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3 Rules of CapitalizationBy

No Mistakes Resumes

Do you capitalize the name of a college degree?

Do you capitalize job titles?

Do you capitalize the first word of a bullet point?

The answer to each question is...Sometimes

You should capitalize the name of thedegree program only if it is a proper noun(English, Spanish, German), otherwisekeep it lowercase.

Re: Degree—theChicago Manual of

Style says:

However, most experts agree thatit is fine to capitalize the degreeon your resume but only where

you list it as your degree.

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The standard is, if the text in the bullet is not a completesentence it doesn’t require a capital letter or a period. Tokeep things simple, I suggest beginning all bullet pointswith a capital letter and ending them with a period.Here's an example of how I suggest you do it, regardlessof the rules.

As a director of sales, achieved a record number ofaccomplishments: (notice title is not capitalized)

• Increased sales by 20%. • Brought in record number of new clients. • Launched three new products in six months.

Capital ConfusionThat brings us tothe question I getasked the most—do I capitalizejob titles?

Job titles might be the trickiestpart of capitalization on aresume. Everybody thinks theirjob should be capitalized—andwhy not? It’s about them. But inthe real world that’s not how itworks.

A few quick rules on job title capitalizationCapitalize your title when it’s used as a

heading in your resume.Capitalize a title if it precedes a person’s

name and is part of the name.

Do not capitalize your title if referring toit in text.

Do not capitalize a title if it follows aname.

Do not capitalize job titles when referring to themin summaries, objectives, or general text.

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