RESUME TYPES

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RESUME TYPES

• I) Chronological According to time. Focus on
  dates individual job experiences
• II) Functional According to types of experiences
  functions. Not have continual employment
  experience. What rather than when where.
• III) Combination Begins with a personal summary
  of key traits and skills
• Listing of your education work experience

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Resume Writing Styles

• Bells and Whistles No formatting limitations
  (Printed, Handed)
• Plain Vanilla Not have creative formatting
  techniques (E-mail)
• Key Word or Scannable Appropriate for scanning
  into a computer

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Electronic Resume

• Resumes that are scanned by a computer and those
  that are posted on the Internet
• Appropraite key words- listed in a separate key
  word section
• Look more for noun key words than verbs
• Resume Scanning Advice

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Resume Sections

• Heading
• Name Surname
• Physical address
• E-mail address
• Phone number
• The URL of your personal webpage

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II) Career Objective

• Mention the specfic position or career area you
  are interested in
• Stress the benefits you will bring to the
  company, not how the company will benefit you
• If you are a recent graduate or are changing
  career fields

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III) Personal/Professional Summary

• Focus on what youve accomplished what
  technical or personal traits you have to offer
• IV) Education
• GPE, honor, campus activites
• Education Activity Exercise

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V) Work Experience

• Include more in your job descriptions than simply
  the duties
• Scope of responsibilities Accomplishments on
  the job
• Use action verbs in the past tense
• Action Verbs List
• Work Experience Exercise

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VI) Military Experience

• Special training, security clearances ......
• VII) Personal- personal characteristics
• VIII) References- 3 to 5 people (Reference List
  Format- Questions)
• Employment (Past employers, coworkers)
• Professional (Business contacts, professional or
  community organization contacts)
• Academic (Professors, Instructors, counselors)
• Personal (people who know you personally)

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BE CAREFUL ABOUT

• Resume guidelines- content (what you say)
  layout (how you structure your content on the
  page)
• Resume length
• Resume writing style- Start your phrases with
  strong action verbs. Bullets to make the lines of
  type easier to read.
• Avoid WEAK statements Responsible for developing
  a new filling system gt
• Developed new filling system that reduced
  paperwork by 50

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BE CAREFUL ABOUT

• Resume accuracy- Be sure you are accurate with
  such things as titles, dates responsibilities.
• Personal content- your age, health status ....
• Photos
• Final check- Accuracy correctness are
  critical. Read backward read out loud
• Resume Checklist

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RESUME

• Creating a PDF Version of your RESUME
• http//createpdf.adobe.com