Résumé

Résumé Sections and Format

There are lots of different résumé formats and probably twice as many opinions about which one to use. The format shown below is effective in most situations, but you may need to adapt your résumé after this assignment if your situation calls for a different type of résumé.

W02 Résumé Example: Accessible document

As you can see from the example above, the basic resume has six simple sections: 

• Contact Information section
• Headline section
• Summary section
• Skills section
• Experience section
• Education section

Effectively replicating these six sections on your own resume (and within the context of the job posting your resume is responding to) will go a long way in helping you make it past the first six seconds of the initial screening process.