Harvard School of Public Health Career Guide

Management and Leadership Skills Administered

Your resume or CV should include: Heading will include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. If you are posting your resume/CV online, include only your name and your email address. Career objective Career objectives are rarely included in today’s resumes. The job seeker must either write a generic statement that is meaningless or one so specialized that it sounds like it was written only for the job for which you are applying. Education Your education section precedes your experience section until several years after you graduate. List the names of the institutions you attended with the most recent first. List the degree received plus your major area of study. Include any study abroad or relevant academic projects. Indicate either the degree name (Doctor of Science, Master of Science, or Master of Public Health) or the degree initials (ScD, SM, MPH) and the anticipated date of graduation. Include the area of specialization or concentration after the degree title. Remember to include your thesis or dissertation topic. Some individuals Your work experience should be listed in reverse chronological order with your most recent experience listed first. Internships and volunteer experience can be included in this section if they relate to your professional goals, or you can create a section called "Additional or Related Experience," or "Community Service." When describing work experience , summarize your accomplishments rather than listing job tasks . Organize work accomplishments into clusters of related tasks. Clusters of these skills and their respective action verbs might include: also include relevant courses. Professional experience

Organized Oversaw Recognized Recruited Reduced Supervised

Centralized Contracted Coordinated Directed Increased Managed Negotiated Operated

Taught Trained

Research and Analytical Skills Analyzed Interpreted Appraised Investigated Collected (data) Invented Conducted (surveys)

Presented (results)

Developed Documented Edited Evaluated

Published Researched

Solved Wrote

Presented (results) Published Problem-Solving and Program Development Skills Created Designed Devised

Forecast Implemented

Improved Launched Prepared Tripled

Developed Established Expanded

Honors and awards List any awards or distinctions you received, such as dean's list, cum laude , or Phi Beta Kappa. Include a brief explanation of honors or awards that are not Self-explanatory. It is not necessary to include your grade point average, unless requested by an employer. This information can be included within the Education section or listed separately.

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