Lecture Business and administrative communication: Chapter 12 - Kitty O. Locker, Donna S. Kienzler

Chapter 12 - Building résumés. In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Prepare a detailed time line for your job search, conduct an effective job search, prepare a résumé that makes you look attractive to employers, deal with common difficulties that arise during job searches, handle the online portion of job searches, keep your résumé honest.

Chapter 12

Building Résumés

Job Hunting

Social Networking Cautions

•Remove any unprofessional

material

•Remove negative comments

about current or past employers and teachers

•Remove political or social

rants

•Remove any personal

information that might embarrass you

2 pages

on page 1

Guidelines: Emphasis

Guidelines: Details

Guidelines: Writing Style

have the computer seek

 Experiment with layout, fonts, and spacing to

highlight information

 Use no more than three fonts

 Use color sparingly

 Use at least 10-pt type

 Use white space to group items

 Consider creating letterhead to use for your

résumé and application letter

 Use headings for reading ease

 Avoid templates

 Select good quality 8 ½ x 11 paper

reverse chronology

related to job for which you’re applying

honors

job in which you used them or the date

dates

 Your education and experience not usual route to

applied job

 You’re changing fields

 You want to show broad experience

Contact Info

nickname

 First main category in these cases—

 Earn new degree

 Need degree for job you’re seeking

 Can present the information briefly

 Put it later in these cases—

 Need page 1 for another category

 Lack degree that other applicants may have

 Cover 4-year and graduate degrees

 Include junior college if it gave you other expertise

 Include study abroad, even non-credit courses

 Give degrees, dates, schools, and cities

 May list short, descriptive course titles

 Include GPA—if it’s good—and what it’s based on: 3.4/4.0

Résumé Information: Experience

Objective

descriptions

responsibility you want

Qualifications

technology in your field

Awards

 New college graduates put on page 1

 Include Honors and Awards if listing more than three

items

 Use Honors and Activities if listing fewer than three

items

 Include entries that add to your professional image

 Fellowships and scholarships

 Awards from professional societies

 Major awards from civic groups

 Academic honor societies

 Varsity letters

Résumé Information: Activities

Résumé Information: References

Résumé Information: What to Omit

Basic guidelines of email job hunting etiquette:

 Don’t use your current employer’s email

 Set up a free, Internet-based email account

 Avoid using silly or cryptic email addresses

 Write a simple subject line

 Test how résumé looks before sending

 Send only one résumé

When sending résumé in text of email

 Start all lines on left margin

 Do not use bold, underlining, tabs, or unusual fonts

 Put headings in all caps, but use sparingly

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