{"id":2301,"date":"2014-03-12T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2014-04-17T22:13:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T05:13:30","slug":"fire-service-resume-good-enough-get-job-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/on-the-job\/fire-service-resume-good-enough-get-job-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Service Resume: Is It Good Enough to Get a Job? Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"firefighter.atlas.part.2\"<\/a>Welcome back!\u00a0 Are you ready for the second installment of \u201cYour Resume, Is It Good Enough To Get You A Job\u201d? \u00a0In part one of this series we identified the major topic headings of your resume.<\/p>\n

To recap, they are:\u00a0 Professional Experience, Education, Certifications and Qualifications and Community Involvement \/ Special Related Interests.\u00a0 You can use other descriptive words for the headings but the idea should be the same.\u00a0 For example you can simply use Experience or Work Experience in place of Professional Experience.\u00a0 For Education feel free to expand this topic to Formal Education or Professional Education.\u00a0 In place of Certifications and Qualifications you could use Certificates and for Community Involvement and Special Related Interests you could use Volunteer Work and Outside activities.\u00a0 You get the point.<\/p>\n

Now that we have established some viable alternatives for topic headings let\u2019s jump into what information should be included in your Fire Service Resume:<\/h2>\n

This is where the rubber meets the road.\u00a0 It is important to include current and past experience in this section.\u00a0 When you list your experience do so in reverse chronological order, that is, most recent first.\u00a0 If you have relevant, significant Volunteer Work Experience you should consider putting it here as well.\u00a0 The details that should be included in the section are:<\/p>\n

Name of the Company or Agency worked for and you can bold<\/b> this information if you like.<\/p>\n

City and State they are located in and spell out the city and you may abbreviate the state if you choose.<\/p>\n

Title\/Position you held or hold and capital letters for the title are ok but only<\/span> the first letter of each word.<\/p>\n

Dates of employment for each position and please use full 4-digit year with dashes between, for example:\u00a0“2005 – 2014” or “2002 – Present”.<\/p>\n

Bullet points of duties performed:<\/p>\n