Tips for Resumes and Cover Letters
11/10/2007 15:03:00
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Fonts: use very standard fonts. Fonts with serifs are more professional and
easier to read than fonts without serifs.
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Unacceptable fonts:
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Anything that looks like handwriting
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Anything italicized or too bold, except for headers.
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Anything ornate.
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Fonts that look like Courier.
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Paper: pink is not cute. I like to veer away from white, though – it makes it
easier to pull your resume out of a stack. Pale greys or ecru are best.
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Balance: don’t have your resume right-heavy or left-heavy
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Reverse chronological order: most current activities first
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Things we should all include:
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Our super GPA’s! (if above a 3.0)
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Our continuing education at UCSB, along with major and career goals.
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Any foreign language skills, no matter how meager they actually are!
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- Summer '07
- Vella
- First things first, foreign language skills
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