From the course: Resume Makeover (2018)

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- Hey, a reminder here. You may want to work from one of the templates we've provided in the bonus materials, which you'll see below. You can type right into them, they're all Word documents, or if you're not ready to lock into a format quite yet, don't even worry about it right now, just open up a fresh Word document or text file, or even a good old fashioned notepad. Prioritize on nailing the content first, and then if you need to loop back and make this thing look pretty once you're done with the draft, that's totally fine. Go with whatever works best for you. Okay, we're going to take it from the top here, and for pretty much anyone going through this course, no matter what your background may be, the top is going to be where you add your name and your contact information. After that, I recommend that you begin with a career summary section. This section is so important for tons of reasons. First, it could be the only thing that a recruiter or reviewer even looks at. Most…

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