Keith Munson, Career Specialist

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Resumes Cover Letters

• Keith Munson, Career Specialist
• Strommen Career and Internship Center
• LL of Anderson Hall

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Strommen Career Internship CenterUpcoming
Events

• Minnesota Private College Job Internship Fair
  Tuesday, February 22, 2011900-300 p.m.
  Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
  Cost - TBD   Must register with Augsburg's
  Career Internship Center http//www.mnpcfair.or
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• Alumni and Student Networking Reception
  Thursday, February 10 , 2011 530 PM - 730 PM
  Oren Gateway Lobby
• Resume Writing Workshop Thursday, February 3,
  2011400-500 p.m. Christenson Center, Century
  Room
• "Job Internship Fair Success Strategies for
  Interviewing On the Spot"Thursday, February 3,
  2011500-600 p.m.
• Job Internship Fair Prep Sessions-see wiki site
  for times/dates.

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Purpose of a resume

• Marketing tool
• Communicate the highlights
• Focus on relevant/important information
• The trailer, NOT the whole story
• To generate interest and get you an interview

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Types of Resumes

• Chronological
• Lists experiences in reverse chronological order
• Ties responsibilities, achievements, and
  experiences to specific employers, positions, and
  dates
• Functional
• Emphasizes skills/knowledge rather than dates
  employers
• Combination
• Mixes format of chronological and functional
• Use combination/chronological most often

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What Type is Right?

• Chronological Pros
• Most commonly used
• Preferred by employers
• Easiest to do and write
• Stresses steady Consistent employment
• Clear concise
• Used to highlight titles, names of employers,
  growth in career

• Chronological Cons
• Gaps in employment are readily evident
• Difficult to highlight skills
• Hard to conceal non-related employment
• Not advantageous for career changers or frequent
  change

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What Type is Right?

• Functional Pros
• Emphasize skills not used in recent employment
• Used when changing career/entering workforce
  after absence
• Advantageous if there is a lack of career growth

• Functional Pros
• Advantageous if you have various, unconnected
  work experience
• Used when most experience is freelance work,
  consulting, or temporary

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What Type is Right?

• Functional Cons
• Forces you to identify skill clusters that may
  not be needed by employer
• Not advantageous when you have performed limited
  number of work functions

• Combination Pros
• Good for career change
• Good for entry after absence
• Combination Cons
• Holds same disadvantages as functional resume

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Resume Basics

• Use formatting to make important information
  stand out
• Be consistent in formatting, grammar, etc
• Make absolutely sure there are no mistakes
• Formatting is the easy part.......

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Resume Sections
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The Sections of Your Resume

• Heading
• Includes general information
• Name
• Phone Number
• Address
• Email Address-MAKE SURE IT IS APPROPRIATE
• Should be bigger bolder than the rest
• Separate from the body using a line or graphic
• Be conservative with graphics

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Objective or Professional Summary

• Objective

• Professional Summary

• Your objective is optional
• Focuses on YOUR interests and goal
• If not on resume, it must be in your cover letter
• Be clear concise about what you want
• If you are not specific, list your career
  interests

• Also optional
• Lists highlights of background relevant to
  employer
• Encourages employer to read on
• Helps highlight skills not evident in work history

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Objective or Professional Summary

• Objective

• Professional Summary

• Seeking an entry-level position in accounting
  with a focus on tax and auditing.

• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Excellent organizational skills and
  detail-oriented
• Several years of experience in customer service
  and sales
• Intern experience at General Mills and Thrivent
  Financial for Lutherans

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Education Section

• Must include
• Institution name and location
• City state
• Degree
• Date of graduation
• Major, minor, concentration

• Optional
• GPA
• Course work
• Computer skills
• Financing of education
• Deans list or honors

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Skills or Qualifications Section

• Skills employers desire
• Oral/written communication skills
• Teamwork skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Leadership
• Computer Skills
• List hardware, software, platforms

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Experience/Work Experience

• May include internships, volunteering, community
  service, or work experiences
• Include
• Job title
• Name of company or organization
• City state (no zip codes)
• Responsibilities/duties/skills required
• Dates employed

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Jazz it up!

