Hector's Guide to Preparing a RESUME There are basically two types of resume, chronological and functional. Below is a sample chronological resume. I will create a sample of functional resume as soon as I find the time. Scroll below the resume for guides on resume preparation. Enjoy!!! =========================================================================== P.O.Box 00000 Phone:123-4567 Honolulu, Hawaii 11111 Email:JohnQ@JohnQPublic JOHN Q PUBLIC ============================================================================================ OBJECTIVE To perform administrative duties, counsel students, and to teach courses in criminal justice and business administration. PERSONAL QUALIFICATION Strong academic background, experienced in teaching, and able to handle hard to control students. WORK EXPERIENCE 1995-present College Number 1 Department Chair, General Education Evaluate instructors, advise students, order materials for instructors, teach criminal justice courses including law enforcement, corrections, criminal justice systems, business administration including finance, management, accounting, economics, and responsible of hiring instructors, deciding textbooks, advising students. 1998-1999 College Number 2 Department Chair/Instructor, International Business Hired instructors, decided books for the classes, updated syllabi, staffed classes, taught business related classes. 1997-1998 College Number 3 Department Head/Instructor, Criminal Justice Made sure classes are staffed, evaluated instructors, updated appropriate textbooks for each class 1998-present College Number 4 Adjunct Instructor Teach criminal justice courses such as justice administration and also teach business administration. 1998-1999 College Number 5 Adjunct Instructor Taught criminal justice classes including corrections and justice systems. 1995-present Dept. of Public Safety/Dept. of Education Instructor 1) Prison Number 1-teach GED and Community Based High School Diploma Program(CBHDP), introduction to computers. 2) Prison Number 2-teaches adult male inmates Adult Basic Education with an emphasis on Math. 3) Prison Number 3-teaches business development to adult male inmates to get ready for the outside world. EDUCATION University Number 1 Masters of Science in Criminal Justice Administration, 1995 Masters of Business Administration, 1993 University Number 2 Bachelor of Science-Economics, 1993 Bachelor of Science-Justice Administration, 1991 MEMBERSHIP American Correctional Association Correctional Education Association American Accounting Association National Honor Society for Criminal Justice, University Number 1 National Honor Society for Business Administration, University Number 1 AWARDS Teacher of the year, 1996-College Number 3. ======================================================================================BELOW ARE GUIDES TO PREPARING RESUME
Power verbs for your resume-(taken from Rockport Institute)
| accelerated accomplished achieved addressed administered advised allocated answered appeared applied appointed appraised approved arranged assessed assigned assisted assumed assured audited awarded |
| bought briefed broadened brought budgeted built |
| cataloged caused changed chaired clarified classified closed collected combined commented communicated compared compiled completed computed conceived concluded conducted conceptualized considered consolidated constructed consulted continued contracted controlled converted coordinated corrected counseled counted created critiqued cut |
| dealt decided defined delegated delivered demonstrated described designed determined developed devised diagnosed directed discussed distributed documented doubled drafted |
| earned edited effected eliminated endorsed enlarged enlisted ensured entered established estimated evaluated examined executed expanded expedited experienced experimented explained explored expressed extended |
| filed filled financed focused forecast formulated found founded |
| gathered generated graded granted guided |
| halved handled helped |
| identified implemented improved incorporated increased indexed initiated influenced innovated inspected installed instituted instructed insured interpreted interviewed introduced invented invested investigated involved issued |
| joined |
| kept |
| launched learned leased lectured led licensed listed logged |
| made maintained managed matched measured mediated met modified monitored motivated moved |
| named navigated negotiated |
| observed opened operated ordered organized oversaw |
| participated perceived performed persuaded planned prepared presented processed procured programmed prohibited projected promoted proposed provided published purchased pursued |
| qualified questioned |
| raised ranked rated realized received recommended reconciled recorded recruited redesigned reduced regulated rehabilitated related reorganized repaired replaced replied reported represented researched resolved responded restored revamped reviewed revise |
| saved scheduled selected served serviced set set up shaped shared showed simplified sold solved sorted sought sparked specified spoke staffed started streamlined strengthened stressed stretched structured studied submitted substituted succeeded suggested summarized superseded supervised surveyed systematized |
| tackled targeted taught terminated tested took toured traced tracked traded trained transferred transcribed transformed translated transported traveled treated trimmed tripled turned tutored |
| umpired uncovered understood understudied unified unraveled updated upgraded used utilized |
| verbalized verified visited |
| waged weighed widened won worked wrote |
SOME OTHER POWER WORDS
| ability capable capability capacity competence competent complete completely consistent contributions demonstrated developing educated efficient effective effectiveness enlarging equipped excellent exceptional expanding experienced global increasing knowledgeable major mature maturity nationwide outstanding performance positive potential productive proficient profitable proven qualified record repeatedly resourceful responsible results significant significantly sound specialist substantial substantially successful stable thorough thoroughly versatile vigorous well educated well rounded worldwide |
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