Justin has chosen to use a combination of chronological and functional formats for his resume, which he typed on his computer using Arial, a common sans serif typeface found in most word-processing programs.

Justin includes contact information for his near-campus apartment and for his parents’ home, along with an e-mail address that he’ll keep for at least a year after graduation. Employers should be able to find him easily. Unfortunately, Justin has committed several minor errors—he omitted his ZIP code under “Campus Address” and typed his telephone numbers in two different styles, using a slash between the area code and local number under “Campus Address” and a hyphen between the area code and local number under “Home Address.” Watchful employers will wonder about his attention to detail.

Justin includes a simple, direct objective. He’s clear about the kind of position he wants. Employers generally like that approach.

Why didn’t Justin include his GPA along with his degree information? Employers will wonder.

Justin separates his work experience into “related” and “other” categories—and he lists his “related” experience by its importance to the job he’s seeking, not in chronological order.

In another minor departure from tradition, Justin sandwiches his list of related courses between “related” and “other” work experience. He wants employers to see his work experience before his course work—but only the experience that relates to the job.

Justin shows he’s been both active and proficient in his chosen field. That should impress employers—and assure them that his GPA can’t be all that low.

Justin held several other part-time and summer jobs before the ones he included on his resume, but chose to omit them in favor of including experience and course work he believes is more relevant to the job he’s seeking. Wisely, he realized that it would be better to omit old information than to send employers a two-page resume.