About the CRL

Getting Started

• Career Resources By Major or Field
• Graduate School Planning
• Resumes and Cover Letters
• Job Hunting Online
• Get Help from a Librarian
• Workshops and Instruction

• Resources for:
  • New Graduates
  • Undergraduates
  • Graduate Students
  • Alumnae/i
  • Faculty and Staff
  • International Students
  • Jobseekers with Disabilities
  • ALANA (African, Latina, Asian, Native American) Jobseekers
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Jobseekers
  • Women and Careers

Career Resource
e-Library

Choose Career Guide Career Exploration Career Search dbase Company/Ind. Research Fellowships and Grants Gap Year Get Help from a Librarian Global Rd Warrior dbase Grad School Planning Green Careers Internships Internships USA dbase International Study International Work Interviewing Job Search Tools Networking Job Hunting Online Presentation Resources Relocation Resources for Alumnae/i . . . for Career Changers . . . for Faculty & Staff . . . for Graduate Students . . . for Undergraduates . . . for International Students . . . for Jobseekers with Disabilities . . . for ALANA Jobseekers . . . for LGBT Jobseekers . . . for Women and Careers Resources by Major/Field Resumes & Cover Letters Salary Information Self-Assessment Transitions (new grads) Vault dbase Web 2.0 Resources Workshops and Instruction

Library Catalog

• Search here for Career Books and more*
  *For a list of all books in the Career Resources Library, search by Non-LC call number and enter "CRL."
• Suggest an item for CRL

Related Resources

• Career Education Center -- Simmons career counseling
• CareerLink-- Simmons online recruiting
• CA$H -- Simmons work study and on-campus jobline
• Alumnet Professional Connections
• School of Management Library -- additional career and business resources at Simmons
• Study Abroad Office

Recent News

• "Exit Your Current Job by Creating Bonds"
• "Declutter Your Resumé in 5 Steps"
• "On the Origin of Academic Species"
• "How Do You Tell Your Boss A Pay Raise Wasn't Adequate?"
• “Refresher Courses Help Graduates Get Up to Date"
• “Manage Your Micromanager”
• "Tips for College Grads at First Jobs"
• Everyone Needs a Vacation from Work: "Getting Back to Work"
• "Networking for Interns"
• "Why Attention-Seeking Tactics Often Backfire on Job Hunters"

RSS Feed  (what's RSS and how to subscribe?)

“Declutter Your Resumé in 5 Steps”

Filed under Resumes and Cover Letters
Posted by Libraries, August 13, 2007
View all posts for August 2007

Kim Isaacs, Monster Career Advice.

If you have been off the job market for a while, you might be tempted to pick up your old resumé and simply add your most recent jobs, training, or education. According to Kim Isaacs, Monster Resumé Expert, just adding new items is not enough to bring your resumé up-to-date and help you in a successful job hunt. She outlines a five-step process for decluttering one’s old resumé:

1. Narrow Your Career Goal: Decide what it is you want to do and then limit “your resumé’s focus,” or create various versions if you have several areas of interest.
2. Condense Your Opening Summary: Highlight some of your background, but don’t go overboard.
3. Edit Your Work Experience: Emphasize your most recent work experience, and summarize anything over 10 or 15 years old into one section. Also, focus more on accomplishments instead of responsibilities at those previous jobs.
4. Consolidate Education: Recent graduates can and should include detailed information about internships, academic honors, and courses taken, but professionals with four or more years of experience can minimize that section greatly.
5. Select Your Skills: Limit your list of skills to those most applicable for the position you want.

For more advice, read the article:
http://content.monster.com/articles/3475/18269/1/Home.aspx

—Hagar Shirman