How to Build a Resume: Structure and Advice

• #Resume

• Clear
• Complete
• Structured

• Contact information: first and last name, address (city), phone and email.
• Work experience: name and type of companies you worked for, time period you worked for them (month and year), title, responsibilities and achievements.
• Education: name of education institutions, studying periods, additional education (trainings, skill enhancement courses, internships)
• Professional skills: foreign languages knowledge, computer knowledge including special programs and equipment, driving license status

• Remove title “Resume”, “CV”, etc (from the documents itself it is clear what you mean), but required on the file name
• Depending on the role you are applying to, potential employer may only be interested only in last 3-5 places of work and time frame of no more than 10 years); but please include if it is relevant to the role and company
• Physical data and your health condition
• If you were to include a photo then it should not be an informal photo, that is too small or too large, vacation photos etc.
• Unsuccessful projects description
• Reasons why you quit previous jobs, this is usually discussed during the interview
• Letters of recommendation, this can be available upon request

• Ask someone who knows the language in which your resume is written to proofread it
• Check if all information is in correct order and in the same format: for instance, if you use certain abbreviation once, keep the same style through the whole resume (better to avoid abbreviations and use full words)
• Try to avoid long phrases, complicated and unclear words, or abbreviations.
• Choose a convenient reading format: wide margins, font that is not too small or too large, enough paragraph spacing
• Preferable use PDF format for your resume to avoid format adjustments when transferring file