Job Search Practical I

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Job Search Practical I

• Write your CV or Resume

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You will need

• A list of your dates /names/places for education
  history, work experience, extra curricular
  activities, voluntary work
• A list of awards, certificates etc
• DOUBLE check correct spelling etc

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Possible headings

• Contact
• Personal information
• Language Skills
• Key Communication Skills
• Key Abilities
• IT Skills

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More Possible Headings

• Education
• Work Experience, Voluntary Work Experience,
• Extra Curricular Activities
• (Professional) Memberships
• Wider interests/hobbies

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Functional Resume

• Emphasise your skills and abilities
• Education and work experience included as less
  important categories
• Not usually suitable for new graduates

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Chronological

• Education at the top followed by Work Experience,
  organised with most recent date first. Skills and
  abilities/ responsibilities etc included in the
  work title or very brief descriptions.
• Suited to new graduates in conventional
  professions eg Accountancy when you have followed
  the normal pathway.

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Combination

• Include Education and Work experience in
  prominent position and ordered chronologically
  but also include a section for Key
  Skills/Abilities that highlight your match to the
  particular job.
• Suited to most new graduates.

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An Objective

• Or a Personal Statement is often added at the
  start of a cv/resume to highlight your unique
  match of skills and experience to the
  requirements of the position.
• Optional- often overlooked by employer.

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Resume

• All non traditional forms of cv can be called a
  resume. Both should be no more than 2 pages long
  when sent to the employer.
• Build a MASTER CV to select from.

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Templates

• Check MSWord for resume templates to get you
  started.
• Check Job Search material in the ILC, CUHK
  library system and at the Office of Student
  Affairs for more ideas and models.

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Resume template examples (may not open!)

• C\Documents and Settings\Mhairi\My Documents\Job
  Search Practicals\Elegant Resume.doc
• C\Documents and Settings\Mhairi\My Documents\Job
  Search Practicals\Professional Resume.doc
• See next slide!

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Templates dont open?

• The next slide includes some of the details from
  the first cv template- templates do NOT transfer
  very well- it is better to use them to get the
  idea of different layouts and then to make your
  cv/resume in a layout that suits you. Templates
  can cause problems when you send your cv as an
  email! Plain word documents are safest.

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• RUAHINE WONG
• OBJECTIVE Innovative, trained and
  experienced salesperson seeking challenging new
  position with a high level of independent
  responsibility in the international shoe
  industry.
•  EXPERIENCE 20022004 Arbor Shoe South Ridge,
  SC
• National Sales Manager
• Increased sales from 50 million to 100
  million. Doubled sales per representative from 5
  million to 10 million.
• Suggested new products that increased earnings
  by 23. 
• EDUCATION 1998-2001 South Ridge State
  University South Ridge, SC
• B.A., Business Administration and Computer
  Science
• .Graduated summa cum laude.
• LANGUAGE SKILLS English 
• IT SKILLS Competent MSWord  

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Work on your own!You may use the MSWord Template
Wizard if you like!