Resume

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Resume

• Record of Achievement

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The purpose of resumes

• A personal summary of you
• Can be used any time you are going for an
  interview job, course, scholarship
• Any time you need to present yourself in the best
  possible light

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Resumes for employment

• Must get you to interview
• Should be concise and clear
• No longer than 2 pages, in most instances
• Keep it simple - eliminate fancy fonts and
  headings

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TRY 2 Make Yours UNeek

• BUT REMEMBER
• the prospective employer is looking for ways to
  throw your resume away
• Check speeling and keep fonts simple and easy to
  read

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What an employer is looking for

• has this young person got the necessary skills I
  need?
• has this person gained the necessary
  qualifications?
• are they eager to learn new skills?
• are they capable of learning new skills?
• Youre only as good as your resume

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The Resume

• Use plain, good quality A4 paper
• Use short sentences a resume is likely to be
  skimmed over than read at a first glance
• Dont abbreviate e.g. Bendigo Senior Secondary
  College, not BSSC
• Make sure your resume has an advantage over
  others add some personality

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What a general resume should contain

• Name
• Address
• Telephone contacts
• Email / mobile - optional
• Personal Statement - 2 sentences
• Education - List school subjects
• Academic achievements
• Other achievements - Certificates and Awards

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What a general resume should contain cont

• Interests
• Personal attributes e.g effective team member
• cheerful and positive nature
• Skills e.g. Computers 1. Microsoft Word
• 2. Microsoft Excel
• Work Experience List organisation / company and
  your tasks, and include voluntary work
• Current employer your duties
• Names of two referees

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Some basic rules

• no spelling mistakes
• all fonts and sizes are compatible
• address and phone numbers must be accurate
• do not include your age or marital status
• at least two referees make sure your referees
  know you have used their names and have a copy of
  your resume

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Getting the edge

• Put something different that will draw attention
  to you in Achievements section
• How?
• I am vice-captain of the volleyball team.
• or
• I am a member of the Golden Square tennis club.
• or
• I am interested in reading about the Australian
  Outback.

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A job specific resume

• Name
• Address
• Telephone contacts
• Email / mobile
• Career Objective e.g. why you want to work
  in the hospitality industry
• Education

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A job specific resume cont

• Subjects relevant to job
• Work experience - list
• Skills - skills you have gained that match the
  criteria of the job you are applying for, e.g
  Computers 1. Microsoft Word
• 2. Excel
• Names of two referees
• Attach a Letter of Application to the resume

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Layout

• Instead of I worked for McDonalds, put
• Work Experience
• 2001 McDonalds
• Duties Customer service
• Cleaning duties
• Supervision

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A career objective?

• Some people use a Career Objective to make their
  resume stand out
• If you use this then you must tailor it to suit
  the position you are applying for
• A generic statement will eliminate your resume
  immediately

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Career Objective samples

• I am very keen to start a career in hospitality
  as it has been my life long desire to become a
  first class chef.
• I want to start a career in retail because I love
  clothes and enjoy talking about fashion with
  people.

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And lastly

• A resume takes some time to complete dont
  leave it until the last moment
• Get someone else to read it would they give you
  an interview?
• Dont exaggerate achievements but do highlight
  your strengths
• Put yourself into it and do the best you can

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Theres more

• A resume should ALWAYS be updated and suited to
  the job you are applying for
• If you continue to fail to get to interview stage
  THEN consider changing your resume

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Record of Achievement

• Your Record of Achievement speaks about you, and
  often speaks for you
• It is a central location for your references,
  school reports, certificates, resume
• It makes you look organised to other people and
  impresses them
• BUT dont leave the originals with employers
  have good quality photocopies

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Have you got these?

• An updated resume
• A Personal Statement
• - should be neatly handwritten, no longer than
  one page, details your strengths and abilities,
  includes your aspirations for the future

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Have you got these?

• School Records
• Always present details in reverse order from
  most recent to oldest
• Include school reports
• Written references from teachers, employers
• Certificates, Awards, Participation Certificates,
  Letters of appreciation
• Work Experience Reports

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Have you got these?

• Other Records
• Again, from most recent to last
• Be selective
• Include photos of you engaged in activities
• Include any newspaper clippings
• Some awards, trophies, ribbons etc, can be
  photographed, and put in with an explanatory note

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A useful resume site

• http//jppcentgold.impulse.net.au
• JPP have also listed 2 additional resume sites
  on the bottom of their Homepage.
• These are only formats. You cannot type onto the
  page. However, you can save the samples to a WORD
  document and print the sample in order to copy
  the format.
• Microsoft WORD also has some plain resume
  templates. The School To Work Centre also has one
  computer with a resume software program .