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Preparing For Your Career

Preparing For Your Career . Janean Couch, PHR Assistant Director, GVSU Career Center couchja@gvsu.edu 616.331.6708. The Process. A resume gets you an interview This document is an outline or profile of you Keywords – not paragraphs An interview gets you a position Describe your successes

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Preparing For Your Career

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  1. Preparing For Your Career Janean Couch, PHR Assistant Director, GVSU Career Center couchja@gvsu.edu 616.331.6708

  2. The Process • A resume gets you an interview • This document is an outline or profile of you • Keywords – not paragraphs • An interview gets you a position • Describe your successes • Tell them why they should hire you • A position helps you build a career • Everyone has to start somewhere • Update your resume with every step you take • It is not a ladder… it is rock climbing!

  3. Spruce up your resume • What are employers looking for? • Neat – Organized - Consistent • Knowledge of Specific Industry and Population • Combination of Education and Experience • EASY TO READ • Goal Oriented: Objective: To obtain the Child Protective Services position with The State of Michigan contributing to protect children and provide resources to families. • Demonstrated Experience: • No Claims! • Provide Evidence

  4. Things to Avoid… • Errors! • Templates • Fluffy wording • Inappropriate graphics and colors • Cramming • Too much white space • Paragraphs and “I” language

  5. Powerful Accomplishment Statements What is the difference between an “accomplishment” and a “job duty”? • Start with an Action Verb • Directed • Planned • Coordinated • Qualifying or Quantifying Adjectives / Descriptions • Supervised a team of 8 volunteers… • Provided guidance to at-risk students… • Results-oriented • … to ensure deadlines are met. • … resulting in a 30% increase of participation over last year.

  6. Action Statements • Start with an Action Verb • Coordinated group sessions • Qualifiers • Coordinated group sessions for adolescent girls • Quantifiers • Coordinated group sessions for 8-10 adolescent girls • Outcomes • Coordinated group sessions for 8-10 adolescent girls to provide support and education of dating violence

  7. Sample Resume

  8. Cover letters • Resume and cover letter go hand – in hand • Take the place of face-to-face interaction • Opportunity to pique reader’s interest in your resume and you! • Show how your background and abilities meet the employer’s needs • Show how you’re a good fit for the organization (this takes research) • Where you heard about the position

  9. Let your cover letter show… • Your knowledge of the employer/position • Why you’re a strong candidate • Your communication and writing skills • Your personality and professionalism • Present your professional best! • Your motivation energy and enthusiasm Always send a cover letter!

  10. Interviewing

  11. What will I be asked?? What are some “typical” questions an interviewee faces in the span of a 30-60 minute interview??

  12. 30-60 minutes • Thoughtful Response • Reasoning and Evidence • Grammar and Vocabulary • Listening • Degree of Interaction • Expressiveness • Humor / Likability Factor

  13. Selling yourself The Sales Analogy • You are the product… and the Sales Representative! • The employer is a consumer • Your resume is the marketing piece • The interview is your sales pitch • SOAR… or be a STAR • Situation • Obstacle or Task • Action • Result

  14. Questions?

  15. Career Services • Help you plan/brainstorm! • Resume and Cover Letter Resources • Simulated Interviews • Career Fairs and On-campus Recruitment • Web-based Employment System • www.gvsu.edu/lakerjobs

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