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Building Your Resume

Building Your Resume. How would you define a resume?. A RESUME is typically the first item that a potential employer encounters regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screen applicants , often followed by an interview, when seeking employment.

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Building Your Resume

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  1. Building Your Resume

  2. How would you define a resume? A RESUME is typically the first item that a potential employer encounters regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screenapplicants, often followed by an interview, when seeking employment. A typical résumé contains a summary of relevant job experience and education.
  3. What are the 2 main components of a resume? EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
  4. What are the key components of a resume? Name, Phone Number, and Email Address *Do NOT list your ADDRESS as it may discourage a potential employer from giving you an interview. Employers may see your address and see more of a commute (i.e. being late to work, etc.) EDUCATION CERTIFICATIONS QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS EXPERIENCE (all content should be relative to the position you are applying for). VOLUNTEER WORK
  5. EXAMPLE… SUMMARY
  6. Stylizing your resume FONTS & SIZES (Your name, phone number, and email addressshould be the boldest.) SIMPLICITY & CONSISTENCY Underlining categories helps the reader to identify key areas of your resume.
  7. Resume v. Cover Letter ResumeCover Letter NAME, PHONE NUMBER, & EMAIL NAME, PHONE NUMBER, & EMAIL EDUCATION How you found out about the job. CERTIFICATIONS What you like about their company. QUALIFICATIONS What you would contribute to their co. EXPERIENCE “Thank you for your consideration.” VOLUNTEER WORK
  8. EMAIL The most popular form of communication in the business world. FAST, EASY, and EFFICIENT way to communicate. GREEN- Sustainable way to reach employers, family, friends, etc. CREATE A PROFESSIONALEMAIL ADDRESS: i.e. Jack Bennett jackbennett@gmail.com or j.bennett@gmail.com REMEMBER: SIMPLICITY & CONSISTENCY *CHECK YOUR EMAIL OFTEN- DO NOT LEAVE IT FULL. Rule of thumb: Check it at least 2 times daily. Both resume & cover letter should be converted & emailed to potential employers as a .PDF document.
  9. 7 Ways to Ruin Your Resume 1. Apply for a job for which you are not remotely qualifiedMany candidates believe the job hunt is a numbers game — drop enough resumes, and you’re bound to land something. The reality is that recruiters hate wasting time on resumes from unqualified candidates. Read the job descriptions thoroughly & carefully. 2. Include a lofty mission statementMore than ever, today’s savage job market is about the company, not the candidate. Mission or objective statements — particularly ones with an applicant’s hopes, dreams, and health insurance aspirations — will dispatch otherwise fine resumes to the circular file. Instead, write an “objectives” statement that explains specifically how your skills and experience will help the company you’re applying to, not the other way around. And be very clear about what kind of job you’re seeking. 3. Use one generic resume for every job listingTo stand out amongst the sea of resumes that recruiters receive, yours must speak to each and every specific position, even recycling some of the language from the job description itself. Your cover letter should include a just touch of industry lingo — sufficient to prove you know your stuff but not so much that you sound like a robot.
  10. … 7 Ways to Ruin Your Resume 4. Make recruiters or hiring managers guess how exactly you can help their clientSourcing experts want to know — immediately — what someone can offer, and they won’t spend time reviewing someone’s credentials. “Animal, vegetable or mineral? Doctor, lawyer or Indian Chief? That’s what employers are wondering when they open your resume & cover letter. 5. Don’t explain how past experience translates to a new positionThough candidates should avoid jobs where they have no experience, they absolutely should pursue new areas and positions if they can position their experience effectively. A high school English teacher applying for new jobs, for example, can cite expertise in human resource management, people skills, record keeping, writing, and training. 6. Don’t include a cover letter with your resumeA cover letter should always accompany a resume — even if it’s going to your best friend. And that doesn’t mean a lazy “I’m _____ and I’m looking for a job in New York; please see my attached resume.” They want to know why you are contacting them (a particular position, referral, etc.), a short background about yourself, and a career highlight or two.. It’s important to attempt to set yourself apart from the competition. 7. Be careless with detailsReckless job hunters rarely make for conscientious workers. As such, even promising resumes must abide by age-old dictums: typo-free, proper organization, and no embellishment. -http://www.top100lists.net/business/top-7-ways-ruin-resume.html
  11. Take the TIME to. . . RESEARCH- THE COMPANY YOU ARE APPLYING FOR. *Show them you pay attention by reviewing their mission statement. Who are they looking for? INVEST- IN A NICE CARDSTOCK PAPER. *Your resume will stand out from the rest of the stack. WRITE-A COVER LETTER FOR REACH POTENTIAL EMPLOYER. *Make it personal to whom you’re trying to reach out to. SHARE- WITH A FRIEND OR FAMILY. * Proof reading is crucial. RE-VISIT-YOUR RESUME. * Don’t be afraid to change it around from time to time. Give your resume a facelift, if you find that you’re not hearing back from employers. MAKE YOUR RESUME & COVER .PDF FILES WHEN SENDING TO EMPLOYERS.
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