Creating a Resume

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Creating a Resume
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Resume Format

• Length
• Margins
• White space
• Font/ink
• Layout/appearance
• Paper/envelope
• Justification

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Resume General Tips

• Use a computer/type your resume
• Do not put reference names on the resume
• Leave off salary information
• Do not mass mail
• Write your own!

Tips
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Inappropriate Resume Content

• Marital status
• Children
• Religion
• Politics
• Race
• Age

• Height/Weight
• Health
• Salary
• Pictures

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Types of Resumes

• Chronological
• Functional
• Combination
• Target

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Chronological

• Advantages
• Widely used
• Logical flow / easy to read
• Shows skill and responsibility / growth
• Shows promotion / titles
• Demonstrates company loyalty

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Chronological

• Disadvantages
• Points out employment gaps
• Highlights frequent job changes
• Emphasizes lack of related experience
• Shows demotions / career set backs

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Functional

• Advantages
• Emphasizes skills over employment
• Organizes a variety of experience
• Disguises gaps in work record or series of
  short term jobs

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Functional

• Disadvantages
• Viewed with suspicion
  by employers
• De-emphasizes growth / job titles

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Combination

• Advantages
• Combines skills
• Highlights most relevant skills
• De-emphasizes less relevant jobs
• Minimizes gaps and unrelated experience

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Combination

• Disadvantages
• Confusing if not well organized
• Requires more effort and creativity to prepare

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Target

• Advantages
• Personalized to company
• Shows research
• More impressive to employer
• Written specifically to employers needs

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Target

• Disadvantages
• Time consuming to prepare
• Confusing if not well organized
• Should be revised for each employer

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ResumeObjective Statement

• An objective statement
• (in a targeted resume) is a sentence that details
  the job you are applying for and company name.

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ResumeObjective Statement

• For example
• Seeking a position in the kitchen of a
  restaurant.
• Seeking a position as an Assistant Chef with
  Riverfront Restaurant.
• A job as a cook.

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ResumeObjective Statement

• For example
• Seeking a position in the kitchen of a
  restaurant.
• Seeking a position as an Assistant Chef with
  Riverfront Restaurant.
• A job as a cook.

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ResumeSummary of Qualifications

• A summary of qualifications, also called a
  profile or highlights section, emphasizes the
  main points of a persons expertise.
• It is a condensed glance of skills and
  accomplishments that directly relate to the
  position.

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ResumeSummary of Qualifications

• For example (Retail Management)
• 18 years successful experience in shoe sales
• Extremely reliable, hard working, and honest
• Work well in a team with people of all ages
• Well organized and thorough in completing
  projects
• Establish excellent relations with customers,
  building loyal repeat business

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ResumeExperience Section

• This section focuses on accomplishments and
  skills related to the position and company. They
  should begin with action verbs and can be bullet
  statements for readability.

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S A R Method
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S A R Method
Implied
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ResumeExperience Section

• For example
• Created a team of 10 people to review insurance
  transactions which improved the accuracy of
  claims by 55 percent.

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ResumeExperience Section

The situation that is implied is that the
insurance claims were not processed accurately

• Created a team of 10 people to review insurance
  transactions which improved the accuracy of
  claims by 55 percent.

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ResumeExperience Section

Created a team of 10 people to review insurance
transactions
which
improved the accuracy of claims by 55 percent
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ResumeExperience Section

Created a team of 10 people to review insurance
transactions
which
improved the accuracy of claims by 55 percent
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ResumeEducational Background

• Include relevant training and classes
• List degrees/certificates
• Use simple descriptions and bullets

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ResumeEducational Background

• For example
• B.S. Engineering, University of Utah
• Electro Magnetics, United States Navy

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