Building Careers and

Writing Résumés

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 Securing Employment in
Today’s Job Market

Understanding the
Understanding the
Employer’sApproach
Employer’s Approach

Organizing
Organizing
YourApproach
Your Approach

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 The Job Search Process

1 2 3
Build
Build Prepare
Prepare Understand
Understand
TowardCareer
Toward Career Résumé
Résumé InterviewProcess
Interview Process

4 5 6
Prepare
Prepare Complete
Complete FollowUp
Follow Up
forInterview
for Interview Interview
Interview andAccept
and AcceptJob
Job

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 How Employers Approach
the Recruiting Process
Most Least
Preferred Preferred

Inside the Personal Employment Unsolicited Solicited

Company References Agency Résumés Résumés

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Organizing Your Approach

Monitor Business News

Research Specific Firms

Participate In Networking

Seek Career Counseling

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Three-Step Résumé Process

Planning Writing Completing

Analyze Situation Adapt to Revise

the Audience
Gather Information Produce

Select Medium Proofread

Compose
Get Organized the Message Distribute

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 Planning Your Résumé

The
The “Story
“Story of
of You”
You”

Audience
Audienceand
andPurpose
Purpose

Relevant
RelevantInformation
Information
What You How You
Accomplished Contributed
The
The Best
Best Medium
Medium

Organization
Organization

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 Analyze Audience and
Purpose
Written Structured
Summary The
The Résumé
Résumé Summary

Target
Target Company
Company
Interest Persuade
Employer Employer
Hiring
Hiring Manager
Manager

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 Gather Information

Employment History
Employment History

Education Background
Education Background

Personal Experience
Personal Experience

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 Choose the Medium

Word
Word Plain-Text
Plain-Text
Document
Document

PowerPoint
PowerPoint Multimedia
Multimedia Plain
Plain Paper
Paper

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Organize the Résumé
Results
Results Oriented
Oriented Well
Well Rounded
Rounded

Career
Career Progress
Progress High
High Standards
Standards

Flexibility
Flexibility Communication
Communication

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“Red Flags” for Employers

Frequent Job
Frequent Job Changes
Changes

Gaps in
Gaps in Work
Work History
History

Level of
Level of Experience
Experience

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“Red Flags” for Employers

Long-Term w/
Long-Term w/ One
One Firm
Firm

For-Cause Termination
For-Cause Termination

Criminal Record
Criminal Record

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Typical Résumé Formats
Work History Skills and
Educational Level Accomplishments

Chronological Combination Functional

Personal Personal
Background Objectives

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 Writing Your Résumé

Respect Your Résumé

Take Your Time

Review Good Models

Minimize Frustration

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Keep the Résumé Honest
Professional Recruiters

Workplace
Workplace References
References
Service Interview
Providers
Background
Background Checks
Checks Questions

Credit
Credit Histories
Histories

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 Adapting to the Audience

Consider Employer’s Perspective

Link Accomplishments to Potential

Translate Skills and Experience

Clarify Educational Achievements

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Composing Your Résumé

Contact
Contact Introductory
Introductory Educational
Educational
Information
Information Statement
Statement Background
Background

Employment
Employment Activities
Activitiesand
and Relevant
Relevant
History
History Achievements
Achievements Personal
PersonalData
Data

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Completing Your Résumé

Revising

Producing

Proofreading

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Common Résumé Problems

Length Issues
Length Issues Hard to
Hard to Read
Read

Amateurish
Amateurish Poorly Produced
Poorly Produced

Writing Problems
Writing Problems Boastful Tone
Boastful Tone

Generic Quality
Generic Quality Gimmicky Design
Gimmicky Design

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 Producing Your Résumé
Keep It Avoid
Simple
Design
Design Elements
Elements Excess

Hardcopy
Hardcopy Scannable
Scannable Plain
PlainText
Text
Résumé
Résumé Résumé
Résumé File
File

MS
MSWord
Word HTML
HTML PDF
PDFFile
File
File
File Format
Format

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Traditional Printed Résumé

High-Quality
High-Quality
Paper
Paper

Professional
Professional
Image
Image

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Printed Scannable Résumé

OCR Software
OCR Software

Résumé Length
Résumé Length

Keyword Summary
Keyword Summary

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 Digital Résumé Formats

Plain-Text MS Word

HTML Version PDF Format

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Proofreading the Résumé

Headings
Headingsand
andLists
Lists

Grammar
Grammarand
andPunctuation
Punctuation
Strive for Attend to
Perfection the Details
Spelling
Spellingand
andWord
WordChoice
Choice

Paper
Paperand
andDigital
DigitalFormats
Formats

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 Distributing Your Résumé

Postal
Postal Fax
Fax E-Mail
E-Mail
Mail
Mail Machine
Machine

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Posting Résumés Online

Personal E-Portfolio

Personal Website

Social Networking

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 Posting Résumés Online

General Websites

Specialized Websites

Staffing Services

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 Building Careers and
Writing Résumés

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