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Title: Building Your Resume or Curriculum Vitae


1
Building Your Resume or Curriculum Vitae
  • Heidi Lender
  • Assistant Director
  • Strommen Career and Internship Center

2
What is a Resume?
  • a document to market your skills, experience,
    education, and accomplishments to employers
  • is meant to get you an interview
  • is NOT your life history
  • is very concise and easy to scan for information

3
What is a Curriculum Vitae (CV)?
  • a document that presents your qualifications for
    academic employment or graduate school
  • addresses your education, research, teaching,
    publications, presentations, professional
    development, and academic accomplishments
  • is rather lengthy and detailed
  • is a guide to where you have been academically
    and professionally

4
Basic Guidelines
  • utilize a 10 to 12 point, plain font
  • use consistency in your presentation
  • one page is preferred, but two pages are used
    when you have enough relevant experience
  • the most impressive related experience should be
    towards the top of the page
  • use action words to start your statements
  • include industry related buzz words
  • target it to the career field you are
    entering/job description you are applying for

5
Categories
  • Both Resume and CV
  • Education, Honors, Internships/Related
    Experience, Research, Additional Involvement,
    Activities, Volunteer/Community Service, Skills,
    Work Experience, Related Coursework, Technical
    Skills
  • Resume
  • Objective, Profile/Summary
  • CV
  • Publications, Presentations, Professional
    Development/Conferences, Teaching Experience

6
Resume Statements
  • use action verbs to describe what you did in each
    position or experience
  • be descriptive and specific write a full
    statement
  • action verb details results strong resume
    statement
  • look at job postings to get ideas
  • practice telling someone else what you did in
    each position or how you demonstrated each skill

7
Personal Information
  • LEAH M. HELPER
  • 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454
  • 612.330.3333, helper_at_augsburg.edu

8
Profile/Summary of Qualifications
  • PROFILE
  • Motivated entry-level professional with a solid
    understanding of family systems and counseling
    psychology. Excellent interpersonal skills and
    ability to interact with people of diverse
    backgrounds and cultures. Experienced in
    developing and implementing youth programs.
  • SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
  •  
  • Highly motivated entry level professional with a
    solid understanding of community issues
  • Ability to interact with people of diverse
    backgrounds and cultures
  • Proven effectiveness in developing and
    implementing programs for children and families
  • Excellent communication, writing, and research
    skills

9
Education
  • EDUCATION
  • Bachelor of Arts, Augsburg College, Minneapolis,
    MN May 20XX
  • Major Psychology Minor Communication Studies
    GPA 3.7
  • Honors Deans List, Psychology Honor Society,
    Augsburg Academic Scholarship
  • Study Abroad University of Galway, Galway,
    Ireland Spring 20XX

10
Research
  • RESEARCH
  • Statistics and Methods Research Project, Augsburg
    College, Minneapolis, MN Spring 20XX
  • Examined the correlation between attachments
    styles and young adults from divorced families
  • Hypothesized that individuals from divorced
    families would be more likely to have an insecure
    attachment style
  • Discovered that there was no statistical
    correlation between attachment styles and
    divorced families

11
Related Experience
  • RELATED EXPERIENCE
  • Intern, Crisis Nursery, Minneapolis, MN, Spring
    20XX
  • Selected to demonstrate therapeutic interventions
    to volunteers at a newly developed parent-child
    educational and therapeutic group
  • Consulted with another therapists regarding
    client case management
  • Intern, Washburn Child Guidance Center,
    Minneapolis, MN, Fall 20XX
  • Taught emotional regulation and social skills to
    preschoolers in a classroom setting
  • Provided therapeutic interventions for children,
    ages two to ten, who were at risk of neglect and
    abuse
  • Counseled children and parents with many
    emotional and mental difficulties to help create
    a safe home environment

