Resumes

A resume is a vital marketing tool created to attract attention, interest, and persuade an employer to interview you. It is an advertisement of your unique skills, education, accomplishments, and professional experience.

To gain a competitive edge in the marketplace, your resume must be well written, error-free, and as quantitative and objective as possible in order to convey a clear and concise image of yourself. On average, a prospective employer will scan your resume for no longer than 30 seconds; a in order to work in your favor, your resume must deliver job-relevant information in less than 30 seconds.

Heinz College Career Services offers samples of successful resumes for you to review, as well as lists of keywords, tips and style pointers in our Resume Writing Guide (.pdf).

For information and samples of more technically focused resumes, here is an additional resource.

RESUNATE

Co-created by a Heinz alumnus, RESUNATE is a web-based tool to automatically tailor your resume. Simply create a work history profile then copy & paste a job description to watch RESUNATE “kickback resumes” in seconds. It’s easy to use and allows you to permanently store and track an unlimited number of job specific resumes.

Login at RESUNATE.com

TESTIMONIAL: “I absolutely love being able to put in a job description and watch it kick back resumes for me…it made me so happy when I saw it.”

–Ronia Holmes, MAM ‘11