Title: Writing a Persuasive Rsum
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2Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Preparation
- Research the job market.
- Use newspapers, the Web, and other resources to
learn about jobs, qualifications, and employers. - Analyze your strengths.
- What will sell you for the job you want?
- Study other résumés as models.
- Experiment with formatting.
3Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Heading and Objective
- List your name, address, phone.
- Include a career objective for a targeted job.
- Education
- Name your degree, date of graduation, and
institution. - List your major and GPA.
- Give information about your studies, but dont
inventory all your courses.
4Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Work Experience
- List your previous jobs.
- Start with the most recent jobs. Include
employers name and city, dates of employment
(month, year), and most significant title. - Manager, Fleet Equipment, Kettering, Ohio.
6/2003 - to present
- Salesperson, Kmart, Dayton, Ohio. 4/02 to 5/03
- Tax Preparer, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Program. March 2003 to present. Sinclair
College, Dayton, Ohio
5Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Work Experience
- Describe your experience.
- Use action verbs to summarize achievements and
skills relevant to your targeted job. - Prepared state and federal tax returns for
individuals with incomes under 25,000. - Conducted interviews with over 50 individuals
to elicit data regarding taxes. - Determined legitimate tax deductions and
recorded them accurately.
6Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Work Experience
- Include nontechnical skills.
- Give evidence of communication, management, and
interpersonal skills. Employers want more than
empty assurances. Try to quantify your skills if
you can. - Organized holiday awards program for 1200
attendees and 140 awardees. - Praised by top management for enthusiastic
teamwork and achievement.
7Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Special Skills, Achievements, Awards
- Highlight your computer skills.
- All employers seek employees proficient with word
processing, databases, and spreadsheets. - Show that you are well-rounded.
- List awards and extracurricular activities,
especially if they demonstrate leadership,
teamwork, reliability, loyalty, initiative,
efficiency, and self-sufficiency.
8Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Additional Tips
- Omit references (unless specifically required).
- Look for ways to condense your data.
- Double-check for parallel phrasing.
- Project professionalism and quality.
- Avoid personal pronouns. Omit humor.
- Use 24-pound paper and a quality printer.
- Have a friend or colleague critique your résumé.
- Proofread!
9Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Additional Tips
- Omit references (unless specifically required).
- Look for ways to condense your data.
- Double-check for parallel phrasing.
- Project professionalism and quality.
- Avoid personal pronouns. Omit humor.
- Use 24-pound paper and a quality printer.
- Have a friend or colleague critique your résumé.
- Proofread! Proofread!
10Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Additional Tips
- Omit references (unless specifically required).
- Look for ways to condense your data.
- Double-check for parallel phrasing.
- Project professionalism and quality.
- Avoid personal pronouns. Omit humor.
- Use 24-pound paper and a quality printer.
- Have a friend or colleague critique your résumé.
- Proofread! Proofread! Proofread!
11Writing a Persuasive Résumé
- Additional Tips
- Omit references (unless specifically required).
- Look for ways to condense your data.
- Double-check for parallel phrasing.
- Project professionalism and quality.
- Avoid personal pronouns. Omit humor.
- Use 24-pound paper and a quality printer.
- Have a friend or colleague critique your résumé.
- Proofread! Proofread! Proofread! Proofread!
12- Refer to Handouts
- Resumes
13Writing a Persuasive Job Application Letter
- Opening
- Try to address the letter to an individual by
name. - For advertised jobs, name the source include job
title, date, and publication. - If someone referred you, name that person.
- Show that your qualifications fit the job
specifications, show your knowledge of the
readers business, or show that your special
talents will be assets to the company.
14Writing a Persuasive Job Application Letter
- Body
- Demonstrate that your background and training
meet the job requirements. - Summarize your principal assets from education,
experience, and special skills. - Show your interest in the job or reason
- for applying
- Avoid repeating specific data from your résumé.
- Refer to your résumé.
15Writing a Persuasive Job Application Letter
- Closing
- Ask for an interview. Consider hooking the
request to a statement reviewing your strongest
points. - Make it easy to respond. Tell when and where you
can be reached (during office hours). Some
recruiters prefer that you call them.
16- Application Letters
- Refer to Handout
- Page 312 22.1
- Page 316,317 22.6
17- Testimonial
- Page 318 22.7
- References
- Page 321 22.10, 22.11, 22.12
- Page 323 22.16 (list your questions)
- Page 324 22.18
18Preparing for a Hiring/ Placement Job Interview
- Investigate the target organization. Know the
leaders, company products, finances, goals,
competition, accomplishments, setbacks. - Study the job description. How do your skills and
accomplishments fit the position?
19Preparing for a Hiring/ Placement Job Interview
- Practice answers to typical interview questions.
Write your best responses down. - Expect to explain problem areas on your résumé.
- Build interviewing experience with less important
jobs first.
20Sending Positive Nonverbal Messages
- Arrive on time or a little early.
- Be courteous and congenial to everyone.
- Introduce yourself to the receptionist and wait
to be seated. - Dress professionally.
- Greet the interviewer confidently.
- Wait for the interviewer to offer you a chair.
21Sending Positive Nonverbal Messages
- Control your body movements.
- Make frequent eye contact but don't get into a
staring contest. - Smile enough to convey a positive attitude.
- Sound enthusiastic and interestedbut sincere.
22Fighting Job Interview Fears
- Practice interviewing as often as you can,
particularly with real companies. - Prepare 110 percent.
- Know how you will answer the most frequently
asked questions. - Be ready with your success stories.
- Rehearse your closing statement.
23 Five Important Areas Employers Will Probe
- Communication skills. How well do you present
yourself and your ideas? - Attitude. Do you have a positive attitude about
yourself and your career? - Aptitude. Do your educational training and
general life experiences qualify you for this
position?
24 Five Important Areas Employers Will Probe
- Potential. How do your attitude and aptitude
combine to contribute to this company? - Motivation. What are your short- and long-term
career goals? Why do you want this job?
25Ten Standard Interview Questions
- What would you like to tell me about yourself?
- Why do you want this job?
- What best qualifies you for this job?
- What are your key strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
26Ten Standard Interview Questions
- What did you like and dislike about your last
job? - Do you consider yourself a team player? Why?
- What are your career goals?
- Where do you expect to be five years from now?
- What salary do you expect to receive?
27Ten Good Questions forYou to Ask
- What will my duties be?
- Do you have a written job description for this
position? - What is it like working here, in terms of the
people, management practices, work loads,
expected performance, and rewards?
28Ten Good Questions forYou to Ask
- What training programs does this organization
offer? - What are the possibilities for promotion?
- What is the first problem that needs the
attention of the person you will hire? - What is the organizational structure, and where
does this position fit within it?
29Ten Good Questions forYou to Ask
- Who would be my immediate supervisor?
- What is the salary for this position?
- When will I hear from you regarding further
action on my application?
30- Offers of Appointment
- Page 331 22.29
- Page 332 22.30
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