What is/how do you make Resume?
How exactly does this work. I know what it is and all that jazz, but I just dont understand the legistics. I am trying to build up an acting resume and just dont understand what to do when people ask for one. Do they want a list of my experience, or what? I know what it is, just dont know how to make it, literally. The actual paper. Thanks!
A “resume” web search will probably turn up many sample resumes that you can use to help you design your own.
Normally, the information at the top of the page will include your name, your contact information (e-mail and/or phone number), and your physical stats — height, weight, eye color, hair color.
Below that, you might want to have a “training” section in which you list any theatre schools you’ve attended and any acting, dance, singing, mime, etc. classes you’ve taken.
You definitely want to list all your experience. Give the name of each play you’ve performed in, the role you played, and the theatre where the play was presented.
You should have a “special skills” section in which you list all your abilities — languages you speak, accents you can do, instruments you play, juggling, horseback riding, unicycling, stilt walking, fencing, dance abilities, martial arts experience, whatever it may be.
3 Responses to “What is/how do you make Resume?”
Comment from vicseo
Time February 25, 2010 at 4:15 am
Besides setting all margins to 1″, the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is “scanability.” Here are some helpful tips:
1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as “Confidential Resume,”Do Not Contact Current Employer,” etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.
In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file.
Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.
Good luck!
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Comment from newyorkgal71
Time February 25, 2010 at 4:46 am
Enroll in acting classes, so you begin to understand what is required of actors.
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Comment from classmate
Time February 25, 2010 at 3:52 am
A “resume” web search will probably turn up many sample resumes that you can use to help you design your own.
Normally, the information at the top of the page will include your name, your contact information (e-mail and/or phone number), and your physical stats — height, weight, eye color, hair color.
Below that, you might want to have a “training” section in which you list any theatre schools you’ve attended and any acting, dance, singing, mime, etc. classes you’ve taken.
You definitely want to list all your experience. Give the name of each play you’ve performed in, the role you played, and the theatre where the play was presented.
You should have a “special skills” section in which you list all your abilities — languages you speak, accents you can do, instruments you play, juggling, horseback riding, unicycling, stilt walking, fencing, dance abilities, martial arts experience, whatever it may be.
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