What is parallelism, and what is its significance on a resume?
• Don’t mix job titles with job functions. • Use same part of speech when you describe your jobs. It is usually best to kick off your bullet points with verbs. Don’t mix nouns and verbs. • Be consistent with verb forms for each listing (all ‘-ed’ verbs or all ‘-ing’ verbs, but not a mixture of the two). For a detailed discussion of resume parallelism, see Chapter 6 of our e-book, The Quintessential Guide to Words to Get Hired By.
