[CarolinaDG]

Originally posted by seraphimsprite
I'm bumping this thread because we have an entry level opening in our office and I can't believe some of the things I've seen on resumes. (This is directed at recent college grads - someone applying

- Do NOT put your SAT scores on your resume. Potential employers don't care if you got a 1000 or a 1600. (I've seen this on three resumes already!)

- Same thing goes for GPAs in most cases. Put down that you graduated with honors, cum laude or any awards, but if you graduated with a 3.2 we don't care.

- Don't write lengthy paragraphs about your job experiences. Summarize your accomplishments in bullet points.

- Unless you have years and years of experience, keep the resume to one page. If that means cutting your "interests" off your resume, fine. The only things you really need on your resume are experience, skills and education. Only list interests, or activities if you have something particularly interesting or remarkable to talk about.

- Don't feel pressured to include an "awards" section. If you've received several great awards, list them, especially if they're relevant to the position you're applying for. But we don't care that you were "Student of the Year" in eleventh grade or that you won the "Excellence in Music Performance" award in your high school choir. (Both true examples)

- PROOFREAD!

I keep being alittle bugged about the incessant use of "3.2" as the GPA (mainly because that's mine). Can we lower it to 3.1? 3.15? Just kidding, but seriously, if you don't care, shouldn't it be there just in case? Like, you aren't going to throw our resume' out the window for ONLY having a 3.2, but there may be an employer (as was earlier noted) who thinks if you don't have your GPA on there, than not only is it not noteworthy, but it's not even remotely good (the "I just squeeked by" people). Also, my major GPA was considerably higher (granted, it was in music) but should we include this as well (I probably won't because... well, it's in music and people just think we "sing all day")?