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What is a RESUME

Writing a resume

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What is a RESUME

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  1. What is a RESUMЀ?

  2. Writing a RESUMЀ A resume is a persuasive summary of your qualifications for employment . If you are in the job market , having a resume makes you look well organized and prepared to your prospective employers. Together with this text is an application letter or a cover letter that introduced you to this employers .

  3. Writing a RESUMЀ Writing these to texts may also serve as an ego-building experience: the person who looks so good on paper is you! When you send both to your prospect employers, you are making an argument for why those employers should want to meet you or even hire you.

  4. Writing a RESUMЀ • Moreover , writing a resume and application letter is writing an advertisement selling your skills , talents , and abilities to the employers who will likely sift through many application to decide whom to grant an interview . thus, resumes and application letter require a level of care that few other documents do.

  5. TYPES OF RESUMЀ

  6. TYPES OF RESUMЀ • PRINT RESUMÈS are printed on paper for prospective employers to scrutinize. They are designed to emphasize key information using bold or italic typeface.

  7. Name in boldface PRINT RESUMЀ Objective tailored to specific job suit Work experience in reverse chronological order Format to fill the entire page

  8. TYPES OF RESUMЀ 2. SCANNABLE RESUMÈS are designed to be read by computers; hence, they are to be formatted using single typeface or without italics or bold.

  9. All information in a single typeface, aligned on left margin SCANNABLE RESUMЀ No underlining, bold, or italics

  10. Features of a Resumè

  11. FEATURES OF A RESUMЀ 1. ORGANIZATION There are different ways on how you can organize your resume depending on your goals, experiences and qualifications. You can organize a resume chronologically , functionally, or targeted. A. CHRONOLOGICAL RESUME is the general listening of all your academic and work experience from the most recent to the oldest

  12. FEATURES OF A RESUMЀ B. FUNCTIONAL RESUME is organized around various kinds of experience . If you wish to demonstrate a lot of experiences in more than area and if you wish to downplay dates, you may write this type of resume.

  13. FEATURES OF A RESUMЀ C. TARGETED RESUME generally announces the specific goal up top , just beneath your name, and other information selectively, you can show only the experience and skills relevant to your goal

  14. FEATURES OF A RESUMЀ 2. SUCCINCTNESS A resume must be concise. Entries may not be written in sentence but should be parallel. For instance, “organized inventory records” rather than “I organized inventory records.” For print resume, use action verb (organized, designed, etc.) rather than nouns (organizer ,designer, etc..) to emphasize your accomplishments. For scannable resume, nouns rather than verbs as key words.

  15. FEATURES OF A RESUMЀ 3. COMPREHENSIVENESS A resume must present all important details that can gain the nod of the prospective employer. In giving details, however carefully choose the words that you use. You may use the exact words in the advertisement. A provided that they really reflect your experiences or qualifications check all the information you provide – from the contact information down the references. Make sure that all information are reflected correctly and that those whom you placed in the references know that you placed them as source of information for your employment before sending the resume

  16. FEATURES OF A RESUMЀ 4. DESIGN The resume should be reader-friendly and be professionally packaged. For print resume, use appropriate spacing, section headings ,and uniform typeface for each headings. Scannable resume, on the other hand, shall only have one standard typeface.

  17. MAKING THE RESUMЀ • Choose one job advertisement related to your field and make a print resume for that position. • Use the first activity dine in engaging . Personal SWOT analysis, and analyzing accomplishment as your guide in determining what skills, talent, qualifications and other information you could include • Create also a scannable version of the print resume • Before passing your resume for assessment , evaluate the following:

  18. MAKING THE RESUMЀ VISUAL IMPACT Does the text visually fill the page? Is your name easy to read (large font, surrounded by write space)? Are the headings and text easy to skim (bold ,rather than underlined or full caps: bullet points)?

  19. MAKING THE RESUMЀ SPECIFIC SUPPORTING DETAILS Does a summary of qualification or keywords highlight your skills and knowledge? Do recent, relevant, substantive details show that you are qualified for a job ? Do details interest the reader and set you apart from other applicants ? Are details quantifiable when they help?

  20. MAKING THE RESUMЀ STYLE AND MECHANICS Are duties and accomplishment listed in parallel structure? Does the text omit the word? Is the writing tight and forceful? Are jobs in reverse chronological order(staring with the most recent)? If there a second page, does it contain your name and page2? Is the resume free from types and other errors?

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