JS100W

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JS100W

• Resumé

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Rules for Resumés

1. One page
2. Organized for impact that means most important
   information at the top
3. Highlight your accomplishments
4. Professional looking
5. Accurate, accurate, accurate!!
6. Neatly typed and readable consistent format
7. Advertisement for you
8. Perfect, perfect, perfect!

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Parts of a Resumé

• Name, address, phone(s), email
• Objective
• Education
• Experience

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Parts of a Resumé (continued)

• Awards, honors, scholarships
• Affiliations (clubs, professional or student
  organizations, sports teams)
• Special accomplishments (project, publications,
  certifications, completed college
  in three years)
• Special skills (foreign language(s), photography,
  computer expertise)
• Hobbies

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Objective Statement

• Brief summary of your area of expertise and
  career interest
• Relate your existing skills directly to the job
  your are seeking. Demonstrate what you can do
  for the agency/company, rather than what they can
  do for you!
• Avoid over-generalizations
  A position allowing me to utilize my
  knowledge and expertise in different areas.

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Objective Statement (continued)

• Avoid statements that focus only on what an
  agency can do for you
• A position where I gain experience in working
  on biological problems.
• Make the statement as specific as possible
• A position which allows me to apply my
  background in engineering and high performance
  computing to biological problems.

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COVER LETTER (LETTER OF
APPLICATION)

• PARAGRAPH I
• HOW (YOU HEARD ABOUT THE JOB)
• WHY (YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING THERE)
• PARAGRAPH II
• WHO (YOU ARE)
• WHAT (YOU BRING TO THIS JOB/AGENCY)
• PARAGRAPH III
• WHEN (YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THEM)