Resume Skills - Contact Details

At the very top of your resume you will have your contact details. This should be pretty straight forward

Name
Address
Mobile Number
Email Address

Sample:

Bill Gates
100 Main Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
0444 111 555
billgates@gmail.com

Note, it is very important that your email address sounds professional. xoxbill_gatesxox1958@hotmail.com is not professional. 

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Resume Skills

Over the next week I will be posting a guide to writing your resume, one section at a time. Below is a general outline of what should be included on your resume, a guide to each section will be posted daily, with a culmination of the information posted on the last day with a sample resume.


Contact Details

Personal Brand Statement

Education

Work Experience

Key Skills

Referees

Complete sample resume - Coming Soon


Miscellaneous tips:

• Keep the formatting and font simple. Extravagant fonts look unprofessional and can take away from your overall message.
• Don't include a picture unless requested in the job ad
• Keep it to 1-2 pages, especially if you have just left school, in which case you most likely wouldn't have enough experience to fill up more pages.
• Keep dot points short and sharp - you have a cover letter for a reason.

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