Just a few pieces of advice that ought to go without saying, but apparently don’t (where do people learn to write resumes?):

Be sure that your name is spelled correctly, everywhere it appears on the resume.

Use the advanced features of Word to format your resume. Don’t use a bunch of tabs to align your text. First of all, if you tell me you’re an expert in Microsoft Office, you’d better believe I’m going to do “Show hidden characters” to see if you really are. Secondly, as a staffing agent, I have to strip out your contact information before submitting it to a client. And if your resume needs a little tweaking (just tweaking, wording improvements, no substantial changes), I’m going to do it. If you’ve used the electronic equivalent of paperclips and bubblegum to hold your resume formatting together, you’re very quickly going to irritate me.

Finally, don”t list your experience building a website for a community group you’re part of, and then tell me that its web address is http://www.MCORG@YAHOO.COM. I’m going to think you’re bullshitting me, because you probably are.

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