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quarter.” By showing how your skills are applied to situations, you translate your actions into vibrant accomplishments.
Formatting Dates to Strengthen Your Work History
     
    For many professionals one of the most common mistakes in writing a resume is to signify dates of employment by using the month-year combination (mm/yy or 12/98). Avoiding that practice can make a sporadic work history, which is common but usually detrimental to a resume, appear seamless. Omitting months therefore can camouflage potential red flags that could eliminate you from consideration.
    Executives and professionals with over five years of experience usually define their periods of employment by using only years. For these professionals the need to include months becomes less important as their careers progress.

     

     
Chronological Format Example
     
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    XYZ C OMPANY , N EW Y ORK , NY
    2001 – P RESENT
    Director of Sales Engineering and Product Management (IT) for privately owned provider of Internet security applications. Manage and monitor META product development and support technologies.
    • Worked with three-member management team to extensively develop and refine companywide networking functional model, including architecture and engineering.
    • Created and implemented sales strategies for eight-member sales team in four-state territory; oversaw closing of up to 15 new accounts weekly.
    • Instrumental in negotiating and securing high-dollar contracts, including $350,000 from state of North Carolina.
    • Established and built critical alliances and partnerships.
    • Conducted average of five product demonstrations/presentations weekly.
    • Developed and produced curriculum and technical guides for initial and ongoing training of sales personnel, engineers, and customers.
    XYZ C OMPANY , N EW Y ORK , NY
    1998 – 2001
    Computer Consultant. Managed network and 30 workstations with outside contractors. Troubleshot systems and developed new computer-related solutions.
    • Assisted users with technical support; optimized systems to ensure overall efficiency.
    • Wrote comprehensive employee manual for newly implemented software application.
Functional Format Example
     
    SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    Business and Operations
    ■ Direct and monitor warehousing and retail facility activities in world-class enterprise.
    ■ Maintain responsibility for developing, administering and monitoring multi-million-dollar budgets.
    ■ Build and foster proactive workplace environment conducive to highest levels of employee participation.
    ■ Proactive, hands-on style; extensive team leadership and personnel development skills.
    ■ Supervise inventory, logistics, purchasing, and procurement of products and supplies with TQM/JIT techniques.
    ■ Effect significant expense reduction through manpower and raw material cost control processes.
    Warehousing
    ■ Lead up to 100 team members in storage, transportation, and production of products and supplies.
    ■ Assure personnel comply with all applicable health and safety guidelines and regulations, including OSHA, HAZMAT, and local/organizational mandates.
    ■ Understand and maintain compliance with all specifications of OSHA, EPA, and UL.
    ■ Manage all aspects of manufacturing projects from planning through shipment, including tariff compliance, transportation contracting, and process reviews.
    WORK HISTORY

     

     

     
STEP 5: EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
     
    The education section is an important part of a resume. Employers often pay special attention to this section if the final decision comes down to two otherwise equally qualified candidates. Your education should immediately follow your Professional Experience (or Work History) section unless you are a student or have less than one year of experience.
    As a rule of thumb, most employers want to know
     
    1. Where you received your education
    2. Your major or course of study
    3. Any degrees you obtained
    If