Perfect Your Resume
Get Your Dream Job With These 20 Resume-Perfecting Tips
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16. Put Periods At The End Of Your Statements And Bullets
Your descriptive bullets are sentences, so punctuation is preferred, but not necessary. Either way, make sure you’re consistent.
17. Always Send Your Resume as a PDF
If you send it as a Word file, you risk the possibility of formatting inconsistencies when someone opens the document on another device.
18. Don’t Exaggerate
This sounds obvious, but sometimes we convince ourselves that an embellishment is different than a lie. But truthfully, it is a lie, and it’s not worth it — especially if your school or potential employer discovers you.
19. Review. Review. Review.
Get at least three other people to review your resume. A fresh set of eyes is much more likely to catch any kind of problem that you may have missed.
20. Reevaluate it at the End of Every Job or (For Students) the Beginning of Every Semester
Reviewing your resume means editing the current content — grammar, format, etc. Evaluating your resume means scrutinizing your accomplishments, identifying areas for development and creating a plan for how you will achieve your future ambitions.