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POOR QUALITY RESUME Source: Katie Munroe, Career Counselor, December 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cally Counselor Education UMass Boston, Boston MA Bachelor’s degree, Psychology, September 2008-Present Charlestown High School, Charlestown, MA High School Diploma, September 2004-June 2008 Honors • Dean’s List • Psi Chi Honors Society 123 Broad Street, Boston, MA Callygirl@aol.com 617-617-6171 Related Coursework • Psychology of Personality, Child Psychology, Social Psychology, Research Methods, Criminal Psychology, Biopsychology, Neuropsychology, Psychology of Learning, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Adolescent Psychology. Comment [c1]: Unprofessional e-mail Comment [c2]: Spell out University of Massachusetts, Boston Comment [c3]: Bachelor of Arts or Science Comment [c4]: You do not need to list the dates you’re attending college, just your intended graduation date, May 2012. Comment [c5]: Once you get to college, you do not need to list anything from High School unless it’s ABSOLUTELY related to your career path. Employment Waitress, TGIFridays, Sept 2009-present • Served tables of guests. • Took orders and efficiently relayed them to the kitchen. • Multitasked while serving tables Sales, Old Navy Sept 2008-present • Helped customers with clothing choice. • Assisted with cleaning the dressing rooms. • Worked the register. Camp Counselor, Camp Sunshine, Maine, <strong>Summer</strong> 2008 and 2009 • Responsible for campers daily activities • Supervised arts and crafts as well as field games. Skills • Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Internet Comment [c6]: Must include the location of the job including the city and state. Comment [c7]: All of the verbs should be present tense rather than past tense since Cally is still working here. Comment [c8]: How many guests Give a range of people per table or number of tables you work within an hour or a shift. Comment [c9]: What did you multitask Comment [c10]: Use a stronger action verb such as Operated the register during customer transactions and handled money efficiently and securely. Comment [c11]: This should be italicized to be consistent with all the other job titles. Comment [c12]: Never use the term “responsible for”, instead explain what that means. Comment [c13]: You do not need to list Microsoft three times if they are all from the same Office software. 19
AVERAGE QUALITY RESUME Source: Katie Munroe, Career Counselor, December 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Johnson 11 Long Road • Boston, MA 02222 • 617-617-6171 • jjohnson@yahoo.com EDUCATION Babson College, Bridgewater, MA Graduation date: May 2011 Bachelor of Science, Accounting Overall GPA: 3.418 HONORS and AWARDS Dean’s List, 5 semesters Academic Merit Scholarship National Honors Society RELEVANT COURSEWORK Managerial Accounting, Managerial Finance, Marketing Principles, Human Resource Management, Computer Applications, Statistics Economics, Business Law Comment [c14]: Keep the GPA to 1 decimal point not 3 Comment [c15]: Who gave you the scholarship and when did you receive it Comment [c16]: Do not include items from High School unless they are directly related to your career interest. WORK EXPERIENCE Office Assistant, September 2007 - Present College of Management, Babson College • Perform general administrative tasks around the office and deliver documents around campus • Participate in open houses Laborer, June 2006 – Present Smith and Bros. Landscaping, Lynn, MA • Lay out lawn seeding • Trim grass, bushes and shrubbery by safely using machinery • Manage soil, mulch, and overall landscape for appropriate plant life Intern, <strong>Summer</strong>s 2008 and 2010 Treasurer’s Office, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA • Assisted within preparing spreadsheets for Treasurer meetings • Conducted research on the perception of government spending in the media • Compiled written report and presented results to management EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES President, Fall 2010-present Comment [c17]: Even when you list a college, you must include the city and state of its location. Comment [c18]: Too general. Discuss what those tasks are such as filing, photocopying, answering phones. Comment [c19]: Needs more detail, what do you do at the open houses Comment [c20]: The bullets here are too focused on the labor and not as much on the customer service side. Include details of working with customers, filling out billing information, and reporting back to company. Comment [c21]: What kind of spreadsheets Excel Put the name of software you use in the bullets. Comment [c22]: Where did you get your information from The internet, newspapers, reports, etc 20
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