The following is from the PowerPoint presentation from Wednesday's class.
Designing a Print Resume
- Resume lists relevant information about your education, job experience and personal interests.
- No single correct format for a resume.
- Pay attention! The next two terms could be on your final!
Designing a Print Resume
- You may choose chronological order, listing your education and work experience in sequence beginning with most recent
- You may choose emphatic order beginning with the material that will be of most interest to an employer
Designing a Print Resume
- Your resume should be brief—NO MORE THAN ONE PAGE!
- Easy to read
- Clear and emphatic
- Logically organized
- Completely free of errors!!!
Checklist: Components of a Resume
- The heading includes your name, school address, home address, telephone number and email address.
- You may choose to include your college address AND your permanent address.
Checklist: Components of a Resume
- A statement of your career objective, placed at the top of the page, identifies your professional goals.
- A position as a Support Specialist allowing me to use my skills in the fields of computer science and management information systems.
- An opportunity to obtain a loan officer position, with eventual advancement to vice president for lending services, in a growth-oriented bank
- To join an aircraft research team allowing me to apply my knowledge of avionics and aircraft electrical systems
- To help children and families in troubled situations by utilizing my child protection services background
- Technical writer specializing in user documentation
Checklist: Components of a Resume
- The education section includes the schools you have attended, starting with the most recent one and moving back in time.
- After graduation from college, do not list your high school unless you have a compelling reason to do so—for instance, if it is nationally recognized for its academic standards or it has an active alumni network in your field.
Checklist: Components of a Resume
- The summary of work experience generally starts with your most recent job and moves backward in time.
- The background or interests section lists your most important (or most relevant) special interest and community activities.
Checklist: Components of a Resume
- The honors section lists academic achievements and awards.
- The references section lists the full names and addresses of at least three references. If your resume is already one full page, a line stating that your references will be sent upon request is sufficient—”References available upon request.”
Assignment: Cover Letter, Resume and Envelope
- Due: Monday, May 4, 2009
- Who: You are graduating in May and are seeking a job as a teacher. Find an actual ad for a teaching job. Use the actual contact person’s name, address, etc. Turn a copy of this ad in with your completed cover letter, resume and envelope.
- What: This is a cover letter (letter of application), your resume and the envelope that you would mail it in (if we were really going to mail them). No stamp necessary
- When: Now
- Why: Because you want a teaching job and you are the best qualified candidate for the job. You know that, but you have to convince the principal/superintendent of this.
- How: Follow the examples in the text in Chapter 28.
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