a US phone number, for example, you’d add (+1) in front of the number 555 555 5555.

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

Relevant Social Media Handles LinkedIn Many companies nowadays ask for a Linkedin profile when you apply for a job. Your chances of getting hired will be greater if you keep your LinkedIn profile just as up-to-date as your resume. Twitter In very specific cases, you can also include your Twitter profile 

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

(if it’s somehow relevant to the job). Some marketing jobs ask for an existing social following, for example. In others, you could use it to display your witty, under-20-characters writing skills. Quora Quora questions and answers cover a wide range of business topics nowadays. Are you an expert at giving business 

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

advice with 100+ answers on the topic? You can show your authority by linking your Quora page. StackOverflow Mainly relevant for developers, coders, computer scientists. Having a very active Stack overflow profile can give you a big boost if you code. Github Only for developers, coders, data scientists, etc.

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

Github is a great way to showcase your projects. Whether it’s a website you developed, or a mobile game, make sure to include it! Medium Freelancers, writers, bloggers, and entrepreneurs. A rich medium profile can help you showcase your writing skills and personality before even getting to the interview or trial task.

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

URL to your personal website/channels Here are some typical examples of what you could include: – Personal website - Include a link to your personal website if you have an established online presence. Don’t include it if it’s just a literal HTML copy of your resume. No one will want to read the same content over again.

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

– Personal blog - Only include this if it is relevant to the job you are applying for. For example, if you have a blog that positions you as an expert in your field. A personal blog on meditation and unlocking the power within won’t mean much when applying for an accounting position. – URL to your personal portfolio - For web designers, 

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1. What Contact Information Should Your Resume Have?

illustrators, painters, photographers, etc... – Youtube channel - A channel containing videos of you explaining quantum economics can be a great thing to put on a resume if you are applying for a job in the field of economics.

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2. Make the Right First Impression With a Resume Summary or Resume Objective

How to Write a Resume Summary A resume summary is a 2-3 sentence summary of your entire professional career. If you have more than 2 years of work experience, you’d opt for the resume summary instead of an objective (we’ll explain why in a bit!). The core structure of a resume summary should contain the 

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2. Make the Right First Impression With a Resume Summary or Resume Objective

following information: Jobs and years of experience – Senior front-end developer with 10+ years of experience in Angular and ReactJs Relevant achievements and responsibilities – Specialized in developing e-commerce solutions following agile development principles. What you are looking for. Your goal.

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2. Make the Right First Impression With a Resume Summary or Resume Objective

– Seeking a position as a front-end lead developer at a startup company

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2. Make the Right First Impression With a Resume Summary or Resume Objective

How to Write a Resume Objective Just like a resume summary, your resume objective is also max 2-3 sentences. Rather than describing your work experience, the resume objective focuses more on your motivation for applying for a specific job. If you're a professional with several years’ worth of work 

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2. Make the Right First Impression With a Resume Summary or Resume Objective

experience, you should always stick to the resume summary. You're much more likely to sell yourself with your experience, rather than motivation. If you're one of the following, though, you might want to use a resume objective: – Recent graduate with no work experience – Professional going through a major career shift with no 

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2. Make the Right First Impression With a Resume Summary or Resume Objective

relevant preceding work experience – Student looking for your very first internship – Professional with a career gap

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3. How to Write Your Work Experience to Stand Out

1. Add Your Job Title This should be right at the top so that anyone scanning your resume won’t miss it. 2. A short 1-2 sentence description explaining what the company does. Certainly, if you have worked in a globally recognized brand like Apple, Google, McKinsey’s, etc, then you probably don’t need to include background information on the company.

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3. How to Write Your Work Experience to Stand Out

Otherwise, add the company’s name, location of the office where you worked, and a one-sentence description of what the company does. 3. Include 4-6 bullet points describing the core duties and activities you performed for the company. Now, this is the tricky part - listing your work experience the right way. Each bullet point here should be a 

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3. How to Write Your Work Experience to Stand Out

one-sentence description of a duty or activity. Most people, when writing their resume, simply list out their basic responsibilities. Things like “Managed the sales at the company & dealing with clients” or “Marketed company products and drove sales.” What if you rephrased it as: “Increased customer support ticket closing satisfaction rate 

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3. How to Write Your Work Experience to Stand Out

from 47% to 72% within 3 months.” Now, this is a lot more actionable. The hiring manager can see how good you are, and how you’d be an asset for the company. In this case, it’s instantly clear that you know what you’re doing, and your resume goes directly to the YES pile.

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4. What Skills Should You Put on a Resume to Make You Stand Out?