• Highlight important information
• Bold
• Italics
• Caps
• You may want to use a bulleted list of
  skills/duties/responsibilities to make sure the
  information stands out
• Use action words to describe what you did

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Write Effective Skill Phrases

• Skill phrases are action statements that describe
  your experiences.
• Components of a skill phrase
• Bullet point
• Action verbs in the past-tense
• Specific skill that was learned or honed
• Results of your work, or how or why you did the
  work.
• Avoid personal pronouns when writing skill phrases

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Skill Phrase Example

• Fair
• Sold sporting equipment to customers
• Better
• Developed sales strategies for selling sporting
  equipment to customers
• Best
• Developed effective and creative sales strategies
  that resulted in the top sales of sporting
  equipment for four consistent months

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Other Sections

• Leadership experience offices held
• Greek organizations
• Include dates titles
• Honors scholarships
• Clubs organizations
• Professional memberships affiliations
• Hobbies-LIMITED NUMBER
• Kicker (centered at bottom)

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References

• Must be on a separate page of same paper
• Include
• Name title of person
• Company or organization
• Address
• City, state, zip code
• Phone number
• Email address

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References Keith Munson, MS Career Specialist
Employer Development Strommen Career Internship
Center Augsburg College 2211 Riverside
Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 (612)
330-1167 munsonk_at_augsburg.edu
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Final Dos and Donts

• Do
• Keep it brief
• Use 81/2 x 11 paper
• Check grammar
• Target your resume
• Be creative
• Check appearance
• Always include a cover letter (over head 10)
• Use quantifiable measures

• Dont
• Use abbreviations
• Mention salary, etc.
• Use fancy bold or exotic paper
• Include personal info.
• Use the passive voice
• Staple or fold resume
• Include references on resume

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Cover Letter Essentials

• Make each cover letter fit the job in which you
  are applying for
• Use your experience and relate it to the job
• Express passion for the kind of work you would be
  doing
• Add something in the letter that states how what
  the organization does/mission fits with your
  values or interests

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Cover Letters

• Jake Ryan Sample
• 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  55454 612-555-5555 sample_at_augsburg.edu
• October 11, 2009
• Dan Howman
• Project Manager
• Pace Analytical Services, Inc.
• 14870 Granada Avenue
• Minneapolis, MN 55454
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• Dear Mr. Howman

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Introduction

• Dear Mr. Howman
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• I was excited to see your advertisement for the
  Chemist position on Augsburg Colleges Augpost
  system. I have been looking for a position that
  would allow me to use my experience in research
  to work within a pharmaceutical environment,
  where the focus is on developing relationships
  with partners in the healthcare field. Paces
  mission fits extremely well with my values and
  passion to protect the environment and make the
  world healthier for everyone.

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Body of Letter

• Recently , I graduated from Augsburg College
  with a bachelor of arts in Chemistry and
  Computational Economics. During my junior year,
  I did an internship at the University of
  Minnesotas Chemistry department. Within that
  position, I worked effectively on the team to
  develop useful methodologies for the synthesis of
  natural products as potential pharmaceuticals. I
  really enjoyed the opportunity to be involved in
  the development, testing and research of new
  pharmaceuticals. My education, internship, and
  research experience have increased my abilities
  in the following areas
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• Effectiveness in testing and researching
  potential pharmaceuticals
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and intercultural
  communication skills
• Successfully worked with research teams regarding
  product development and suggestions for
  optimization

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Ending

• My work, education, and leadership experiences
  have allowed me to grow both personally and
  professionally. I am passionate about working
  within the field of pharmaceutical research and
  believe that I can make an important contribution
  to Pace Analytical Services Inc. Enclosed is my
  resume for your further consideration. Thank
  you in advance and I look forward to meeting with
  you soon.
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• Sincerely,
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• Jake R. Sample
• Jake R. Sample
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• Enclosure

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• Resume Rubric

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