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Turn your Paths in Color results into a resume. Fill in each section with step-by-step guidance, check your resume against a real job posting for keywords, preview it for free, then download a formatted Word resume for private-sector jobs, government jobs, or both.
Guided sectionsKeyword optimizationPrivate-sector formatTwo-page federal formatFree preview
1Target career
GuidancePick the career you are applying for. Doc Lobe suggests skills, software and keywords from O*NET for that career. Took the Paths in Color Career Assessment? Your top careers appear first.
Suggested keywords for this career (tap to add to your skills)
2Contact information
GuidanceUse a professional email (firstname.lastname@…). List your city and state, not your full street address. Leave off your photo, birth date, Social Security number and marital status.
GGovernment details
Guidance for government jobsFederal resumes on USAJOBS are limited to two pages (since September 27, 2025). Each job must show start and end dates (month and year) and hours worked per week. Include the job announcement number and the series and grade you are applying for. State and local government jobs often follow the same style.
3Summary
GuidanceWrite 2–4 sentences: who you are professionally, your years of experience, your strongest skills, and the value you bring. Use words from the job posting. Your bilingual skills, community leadership and lived experience are strengths. Name them.
4Skills
GuidanceList 6–12 skills that match the job. Mix job-specific skills (case management, AutoCAD) with transferable ones (active listening, critical thinking). Separate with commas.
5Work experience
GuidanceStart with your most recent job. Write 3–6 bullets per job using action verb + what you did + result, e.g., "Led weekly support groups for 15 students, improving retention by 12%." Part-time work, family businesses, internships, work in prison education or reentry programs, and caregiving all count. For government jobs, add hours per week and, if you can, your supervisor's contact information.
6Education
GuidanceList degrees, diplomas or GEDs, starting with the highest. Proudly include HBCUs, HSIs, tribal colleges and community colleges. Add your GPA if it is 3.0 or higher, and honors such as dean's list.
7Certifications and licenses
GuidanceInclude licenses (LPC, RN, CDL), certifications (CompTIA, ServSafe, OSHA 10) and trainings, with the year earned.
8Community leadership and volunteer work
GuidanceLeadership in your church, mosque or temple, fraternity or sorority, mentoring programs, block associations or cultural organizations shows real skills, like organizing, budgeting, public speaking and teaching. Describe it the same way you describe a job.
9Awards and languages
GuidanceList awards one per line. For languages, add your level: native, fluent, professional or conversational.
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Keyword optimization
Match your resume to a job posting
Many employers, including USAJOBS, screen resumes for the words in the job posting. Paste a posting below to see which important keywords your resume already uses and which are missing. Add missing keywords only if they truly describe your experience.
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Tips
Resume tips for job seekers of color
Beat the screening software
Use standard headings, a single column and the posting's exact words. The Word file you download is built this way: no tables, columns, images or text boxes.
Government jobs
Answer the "specialized experience" in the posting with matching bullets. Keep federal resumes to two pages, and show month and year dates and hours per week for every job.
Second chances
If you have a gap or a record, focus on skills, education and training, including coursework completed in prison education programs. Many employers are fair-chance employers; you do not need to explain a record on your resume.
Career keywords come from O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Federal resume rules: U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance on the two-page resume limit (2025).