Winning Resumes

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Winning Resumes

• Jacqui Cocliff
• j.cocliff_at_curtin.edu.au

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Why are you here?

• Why do a Resume
• Making yours unique
• Adding your personality
• Understanding targeted resumes
• Introduce Resume Express

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Resume details

• Contact details
• Career Objective
• Academic Qualifications most recent first
• Work Experience - most recent first dates,
  Company, position held, outcomes
• Course Placements
• Achievements
• Voluntary work/Prof. memberships/Interests
• Referees

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Contact Details

• Catherine Career
• 111 Top Notch Hill
• Success WA 6000
• [phone]
• 0442 424 424
• cathcareer_at_hotmail.com

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Career Objective

• Personalise for each Company
• Make it Yours
• Match to Companys Uniqueness

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Education

• BSc Min Eng 2008
• Curtin University of Technology
• T.E.E.
  2004
• South Fremantle Sen. High School
• Achievements
• Course Weighted Ave. 77.5

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Professional Memberships

• Organisation
• Membership Status

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Work Experience

• Position Date/s
• Company
• Responsibilities
• Bullet points
• Achievements
• Think Commercially

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Volunteer Work

• Position Date/s
• Company
• Responsibilities
• Employability Skills
• Achievements
• Think Commercially

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Employability Skills

• Planning and Organising
• Self-Management
• Learning
• Technology

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Problem Solving
• Initiative and Enterprise

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Interests

• Two schools of thought
• Your decision

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Referees

• Public sector positions will request referees
• Check with referee first
• Ensure personal details of referee are
  correct.
• Try and stick to professional ones
• Private sector positions - the choice is yours
• Present detailed list of prof. referees
• Available on request

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Finished??

• Spell check and grammar check.
• Use header or footer.
• Proofread, again, again, again!
• Read your resume backwards.
• Ask others to read resume