{"id":331,"date":"2025-05-01T11:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:37:19","slug":"resume-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\/resume-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default_no_jumbotron\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.UCEN_.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div 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Us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb mb-3\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/career-services\">Career Services<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">Resume Tips<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ea4d57336e580e420cd7848bc36b473\">Resume Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Style of resume being used: Chronological, Functional, or Mixed\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be consistent\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bold and italic font is used to highlight items\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content on your resume should be written in descending order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be sure to use words correctly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format dates September 2018, Sept. 2018, 9\/2018 or 9-2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spell 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