In its «Guidelines for Writing a Professional Resume,» the University of Missouri advises job seekers to use fragments
instead of complete sentences.
Bullet points For easy reading, use bullet points and consider using phrases
instead of complete sentences (no need for «I» or «my»).
Instead of complete sentences, use short Action - Benefit statements, like: Coordinated and published a weekly newsletter that raised awareness for local community events.
Not exact matches
Instead, officials are likely to have been asked to find ways
of linking education to release date in a way which saves money, possibly through allowing early release but demanding that the rest
of the
sentence be
completed under a home curfew with an electronic tag.
They wrote that they did not want to re-litigate the case at
sentencing, but
instead sought to persuade Caproni to consider a more
complete portrait
of Silver and to take into account his many accomplishments in government.
You can also eliminate some
of the expectations for writing: perhaps you will ask a student to list three things they will do
instead at the bottom, rather than asking for
complete sentences.
Surprisingly,
instead of disbarring the attorney, the Ohio Supreme Court indefinitely suspended him, but ordered that he could not seek reinstatement until he successfully
completed or was released from the five year «community control» sanction imposed as part
of his criminal
sentence.
Because he was pressing down on the Translate button while pausing and mulling over what he would say next, the app was able to capture his
complete sentence instead of providing a partial translation.
Instead, write your bullet points in
sentence fragments e.g. «Successfully led a team
of six to
complete project X ahead
of schedule» or «Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook».
It is always recommended that
instead of writing
complete sentences in a paragraph form describing at length each and every point, it is better to present them under bullet points making them appear both neat and precise.
A resume is different from a cover letter in the sense that
instead of using
complete, grammatically correct
sentences, you should use fragments.