Build Your Résumé Step By Step
If you follow the steps below you should be able to create a good résumé.
But don't be afraid to ask for help in the Career Center! Staff members
aren't going to critique you, they're going to offer ideas about
your résumé and how to make it more effective.
If you haven't started your résumé yet, we suggest starting at Step
One and working forward. If you already have a résumé but need some
help formatting it, or any other kind of advice, skip forward to the
step that looks most applicable to you.
Step One and Two: Starting Your Résumé
Don't know where to begin or what you've done that can go on a résumé?
Click for advice on starting.
Step Three: Organizing Your Information
Unsure how to group it together? Click for some organizational
ideas.
Step Four: Formatting Your Résumé
Wondering what kind of order everything should be in? Learn about
different formats.
Step Five: Laying Out Your Résumé
Don't know how it should look on the page? Find out how to lay
it out on the page.
Step Six: Tailoring Your Résumé
Want your résumé to be specific to a job? Get some suggestions on
tailoring.
Step Seven: Printing, Mailing, and E-mailing Your Résumé
Not sure what kind of paper to use or the proper way to e-mail it?
Learn the tips on printing, etc.
