Resume Workshop

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Resume Workshop

• Brought to you by ABE Professors SOB

Content Layout and Format..Rosenberger
Word Choice and Language...Donaldson Ethics
and Help from the Internet..Burkhardt Who
or what is your audience?.........................
...Frandsen Cover Letter Format and
GrammarBiggs Cover Letter
Basics...Andrew
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Layout and Format

• Professor Rosenberger

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Action Words and Language

• Professor Donaldson

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Message 1Results gt Activities

• Activity words include acted, adapted, adjusted,
  examined, interacted, processed, represented,
  reviewed, served, studied, used.
• Result words include increased, reduced, saved,
  earned, supervised, installed

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Message 2

• The POWER of a word varies with the reader.
• Therefore, write for the reader.

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POWER words in

• Accounting audited, budgeted
• Finance allocated, earned
• HRM led, arbitrated
• Marketing designed, sold
• Production eliminated, simplified

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Message 3Hierarchy of power in words

• Attended lt Presented lt Chaired
• Drafted lt Edited lt Authored lt Published
• Researched lt Presented lt Persuaded

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To use result words, you have to have
accomplished. Your resume is the story of
what you have done. Therefore, DO!
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Message 4 Take Credit

• Summer 1995 Bradys Run State Park
• Operated concession stand
• Versus
• Managed parks concession stand opened every
  day, inventoried supplies, reordered materials,
  hired workers, disciplined , fired one.,
  balanced cash drawer, deposited daily receipts,
  etc.

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Ethics and Help from the Internet

• Professor Burkhardt

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Legal /Ethical Concerns and Good Taste

• Federal legislation forbids employment
  discrimination in these areas
• Age
• Race
• Religion
• Gender
• National Origin/Citizenship

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Legal /Ethical Concerns and Good Taste

• ADA prohibits question about health.
• Other legal and ethical issues
• Marital/Family/Sexual Orientation
• Affiliations, especially religious political
• Physical Description, no photos unless
• Arrest Record (?)
• Military
• Be careful of references to these subjects in
  your resume.

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Resumes/Cover LettersHelp from the Internet
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Helpful URLs

• careerbuilder.com
• monster.com
• quintcareers.com

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Who (or what) is your audience?

• Professor Frandsen

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Know your audience

• It might be a machine!

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You need to have a scanner friendly resume

• To use when your audience is a scanner

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What is scanner friendly?

• 8 ½ x 11 white paper printed on one side
• Original copy (laser printed)
• Unfolded
• 10-14 pt. font (choose one throughout)
• Lots of white space

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What is un-scanner friendly?

• Tabs
• Lines
• Bullets
• Bold
• Italics
• Underlining

• Varied fonts, font sizes
• Parentheses
• Brackets
• Graphics of any kind
• Columns

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How does one know?

• Sometimes, in the job posting
• More likely in larger companies
• Ask!

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More information

• www.eresumes.com

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Cover Letter Format and Grammar

• Courtney Biggs

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Parts of the letter

• Your address
• City, State Zip Code
• Date
• Addressees name
• Addressees title
• Company Name
• Address
• City, State Zip Code
• Salutation
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Complimentary close,
• Signature

Do NOT put your name here, it is at the
bottom There must be at LEAST 2 spaces after the
state Use a colon not a comma in the
salutation. If you do NOT know the name of the
person Dear Sir or Madame or
Dear Human Resources
Director There are several to chose from
Best
regards,
Sincerely, Only
capitalize the Cordially, first
letter in the close
Yours very truly, You type the word
enclosure(s) if you include anything else along
with the cover letter
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The Look

• Typically two formats
• Block
• 2. Indent

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Block Format

• Your address
• City, State Zip Code
• Date
• Addressees name
• Addressees title
• Company Name
• Address
• City, State Zip Code
• Salutation
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Complimentary close,
• Signature

DS
DS
DS
QS
DS Double Space QS Quadruple Space
DS
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Indent Format

• Your address
• City, State Zip Code
• Date
• Addressees name
• Addressees title
• Company Name
• Address
• City, State Zip Code
• Salutation
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body Body
  Body Body
• Complimentary close,

QS
DS
DS
DS Double Space QS Quadruple Space
QS
DS
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Cover Letter Basics

• Professor Andrew

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The Basics

• State purpose immediately
• Show that you understand needs of the position
  and organization
• Research needs of position and know the
  organization
• Be as specific as you can (given space
  constraints) regarding the organization and
  positions needs

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The Basics continued

• Show how your skills and experience match the
  needs of the organizationhighlight important
  parts of resume
• Be assertive
• Let them know how they can contact you
• Keep cover letter to one page (I broke this
  rule!)
• Proof-reed your letter!!!!

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Example Cover Letter

• Ms. Gail Leiby Ulrich
• Director of Human Resources
• Juniata College
• Huntingdon, PA 16652
• November 8, 2000
• Dear Ms. Ulrich
• I am writing to apply for the Assistant Professor
  of Economics position as advertised in the
• recent Job Openings in Economics. I am currently
  ABD at the University of Connecticut,
• Storrs, with an expected completion date of
  February, 2001.
• Based on the information Ive been able to
  gather, I think my background fits your needs
• well. You seem to have only one person, Andrew
  Pienkos, teaching only economics
• courses, plus James Lakso teaching Industrial
  Organization. Given this situation, you need a
• generalist who can teach a variety of courses
  that your ABE program plans to offer. I have
• extensive teaching experience in numerous fields,
  including
• Government and Industry

• The experience of teaching in the IMC program has
  sharpened my knowledge of business
• disciplines and how they relate to economics. I
  have studied economics at the graduate
• level, and to a lesser extent marketing, finance
  and accounting, but their relation to each
• other didnt truly crystallize until I had to
  show how they relate while teaching in the
• program. Because of these challenges, teaching in
  the IMC curriculum is demanding.
• IMC1 counts as almost three courses toward a
  faculty members workload and IMC2
• counts as almost two. Babsons willingness to
  hire me to teach in their core curriculum
• shows their faith in my abilities.
• While my teaching experience has largely been in
  a business environment, my overall
• background is firmly rooted in a liberal
  arts/social science tradition. My major fields
  are
• History of Economic Thought and Economic History.
  I have co-authored two papers on
• the economic history of the Shakers. My
  dissertation, "Unfair Trade and the Creation of
• Competitive Advantage England 1660-1763,
  focuses on British economic thought and
• policy during the 17th and 18th centuries and its
  impact on British and colonial economic
• development. In terms of its broader relevance,
  it illustrates how strategic trade policy can
• be used to alter the development of a region or
  country. The concepts I develop in my
• dissertation parallel some of the themes covered
  in your EB381International Political
• Economy course. It looks like a fascinating
  course, one Id enjoy teaching.

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Thank you for attending

• Stay Tuned for more about resumes and how
  companies review them
• Ron Johnson
• Penn State's QMM program
• Tuesday, November 12
• 700pm, Good 202