12
Work Experience
  • WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Student Worker, Augsburg Admissions Office,
    Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 20XX May 20XX
  • Promoted the college to prospective students by
    giving campus tours and providing them with
    college information
  • Provided administrative tasks including student
    mailings, filing, and data entry
  • Server, Applebees, Minneapolis, MN, June 20XX
    May 20XX
  • Trained new employees and evaluated their
    performance
  • Succeeded in providing excellent customer
    service to six tables of people by multitasking
    and prioritizing orders

13
Professional Development
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Student Member, American Psychological
    Association
  • Student Member, American Counseling Association

14
Publications and Presentations
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • Helper, L.M. (20XX). Stress, Culture, and
    Aggression A Review. Journal of Psychology,
    53(17), 945-957.
  • PRESENTATIONS
  • Helper, L.M. (20XX). Ace their first jobs
    tips for the millennial generation at work. A
    breakout session presented at the MCDA
    conference, Minneapolis, MN May 4, 20XX.

15
Activities
  • ACTIVITIES
  • Student Orientation Leader Sept. 20XX May 20XX
  • Student Senate Sept. 20XX May 20XX

16
Community Service/Volunteer
  • COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • Volunteer, Meals on Wheels, Minneapolis, MN, Jan.
    20XX Aug. 20XX
  • Sunday School Teacher, St. Edwards, Bloomington,
    MN, Oct. 20XX April 20XX

17
Technical Skills
  • TECHNICAL
  • PC/Macintosh Vista, Excel, Power Point,
    JAVA, Internet, Email

18
Final Tips
  • include a cover letter with your resume
  • print on good quality resume paper
  • when emailing your resume, label your attachments
    with your name
  • set up a professional email account
  • after submitting your resume, follow up with an
    email, or phone call

19
Application Questions
  • do I need to fill out each section if I already
    have that information on my resume?
  • what do I put down for my reason for leaving?
  • what about the salary expectations section?
  • who should I put down as references?

20
Cover Letters
  • http//cswl.pbworks.com/Presentations-and-Videos

21
How do you capture their attention in 8 seconds?
  • make each cover letter fit the job you are
    applying for
  • use your experience and relate it to the job
  • express passion for the kind of work you will be
    doing
  • add something in the letter that states how what
    the organization does/mission fits with your
    values or interests

22
HeadingJake Ryan Sample
2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55454 612-555-5555 sample_at_augsburg.eduOctobe
r 11, 2010Jan BelmoreDirectorKids n
Kinship14870 Granada AvenueApple Valley, MN
55124  Dear Ms Belmore
23
First ParagraphDear Ms
Belmore I was excited to see your
advertisement for the Youth Coordinator position
on Augsburg Colleges Career and Internship
Center website. I have been looking for a
position that would allow me to work with youth
and make a positive impact in their lives.
24
I recently graduated from
Augsburg College with a bachelor of arts in
psychology. During my senior year, I did an
internship at Family Services where I coordinated
and recruited volunteers for their Youth and
Family Mentoring Program. Within that position,
I was also able to do intakes, casework and
develop an at-risk youth awareness program. My
education, internship, work, and volunteer
experiences have increased my abilities in the
following areas ?Effectiveness in developing
and implementing programs for youth and
families?Excellent interpersonal and
intercultural communication skills?Ability to
recruit, interview, and retain volunteers?Effect
ive intake and assessment skills?Successfully
Supervised 20 first year students?Strong public
speaking and training skills
25
Last ParagraphMy work,
education, and leadership experiences have
allowed me to grow both personally and
professionally. I am passionate about your
mission to help children grow and build
relationships and believe that I can make an
important contribution to the Kids n Kinship
organization. Enclosed is my resume for your
further consideration. I thank you in advance
and look forward to meeting with you
soon.  Sincerely,  Jake R. Sample Jake R.
Sample  Enclosure
26
Reminders
  • Strommen Career and Internship Center
  • Anderson Hall, Room 23
  • 612.330.1148
  • Monday Thursday 830 a.m. to 500 p.m.
  • Friday 830 a.m. to 400 p.m.
  • www.augsburg.edu/cswl
  • http//cswl.pbworks.com/
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