Resume format
Here's the basic format of my resume:
Your name in large letters
Address
Phone number
Cell number
e-mail
(The above should be centered on the page)
Objective: Professional Pilot Employment (or Flight Officer) (Flight Instructor if it is for that job)
Certificates and Ratings: Pilot certificates and ratings, instructor certificate and ratings, First Class Medical, Ground instructor certificate and ratings, A & P, FCC Radiotelephone Permit, etc.
Flight Time: (center the total, something like, "Total 4565)
Then break it down into PIC, multi, instrument, cross-country, night, dual given, etc. If you have good turbine, put it fairly high. You want to set up nicely-tabulated columns, with the most significant times highest up.
Experience: State your employers and dates of employment. Last employer first. Describe your job duties briefly and succinctly and aircraft flown, e.g. "Trained ab initio Alitalia crews using the line-oriented flight training philosophy. Aircraft flown: PA-44, PA-28-160, MO20."
Then, Technical Training. List your school and/or source of training.
Education: Put down your college, degree earned and major. If you graduated cum laude and had a high GPA, put it down. That is a major plus, no matter when you graduated.
Personal info: Date of birth, etc.
Finally, at the bottom:
Availability: Immediate
The examples are actual from my resume.
Keep it simple and to the point. Above all, keep it to one page. It may be scanned into an H.R. database.
In your case, see if you can put a good spin on your FBO duties. Something like "Assisted with managing large FBO," or "Involved in customer service." Something to make it sound more than just sweeping floors or making coffee. Just be careful not to distort what you do at the FBO.
Hope this helps. Good luck with your job search.