Hard Skills Hard skills are the technical skills you pick at university or work. They can be measured, and are usually directly related to the tasks you complete at work Think, anything from designing in Photoshop to using a specific ERP system. Soft Skills While hard skills are learned technical skills, soft skills are 

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4. What Skills Should You Put on a Resume to Make You Stand Out?

your personal attributes. Here are a few, just to give you a general idea: – Leadership skills – Strategic management and planning – Research – Teamwork – Communication

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4. What Skills Should You Put on a Resume to Make You Stand Out?

Universal Skills As a rule of thumb, it’s a good idea to also put some universal skills on your resume. What are universal skills? They are skills that fit in the description or requirements of most career fields. Universal skills can be both soft and hard skills. Some soft universal skills are leadership, teamwork, and analytical thinking.

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4. What Skills Should You Put on a Resume to Make You Stand Out?

Ms Word, Excel, Powerpoint, writing skills, etc... are typical hard universal skills. Regardless of the job you are applying for, these are the skills that will come in handy at some point.

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5. How to List Education on a Resume

Keep in mind that you should mention your education in reverse-chronological order. So, the most recent thing goes on top. When writing your education section, here’s a couple of things you should keep in mind: 1. Don’t mention your high school degree if you have a university degree 2. Mention your GPA only if it’s 

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5. How to List Education on a Resume

above 3.5. Anything below that might not seem too impressive (especially if you’re competing with someone who listed a 4.0) 3. Mention your education before your work experience if you don’t have any work experience.

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Certifications and Awards Do you have any certifications or awards that are relevant to your field or career? Make sure to put them on your resume! If you are a software developer or engineer, you could mention things like your Java or AWS certification. Similarly, if you are applying for a Digital Marketing position, those Google Analytics and AdWords certifications would come in very handy.

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Languages In today’s world, languages are one of the top distinguishing hiring factors. Since most companies nowadays are international, knowing two or more languages can become a HUGE advantage. Countless companies nowadays value bilingual employees more than those speaking only one language.

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Whatever job you are applying for, make sure to include all the languages you speak on your resume. Include your proficiency level next to each one. You can see in the example below the different phrases you can use to describe your language proficiency levels. 1. Native or Bilingual 2. Full Professional Proficiency

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

3. Professional Working Proficiency 4. Limited Working Proficiency 5. Elementary Working Proficiency Make sure not to lie about this. It's not hard to figure out when someone doesn't speak a language. Your “Full Professional Proficiency” Spanish might go “adios” all the way down to “Elementary” if the interviewer speaks the language.

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Hobbies and Interests The hobbies and interests section can help you convey a little bit of personality. This is where you can show how big of an influence music is in your life. Or even reveal your Harry Potter addiction.  Whatever it is, make sure you mention something that can really set you apart from the rest. You never know, maybe 

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

you end up having a lot in common with whoever picks up your resume.

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Volunteering Experience Altruism and generosity are characteristics that will make you stand out regardless of the environment you find yourself in, the office included. Hiring managers tend to prefer candidates who have some volunteering experience. This means that the employee is the type to spend their own free time on a worthy goal. 

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Chances are, the same dedication also transfers to the workplace. If the volunteering experience is somehow related to your career, you can include it in the work experience section. Otherwise, you can create a separate section just for this.

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Publications If you're a professional writer (i.e. journalist, researcher, scholar, etc.), you'd benefit from including your publications on the resume. Maybe you have several blog posts published online, or a publication or two in an academic journal.  Whichever the case is, you can include them in your resume and make sure to mention the link.

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

Projects Side projects are super important for many positions. They can help you make up for any lack of experience in a certain field, or display your passion for the job. For example, if you are a developer or a coder, you must have a bunch of projects on Github. It could be a project you have done for a class or some

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

app you started working on with your friends back in college (new Facebook, anyone?). Projects aren’t just for coders, though. Maybe you attended a startup weekend at some point in your life? Or participated in a design hackathon? Both of these examples can really add value to your application. If you’re an entrepreneur, you can 

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6. Other Important Sections to Put on a Resume

also mention some of your side hustles. Things like re-selling goods on eBay, selling your art on Etsy, and so on.

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7. Tailoring Your Resume to the Job

Now that you know what sections to put on your resume, let's talk about its content. It's essential that any information you've mentioned on your resume is relevant to the job. We really can’t emphasize enough how important it is for you to check every section you have put on your resume and make sure each one is tailored to the job/position you are 

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7. Tailoring Your Resume to the Job

applying for. Why? Because the hiring manager wants the job seeker that's applying for THEIR position, not sending a mass application to 50+ different companies.

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