5 Key Resume Tips

• Limit your resume to one page! For graduate students with a lot of experience: you can get away with two pages, but definitely no more than that. A one page resume is always ideal. Longer is never better. Employers only spend about 20 seconds looking at it anyway, so the more concise it is the better.
• Always put the city and state for every experience you’ve had, whether it’s a job, volunteer work, or school.
• Make your job titles pop. You want your job titles to stand out from the rest of the information on your resume so that they’re easy for the employer to find. Italicize, bold, whatever suits your fancy. Just make sure it's distinct.
  
• Don’t use resume templates! I know it looks easy to select a template from word an input the information, but don’t give in to the temptation! Employers can spot a template from a mile away, and it makes you look a lot less creative. Do yourself a favor and start your resume from scratch on a blank word document.
• Make sure the font you use is readable. Use 11-12pt font, 10pt if absolutely necessary, but no smaller than that. Also, make sure to use well known and conservative fonts like Arial or Times New Roman.

-Sarah