Writing a Really Good Resume

• WORK HISTORY
• EDUCATION
• EXPERIENCE
• AWARDS
• RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
• PUBLICATIONS
• REFERENCES if required

Most resumes are not much more than a collection of "evidence," various facts about your past. By evidence, we mean all the mandatory information you must include on your resume: work history with descriptions, dates, education, affiliations, list of software mastered, etc. If you put this toward the top of your resume, anyone reading it will feel like they are reading an income tax form. Let's face it, this stuff is boring no matter how extraordinary you are. All this evidence is best placed in the second half of the resume. Put the hot stuff in the beginning, and all this less exciting information afterward.