| Personal Information: | Include your name, address, phone number and e-mail (if you have one). |
| Objective: | An objective statement is used to define the position you are applying for. It should be a clearly written, concise statement that communicates your career objectives. |
| Experience: | List your work experience in reverse chronological order, most recent experience first. If you are applying for your first job list any odd jobs, volunteer work, and other unpaid work experience you may have performed in the past. College students should include any work-related experience that helped finance their education. Give a description of the job function that details and demonstrates your skills. |
| Skills: | Skills can be listed in the experience section, where the job description is given or in a separate section. Some high school students list their skills at the top of the resume. Highlight skills to the job opening. |
| Education: | State your high school/college and dates of attendance. Give your date of graduation if you have graduated. Or, you can give the year of your expected graduation. If you are a good student you can list your grade point average. |
| Extracurricular Activities or Accomplishments: | This is a miscellaneous section where you should list achievements, awards and activities. |
| References: | Have a separate sheet ready with names and phone numbers of references. Make sure you contact your references and ask permission to use their names first. |
It is not required to keep the elements of a resume in the above order. You can put Skills and Education at the top of your resume. If you have skills or accomplishments that are very relevant to the job you want, list them first.
