The Resume Information page is used to display data extracted from a LinkedIn profile in order to confirm its accuracy and provide missing information. This page may appear if you have signed in to this career site using your LinkedIn account.
Complete the information as it best relates to the type of job you want, as well as your personal background. When you finish entering your information, click OK at the bottom of the page.
In this section provide information that allows the prospective employer to identify and contact you.
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First Name — Type your first name, as you want it to display to prospective employers.
Middle Name — Type your middle initial or middle name.
Last Name — Type your last name.
Country — Choose a country from the drop-down list.
Address 1 — Type the address you want to use for regular mail communications. This allows prospective employers to send you print materials.
Address 2 — If your address contains additional information, such as an apartment number or other postal instructions, provide that here.
City — Type your city name.
State — Select the appropriate US state from the pull-down menu or choose N/A if a state selection is not applicable.
Postal Code — Type the postal code for your regular mail address.
Home Phone — Type your home telephone number, including area code.
Work Phone — Type your work telephone number, including area code.
Mobile Phone — If you use a mobile or cellular telephone, you can enter that telephone number here, including area code. Enter this number only if the prospective employer may use it to contact you.
Summary — Type a brief synopsis of your work experience or use this field as an opening statement to your resume.
Headline — Type a brief statement to be used as a headline.
Specific Skills Area — Type a summary of any specialized skills you possess that would be an asset to the job.
In the Employment History section, you can add and delete records. In the Education History and Languages sections, you can add records, delete records, and move records to change the order in which they appear in the list.
To add a new record:
Click the Add button in the Employment History, Education History, or Languages section. A new, blank, record corresponding to the section you are in appears in the right side of the section and a new index entry appears on the left side in the list of records.
Complete the information for each record. For an explanation of the fields, see the Employment History, Education History, or Languages descriptions below.
To delete a record:
Select the check box corresponding to the record you want to remove from the list. (In some sites, each employment, education, and language has its own Remove button. In these sites, just click the Remove button for the record you want to delete.)
Click Remove. The record is deleted immediately.
To move a record within the list:
Select the check box corresponding to the record you want to move.
Click the up or down arrows to change the order in which the record appears in the list.
Beginning with your most recent employer, provide information about your employment history. You can enter as many employers as you want. Be sure to provide as much information as possible.
Start Date — Select a month from the drop-down list and type the year of the date on which you began this job.
End Date — If this job is your current job, select the radio button next to Ongoing. If this is a previous job, select the radio button next to the date fields, select a month from the drop-down list, and type the year of the date on which you ended this job.
Employer — Type the name of the company.
Location — Type the city and state or province of the employer's location.
Position — Type the title of the job. If you held more than one job in the same company, create separate Employment History records for each job.
Description — Provide the information you think is most pertinent about the position, such as a summary of your actual job responsibilities and achievements.
Beginning with your current or most recent educational institution, enter information about your education history.
School Name — Type the name of the educational institution.
Degree Name — Type the name of the degree, certificate, or diploma earned; for example, Diploma, Certificate of Completion, Associate of Applied Science, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration, etc. (You may use abbreviations.)
From Year — Type the year of the date on which you started attending the institution.
To Year — For previous education, select On Date and then type the year of the date on which you stopped attending the institution. If you are currently attending classes, select the On Going radio button.
Degree Major — Type the name of your major discipline. If your history at this institution did not include a major field of study, type the field of study that was of primary focus; for example, computer science, nursing, chemistry, English, secretarial science, education, business, etc.
Comments — Include any pertinent information about your educational activity with this institution.
Provide information about any languages you read, write, and/or speak that you want taken into consideration in the job submission process.
Language — Type the name of the language you read, write, and/or speak.
Read/Write/Speak — Select the check box(es) corresponding to the type of proficiency you have for the language.
The next several fields are where you tell the prospective employer about your professional memberships, awards, and other outside interests. When you finish, click OK.
Publications — Type the name(s) of any publications to which you contributed.
Honors and Achievements — Provide information on any offices held, awards received, or other special recognition or achievements.
Patents — Type information about any patents you currently hold.
Certifications — Type information about any certifications you currently have.