6.8 What information do you present in the body of a resume and how is it arranged?

In a one-page resume, the body is the middle portion, taking up a half or more of the total space of the resume. In this section, you present the details of your work, education, and military experience. This information is arranged in reverse chronological order. In the body section, you also include your accomplishments, for example, publications, certifications, equipment you are familiar with, and so on.

6.9 What information should you provide under the “work experience” title?

Work EXPERIENCE is an integral part of any resume. List your experience starting with your most recent place of employment and work backwards. Write the exact days of employment, your position, and the name of the company you worked for. Provide information about your responsibilities, emphasizing important activities. List your responsibilities in short statements that do not include the words “my” or “I”.

6.10 What should you do if you can’t keep all the details about your experience and education at one page?

Amplifications page. Some people have a lot of details that they want to convey about their qualifications but that don’t not fit well in any of the typical resume designs. To keep the main part of the resume from becoming unbalanced and less readable, they shift all of this detail to an amplifications page. On the first page of this resume, the writer divides the presentation into experience and education sections and takes a chronological approach to each. On the second page, he only provides company names, job titles, dates, and discussion of duties.

6.11 What follows the experience section?

Following experience, you should list your special SKILLS. These include your language skills, computer abilities, and any other talent that are relevant to your statement of intent. When describing your language abilities you should be honest about the level of your knowledge: “fluent English”, “native Russian”, “intermediate German” and “beginning French” are the ways to describe your language abilities.

6.12 What do you write in the conclusion?

Conclusion. In the final third or quarter of the resume, you can present other related information on your background. For example, you can list activities, professional associations, memberships, hobbies, and interests. At the bottom of the resume, people often put "REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST" and the date of preparation of the resume.

6.13 Why do we need letters of recommendation?

If you have not been requesting letters of recommendation from your past employer's you really should start. Sometimes a letter of recommendation can add that little extra appeal when applying for a new job. Especially if the letter of recommendation provides a good review on the qualifications that the new employer is looking for. Of course, a letter of recommendation talking up your good character is an asset, too.