Thinking About How to Create a Resume (Version 3) While it is not difficult to learn how to create a resume, it is not something you can just write up in a few minutes. You need to take the same care in cresting a resume as you do in preparing to go out to a fancy restaurant. You need just the right words and you do need to take care about how you describe your work experience. There are guidelines that will help you create a resume that will get you that call for an interview. First of all, a good resume needs a string summary statement. This is where you can highlight your accomplishments. It is essential to place this right at the beginning of your resume because this is the first thing a prospective employer will read. If you can really showcase your skills here, then the employer will be interested enough to keep reading. You can use short direct statements or bullets in this summary, but you do need to be brief, yet concise. Employers will be turned off if this summary is too wordy. When you list your work experiences, do so in reverse chronological order. This means you start with your most recent position. This is what the employer will be most interested in. He/She may not really care what your first job was because chances are you have had more training since then and this is what they want evidence of. Keep the job posting close to you because you do need to tailor the resume to meet the requirements of the position. While many people have one resume that they send out with every job application, you should never do this. You should write a new resume for every job you apply for so that you can target the resume to the job. This also keeps you from including unnecessary details in the resume, which employers may not really be interested in reading. When you write your resume focus on your accomplishments. Instead of just listing your duties, tell the employer about ways in which you added value to the position you held. Thinks of things you did that went beyond what was required of you. This is what will impress the employer when reading your resume. If you are having difficulty coming up with some details to include, think of what you were most proud of in your positions. Use descriptive words and phrases to bring attention to these accomplishments. Words such as “directed”, “supervised”, etc have a greater effect on a resume than saying “I was in charge of.”