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Resume Workshop
January 14, 2014 Michelle Anderson, Director of Career Services
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§ Resume best pracCces § Purpose § Format/Design/ObjecCve Statements § Content § S-‐A-‐R (Accomplishment Statements)
§ Things to Avoid § Q&A
Agenda
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§ AdverCsement § Lands interviews § Summary of RELEVANT skills & accomplishments § Forward-‐looking document (relaConship between past experience and career objecCve)
Purpose of a Resume 1
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§ Is your resume… § Clear § Concise § Compelling § Confident § ContribuCon-‐focused?
EXERCISE: 5Cs of a Good Resume
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§ Step 1: “I hope you are it” § Step 2: Look for reasons to discard resume
§ Errors & inconsistencies § Difficult to read § Not targeted/experience gaps
§ Step 3: What do you really have to offer? § Who are you? § What value (transferable skills) will you bring? § What did you do and how well did you do it? § When did you do it and where?
How Resumes Are Scanned
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§ Name & Contact InformaCon § EducaCon
§ Degree(s) § Professional Experience
§ Reverse chronological order, be consistent § AddiConal InformaCon
§ Professional AssociaCons (APAM, APA, NASW) § Volunteer Experience § Foreign languages, STATA, GIS, other technical skills
General Resume Format
Tip: If you need use 2 pages, make sure that there are logical breaks, page numbers and a heading on the 2nd page
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§ 1. Chronological (most common) § Focuses on posiCons held and organizaCons § Lists posiCons by date (most recent at top) § When to use? If work you have been doing is relevant to job you
want § 2. FuncFonal
§ Categorizes posiCons by skill § Highlights transferable skills § When to use? Best for career changers, those entering new field,
or gaps in employment history § 3. CombinaFon
§ Lists skills and experience first and employment history thereager § When to use? Highlight relevant skills & chronological work
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Resume Designs
§ Useful when… § Candidates are changing career paths (“To use my background in sales, markeCng, and management for the benefit of ABC Company’s operaConal efforts”)
§ Candidate is a recent graduate with likle experience in field
§ Any Cme when career history alone does not present “fit” for posiCon targeted
§ Do not write an objecCve statement that is vague or tells your reader what you are hoping to secure ("a challenging posiCon that offers room for advancement"); demonstrate what you have to offer
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ObjecFve Statements
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§ Employment history § Full-‐Cme, part-‐Cme and volunteer work (rule of thumb-‐10 years)
§ Past tense for all except current jobs § Bullet points
§ Include details that match job descripCon § QuanCfy results and impact (S-‐A-‐R) § Use acCon verbs and avoid phrases like “responsible for”, “worked with”, “assisted”
§ Use industry-‐specific language
Content 3
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§ SITUATION § SituaCon used only used to define impact of result – e.g. challenge faced, goals exceeded, problems solved, etc.
§ ACTION § “I” vs. “We” § Ask “What makes me unique? What differenCates me from the crowd?”
§ RESULT § “So What?” § QuanCfy ($, #, %) scale/scope/results whenever possible
S-‐A-‐R (SituaFon-‐AcFon-‐Result) 4
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§ Original: Responsible for monitoring spending and idenCfying cost savings
Example: Project management S-‐A-‐R
§ Revised: Researched and idenCfied areas of excessive spending; audited and restructured phone system resulCng in $2k annual savings and recovered $150k in unused funds; persuaded senior management to implement new cost-‐ saving procedures as part of a budget iniCaCve
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§ Original: Responsible for eight person team on career course implementaCon project
Example: Social work S-‐A-‐R
§ Revised: Led team of 8 in the research, design, and development of a new career course presented to 360 incoming students; Course was rated 5 out of 5 by the students at the end of the quarter
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§ Pick 2 key bullet points from your resume that you would typically want to highlight to employer
§ Spend 10 minutes rewriCng bullets into Accomplishment Statements (S-‐A-‐R)
§ I’ll be asking for volunteers to share “before” and “ager” bullet points
Exercise: CreaFng S-‐A-‐R Bullet Points
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§ Confusing layout (headings, white space, symbols, abbreviaCons, not converted to PDF)
§ Errors & Inconsistencies: typos, grammar, content errors
§ Not targeted-‐what are you selling and to whom? § Hard to determine what you did, when you did it, and where you did it
§ No Results! ($, #, %) § Unprofessional email -‐ e.g., xboxchamp@
Things to Avoid…
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§ Write targeted resumes and cover lekers that are accurate, easy to read, error free, contribuCon-‐focused, value and results-‐ driven
§ Recognize that the resume is a powerful tool but it alone does not get you the job § TargeCng, networking, interviewing, following up are also needed!
§ Your career development is your responsibility!
Conclusion
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Conclusion
§ January 28th – Career Networking Night § February 6th – Economic Development Career Panel
§ February 26th-‐Clinton FoundaCon Info Session § March 6th-‐Professional ECqueke/Networking Workshop
§ April 8th-‐Career Fair
Key upcoming dates
My office hours: Tues, Wed: 8am – 5pm by
appointment
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QuesFons?