I am getting ready to change jobs. To apply for the job that I want, I have to include a self certification of citizenship on my resume. How do I word that? Could someone please give me an example? I don't want to goof by wording it all wrong, and I certainly don't want to ask the employer, because I do not want them to think I am ignorant.

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I think all that would be necessary is:

I am a citizen of the United States of America, Born Waukegan, IL, Oct 10, 1968. Or I am a citizen by Naturalization, Marriage, or whatever.If any proof is wanted, they will ask for it.

Thanks frankvan but I think I edited a few seconds before your answer. Is the answer still the same?

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Originally posted by frankvan:
I am a citizen of the United States of America, Born Waukegan, IL, Oct 10, 1968.

Incidently, I know you were only giving an example, but you are only 3 years off, and 200 miles off and in the same state.

The way people do resumes now is sort of modular.

Your work and education are on one sheet of paper, references on another sheet, and I have certifications (technical/professional) on another sheet.

I wonder if it's better to put your self-certification on a separate sheet or incude it on your references page. I personally would not want to hand a piece of paper to a someone with only a single, 20-word sentence on it.

In addition, when you arrive for your interview, you might make yourself more "user friendly" if you have in hand copies of your social security card and driver's license ready to hand out. Of course you would only do this for serious offers, but by law they have to ask for it anyway to accompany an I-9.

While I appreciate your input bunkboy, if you hand anyone a resume that is more than 1 page around here, you will get looked at funny and they will throw it in the trash. You have to keep it short and sweet, although I did put it in its own subheading.

Interesting. I've been through three career counseling classes in the last 12 months, and all of them have said the same thing.

Your resume should be on one page (except when applying for technical positions, then you can get away with two), and your resume absolutely must not have your references on it, and you should never put "available upon request" for anything.

What they advise is that you make a seperate sheet for references and keep it with you in case they're requested, printed on the same resume paper.

Your references should have their own sheet, and anything else necessary for the interview, such as proof of certifications or college transcripts, should also be on seperate sheets. (I have an FCC license and a half dozen certs from different organizations, so I have to keep copies of all of them, depending on what I'm applying for.) I could potentially hand an employer 5 or more pages, and we were always advised to be ready for this to happen.

(All three also said that if you use paper with a water mark, make sure that you don't print your resume with the water mark upside down. Some employers actually look for it. I never would have thought of that.)