Job Searching on the Internet Part (3)
Summary or keyword paragraph.
This paragraph summarizes your skills and, like the objective, needs to contain as many keywords as possible. Professional opinions vary as to whether you should include both an objective and a summary, and some even advise including your objective in the summary paragraph. Regardless of which you do, this information needs to be close to the top. Some résumé-tracking systems record the first 100 words in a résumé, so you want those 100 words to describe your qualifications and your skills that are relevant to the position you are seeking.
Experience.
Opinions also vary about the best way to organize this section of your résumé. Should it be in chronological order or by function? Or should it be a blend? If you’ve been in the same field most of your working life, a good choice is reverse chronological order; in other words, list your most recent positions first. If, on the other hand, you’ve worked in more than one field, you might want to group positions.
For each position you list, include the job title, the place of employment, and a description of your duties and responsibilities. Whether you include your dates of employment depends on your circumstances, but most employers will want this information.
TIP: If you have relevant experience from 15 or 20 years ago, you might want to summarize these positions at the bottom of the experience section.
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