Elsie Said:

How can I build a resume so I can be eligible for an internship?

We Answered:

Go right now to your local political party's headquarters and volunteer four hours a week. They'll put you to work and political headquarters work looks VERY nice on a resume. Also, volunteer at a local school for the deaf or blind or ask a recreation director at a nursing home if you could teach a one hour class once a week to the elderly there about that past week's major news events. And, check with your local police department for possible two or three hours a week volunteering as a copy writer for their public liaison officer. That'll do it.

Clifton Said:

What is a good program to help build a resume?

We Answered:

You can google free sample resumes and you should be able to find ones there. As well, you can also find resumes by career or job name which might be helpful in terms of where you are applying. Also be careful of using templates when and if you post your resume or send it via email. Some of the fonts won't remain the same. Also, the formatting will be off if posted to a site such as monster job or career builder. I had to learn the hard way,posted resume but font and format messed up. Keep the format simple and save it in a word document.

When applying for the job make sure you use key phrases that the employer is looking for in an employee, can be put in summary of skills which can be located at the beginning of your resume. The recruiters are looking at hundreds of applications and don't want to have to read everything so the summary of skills should give them a snap shot of who you are and what you can do.

You may also want to read articles posted at careerbuilder, yahoo or monster job about writing resumes, or 10 do's and don'ts of writing resumes I found that to be very helpful.

Cory Said:

What is the best site to build a resume and be able to print it for free?

We Answered:

You can download a CV template from michaelpage.com.
Other websites will probably charge.

Terrence Said:

What Microsoft program can help you build a resume from the ground up in Microsoft 2007?

We Answered:

You don't have Microsoft 2007, my friend, because there's no such programme. Are you talking about Microsoft Office 2007?

If you are, you can download templates directly from the Microsoft website that will give you various different designs and layouts of resumes.

The first link below is for Templates. You'll need to select, by clicking on the hyperlink, whether you want Basic resumes, Situation-specific resumes, or Job-specific resumes.

Do make sure that the templates you wish to download are for Microsoft Office 2007 as earlier versions may not display correctly if you download them.

The second url below is for all the templates that Microsoft offer.

I do hope you find something that takes your fancy.

Antonio Said:

How can I build my resume when I want to be a nurse or teacher?

We Answered:

You'll probably end up developing separate resumes, one for each career. The only way to combine the two is if you want to teach something like biology or health, then there can be some overlap between the two.

Volunteering is a great way to build your resume. If you can get some sort of job in health-care while you're still in school that would be great. Internships are also an excellent way to build experience.

Jackie Said:

Things to do to help build my resume to become a flight attendant?

We Answered:

I think it is important that you are able to convey that you are a positive and upbeat person as well as having experience working with the public. Even if you just worked at a grocery store as a cashier, you can use that as experience working with customers. You can also volunteer anywhere and put that on your resume so that you can tell them the airline your experience of working with other people. If you can speak another language, that would be a plus too.

Angela Said:

How can I build an acting resume?

We Answered:

As much as I love theatre, you do NOT need theatre credits on your resume to be a successful actor. In LA, Theatre is NOT big like it is in NY so film and tv credits mean more.

Here's a basic example to help you better organize your resume:
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RESUME-ALWAYS use the 3 column format!
Here's the standard LA format. In NY, it's usually the same but with Theatre being higher up than Film/TV (/ denotes column breaks):

At the top and centered:
Name (Centered and is largest in font size)
Union affiliation (if any)
CELL Phone Number
Email

Far Left side below the top and centered stuff:
Height
Weight
Hair color
Eye color

Right side opposite of statistics:
Agent logo with contact info (sometimes if you have an agent, you can remove your own cell phone and email address. Then weirdos that find your stuff in the dumpster can contact them instead of you)

Film
Title/(Lead, supporting)/Director

Television
Title/(Lead, guest star, co-star, regular, Under 5, recurring)/Network

Theatre
Title/Specific character played/Production company or director depending on who is more prestigious.

Commericials
ALWAYS put "List available upon request!" Do keep a separate list of the commercials with the Casting directors involved in case an agent asks.

Training
Skill learned/School or teacher/Location (LA, NY?)
OR
Skill learned/Teacher/School, Location
ie. Cold Reading/Margie Haber/Margie Haber Studios, LA,CA

Special Skills/Abilities
Be creative with this. When I was starting out and interviewing with agencies, they would usually go straight there and talk about my special talents and even had me demonstrate some of them

DON'T:
-Put extra work
-Put Modeling/Print gigs. You make a separate resume for that.
-Lie
-Put age. If an agent asks you when you meet with him or her, then tell the truth. It's for legal reasons. ie. Under 18 can't work normal hours and need parent/guardian to sign stuff or you have to be at least 25 to do a beer commercial.
-Put your home phone number or address unless you want weirdos coming to your house.
-Put dates. It ages you!
-Have it separate from your headshot. It should be cut to fit and stapled to the back of your headshot.

If you don't have many credits, show that you're serious by having training from the best and a lot of unique special skills/abilities that you can actually do.