October 22, 2008

Creating a Resume

Microsoft Windows makes creating a resume easy.  As easy as making a 7 course meal with meats from around the world and 100 year old wine. Seriously, though it is easy.

1. Click Start.

2. Click All Programs.

3. Look for something that looks like New Office Document. When you find it - click it.

4. Click the tab that says "Other Documents." 

5. Click the Resume Wizard. 

6. Click Ok.

7. Click Next on the Resume Wizard screen. 

8. Choose which type of resume you want.

9. Choose the next type of resume.

10. Type in your personal information. 

11. Click in the boxes that you want to add to your resume.

12. Click Next.

13. Click Finish

14. Now you can begin typing in your resume.

Typing in your resume is actually a little more challenging than it might sound.

Here is what the resume looks like.

We need to fill in the personal information.  Lets start with education:

• Don't erase the heading Education.  When you fill out a resume you start with the most recent activity first.  Here is what mine looks like.