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Use a professional template when constructing your résumé. Write down your skills and experience. In addition to any jobs you’ve held, list activities that have given your valuable and relevant skills—training your dog, volunteering at an animal shelter, or participating in animal visitations at the local nursing home.

Tailor your résumé to the job. If you are applying for an event-planner position at a dog-related company, include your experience coordinating your breed club’s annual show or professional organization’s conference. Write a succinct summary statement, focusing on what you want to achieve and showcasing your strengths. This is especially important if you are changing careers. Use it to show employers what you can offer.

The editor of Dog World magazine, Jackie Brown (seen here with her Miniature Poodle, Jäger), advises job hunters to be “direct and honest” during an interview. That’s good résumé-writing advice too!

Another tip if you’re changing fields: include some details about previous companies you’ve worked for, not just their names. Employers in your new field may not be familiar with your previous employer. Telling them that it’s a national business with 500 employees gives them context.

If you have experience in a particular field, include information about how your career progressed. If you held only one or two positions over a long period at a previous job, use promotions, awards, and other professional accomplishments to beef up your job description. Highlight any experience relevant to the job for which you’re applying, even if it was twenty years ago. This is especially important if you’re changing careers.

Include a section outlining your experience with dogs. This can include membership in or offices held with breed clubs, professional associations, or dog-sport organizations; titles you’ve put on your dog; pet-related volunteer work, litters you’ve bred, or any other dog-related information.