CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
Any licenses you hold that are necessary or valuable in the field you are seeking should be listed. Be selective, though. Only list certificates and licenses which are relevant to the new position. Mentioning a real estate license when you want to be a purchasing agent for a tool manufacturer would not add to your qualifications and might cause the employer to wonder whether your preferred career was selling real estate or purchasing.
First Class FCC Radio Telephone Operator (1979)
Commercial Instrument Pilot rating (1978) 840 hours flight time Private Pilot (1977)
(Electronics technologist and sales rep who flies to see customers)
General Electrical Administrator Certificate, California (1982)
Journeyman Electrician License - California, Nevada, Arizona (1981)
Commercial - Instrument Pilots License (1980)
(Electrician who would like to do some flying for his employer)
Standard Elementary and Secondary, Idaho. Lifetime 1981. (Teacher)
FCC, 1981
(Broadcast journalist who needs a Federal Communications Commission license to operate on the air)
ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERSHIPS PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Including associations and memberships can demonstrate you are keeping up to date in your profession and that you have developed useful contacts. For the person making a career change, listing memberships can demonstrate you are serious in making a shift in career direction. Use these categories only if they are relevant and will help you. An engineer might use the following:
Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society (1982-Present)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1980-Present)
Belonging to associations and professional organizations may mean only that you paid the annual dues, or it could mean that you are active in the organization. If you want a one-page resume and you are three lines over, affiliations can be sacrificed. The section provides interesting, but not usually crucial, information. List any offices held. The examples below can be used as guides. Do not list an affiliation unless you believe its adds credibility or value to your resume. Organizations you are no longer a member of or no longer active in are usually not mentioned, unless you held an office.
Use the examples below as guides for presenting information regarding affiliations.
Memberships
Pacific Northwest Personnel Managers Association (1980-Present)
American Society for Personnel Administration (1979-Present)
Associations
Homebuilders Association, member 1979 to present Officer 1985 to present
Associate of the Year 1983
Board of Realtors, member 1975 to present
Chairperson, Legislative Committee 1985-87
Chairperson, Political Affairs and Education 1979-81
Southeast Community Alcohol Center
President, Board of Directors (1987)
Member of Board (1977-Present)
Northwest Nurses Society on Chemical Dependency
Treasurer (1987-1989)
Member (1983-Present)
Oregon State Council on Alcoholism
Member (1977-Present)
If you want to mention certain organizations, but you are no
longer active, try this:
AFFILIATIONS
Member, National Association of Bank Women (1977 to Present)
Program Chairperson (1988)
Member, Bank Managers International (1977 to 1988)
Budget Committee Chairperson (1986)
Member, Business and Professional Women (1976 to 1984)
PUBLICATIONS
A list or description of publications can be used to demonstrate expertise in a particular field. Listing publications can also demonstrate your abilities in researching, interviewing, and writing. If you are widely published, include only your most relevant articles.
Publications include articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, trade journals, professional journals, school papers, anthologies, or just about anything in printed form with a circulation over 50.
PUBLICATIONS
Contributing Editor of Retailers Northwest magazine, writing articles covering children's clothing. (Included in resume of manufacturers' representative who sells children's clothing)
PUBLICATIONS
- The Arts in Seattle," The Weekly, July 27, 1991
- Marketing A Symphony," The Conductor, April, 1988
- Will Bach Be Back?" Symphony News, November, 1986
- The Dismantling of Student Loans," University of Kentucky Daily, 1991
- Tenureship Under Attack," University of Kentucky Daily, 1991
- An Hour With G. Gordon Liddy," University of Kentucky Daily, 1990
- Robots and Production," Chrysler Employees Newsletter, 1990
- Automation and Its Impact on Blue Collar Workers," paper presented at the annual Industrial Psychologists Symposium, 1988
If you are going to use a special projects section and have only one publication, you could include the publication with your projects. For example:
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Volunteer Probation Counselor, King County - 1986 to Present
Authored an environmental article published in Ecojournal-1990
