RESUMES
						Résumés Your résumé will determine whether a manager or human resource person will call you, not hire you. It should be a brief snapshot of your career, accomplishments, and hobbies. You do not need to include your life story on it. The longer your résumé, the better chance that someone won’t read it. So keep it to one page. You get to expand on your experiences and successes in person or on the phone. If I receive 100 résumés, I do not want to shuffle and read through hundreds of pages. (I will however read a cover letter) These are following things I look for when I read a résumé. Professional: First, your résumé needs to look professional. You can use a WORD template, invest in résumé software, or pay someone to do it for you. I will not call a candidate if their résumé looks like it was done on a typewriter. Use bullets that start with action verbs to describe what you did or do. For example: Increased copier sales Generated revenue Hired interns Spell-check your resume for typos and have someone proof read it. Easy to Read: (see my resume below notice how easy it is to read) Line up the dates, Be consistent with fonts for each  part of the résumé. For example if your “position” is italicized, then all your positions should be italicized. Bold the Company Names Be Accessible.  Include your cell phone number as well as your work and home number. Be sure to include your email address. I have thrown out many résumés   because of invalid phone numbers. Include Complete Dates: The complete dates you started and ended a job inform the interviewer to the exact length of time you worked a position. When we see: “2000- 2001,” for all we know, you could have worked one month. Include the month and the year! Do not skimp. If you skimp on your résumé, it could be assumed that you will skimp on the job. Cover Letters: A cover letter shows you went the extra mile and you get to show off your writing skills. Well-written cover letters can move your résumé to the top of the pile. Objective: If you want to work in pharmaceutical sales, then put that in the objective. We want to hire people that want to do this job, not those exploring opportunities. Your objective should be one line and can be as simple as: “To work in Pharmaceutical Sales.” Experience: I read paragraphs of information and still can’t figure out what candidates have done or do in their jobs. If you sold something, include what you sold and to whom you sold it. In one sentence communicate your job description. If you worked for a company for two or more years, then write a short paragraph followed by bulleted actions as described above. Education: The only time you should include your GPA is if your overall is higher than a 3.0. Otherwise don’t include your GPA. Don’t lie about your GPA! Be honest and accurate. Don’t round off your GPA. Don’t include your GPA for your major only. This immediately tells us that your    overall GPA was lower.   That’s it on résumés. Remember, once you land your pharma job, you have to keep it and that's a whole other story that you can read about in My Book! Below is a sample resume.