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CAREER ADVISING:
Resume & Cover Letter
Guide Booklet
If you have any questions, please contact your local career advisor.
Bedford County Campus
(Pennsylvania) MaryAnn Clark
[email protected] 814-652-9528 ext.6204
Cumberland Campus (Maryland)
Danielle Foote [email protected]
301-784-5235
Source: Career Readiness, National Association of Colleges and Employers
Can you demonstrate
these skills, talents, and strengths in the workplace?
Exercise sound reasoning to analyze issues, make decisions, and overcome problems. The individual is able to obtain, interpret, and use knowledge, facts, and data in this process, and may demonstrate originality and inventiveness.
Articulate thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively in written and oral forms to persons inside and outside of the organization. The individual has public speaking skills; is able to express ideas to others; and can write/edit memos, letters, and complex technical reports clearly and effectively.
Build collaborative relationships with colleagues and customers representing diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, religions, lifestyles, and viewpoints. The individual is able to work within a team structure and can negotiate and manage conflict.
Leverage existing digital technologies ethically and efficiently to solve problems, complete tasks, and accomplish goals. The individual demonstrates effective adaptability to new and emerging technologies.
Leverage the strengths of others to achieve common goals, and use interpersonal skills to coach and develop others. The individual is able to assess and manage his/her emotions and those of others; use empathetic skills to guide and motivate; and organize, prioritize, and delegate work.
Demonstrate personal accountability and effective work habits, e.g., punctuality, working productively with others, and time workload management, and understand the impact of non-verbal communication on professional work image. The individual demonstrates integrity and ethical behavior, acts responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind, and is able to learn from his/her mistakes.
Identify and articulate one's skills, strengths, knowledge, and experiences relevant to the position desired and career goals, and identify areas necessary for professional growth. The individual is able to navigate and explore job options, understands and can take the steps necessary to pursue opportunities, and understands how to self-advocate for opportunities in the workplace.
Attributes Employers Seek on a Candidate's Resume
Attribute % of respondents
Leadership 80.1%
Ability to work in a team 78.9%
Communication skills (written) 70.2%
Problem-solving skills 70.2%
Communication skills (verbal) 68.9%
Strong work ethic 68.9%
Initiative 65.8%
Analytical/quantitative skills 62.7%
Flexibility/adaptability 60.9%
Technical skills 59.6%
Interpersonal skills (relates well to others) 58.4%
Computer skills 55.3%
Detail-oriented 52.8%
Organizational ability 48.4%
Friendly/outgoing personality 35.4%
Strategic planning skills 26.7%
Creativity 23.6%
Tactfulness 20.5%
Entrepreneurial skills/risk-taker 18.6%
Source: Job Outlook 2016, National Association of Colleges and Employers
HARD SKILLS:
Hard skills are the special knowledge skills that you’ve learned to do throughout your
life.
Observable measureable, and learnable.
Practical skills you are learning now in college to complete job responsibilities.
Specialized knowledge and abilities required for success in chosen career area.
They include such abilities as swimming, writing, programming computers, mathematics
problems, building a house, creating a budget, cooking pizza, and designing a garden,
etc.
These skills are from a teacher, coach, mentor, book, etc.
These are essential to qualify for a job, and without them you won’t get an
interview.
SOFT SKILLS:
Soft skills are developed to cope with life.
Your attributes and personality traits that affect your interactions.
Also known as transferable skills
Can help you in a wide range of jobs
Once mastered will apply to any job and you don't have to re-learn them
They include such abilities as making responsible choices, motivating yourself, being
industrious, developing mutual supportive relationships, and demonstrating self-
awareness, etc.
Many of these skills have been learned unconsciously as you faced life challenges.
These skills tend to be helpful in any career.
These skills often help you get the job and keep the job.
Source: Downing, Skip. On course study skills plus: strategies for creating success in college and in life.
Boston:Cengage, 2016.
Action Verbs to use on your Resume
Achieve Administer Advise Analyze Answer Apply Arrange Assemble Assess Assist Build Calculate Categorize Chart Classify Coach Code Collaborate Collect Communicate Compile Complete Compose Compound Compute Conduct Confer Conserve Consolidate Construct Consult Contact Contribute Control Coordinate Copy Correspond Counsel Create
Define Delegate Deliver Demonstrate Design Determine Develop Devise Diagnose Direct Distribute Edit Eliminate Establish Estimate Evaluate Examine Expand Explain Formulate Gather Generate Guide Handle Help Identify Illustrate Implement Improve Increase Initiate Install Institute Instruct Interact Interpret Interview Invest Investigate Judge
Lead Lecture Maintain Manage Measure Mediate Modify Monitor Motivate Negotiate Obtain Offer Operate Order Organize Outline Perform Persuade Plan Prepare Prescribe Present Process Produce Promote Protect Prove Provide Realize Receive Recommend Record Recruit Reduce Refer Regulate Relate Reorganize Repair
Represent Research Respond Restore Retrieve Review Revise Revitalize Search Select Sell Serve Simplify Solve Spearhead Speculate Sponsor Study Succeed Summarize Supervise Supply Support Synthesize Teach Test Train Translate Troubleshoot Tutor Unite Utilize Verify Volunteer Write
Career Coach Resume Builder https://allegany.emsicc.com/
Step 1: Click on Sign Up and Build Your Resume found at the bottom of the page on the right-hand side Step 2: Create a Profile Step 3: Fill in the fields following fields by using the “Click to Add” button found in each category listed below:
Contact Information
Work Experience
Education History
Skills
Links
Step 4: Click on “Download your Resume” or “Upload to CareerBuilder”
Resume will then be generated into a Word document
Step 5: Once your resume has been created, you will be able to
Download to a USB drive, and to your computer
Go back to Resume Builder and continue to fill out or make edits
RESUME
EXAMPLES
Stefani Jones
345 South Broad Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
(301) 772-5678 (home) (416) 531-9948 (cell)
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position as a Medical Office Administrative Assistant.
EDUCATION
Allegany College of Maryland (ACM) Cumberland, MD
Associate of Applied Science, Office Technologies May 2011
Administrative Assistant
Relevant Coursework
Document Processing Information Management
Financial Accounting Administrative Office Procedures
Transcription Systems
EXTERNSHIP
Primary Care Physicians Cumberland, MD
Medical Receptionist Sept. – Dec. 2011
Obtained and processed patients’ medical insurance information quickly and
accurately.
Maintained up-to-date computer-based laboratory test results and patient
information.
Communicated with physicians and medical support staff to determine the need
for patient services.
Typed patient correspondence and entered data into computerized medical records
system.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, and Publisher
Centricity Advance Electronic Health Record (EHR) software
LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
President, Medical Office Technology Club, 2010
Volunteer, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, ACM, 2010
HONORS
Recipient, Anne Francis Combs Memorial Scholarship, 2010
Dean’s List, 2009-2012
James Devers [email protected]
1005 Windmill Drive, Baltimore, MD 25770 (301) 785-2219
OBJECTIVE
To obtain an entry-level position in human services utilizing my knowledge and experience working with
youth, families, and children.
EDUCATION
Associate of Applied Science in Human Service Associate December 2011
Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland, MD
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Group Processes, Introduction to Counseling and Interviewing, Helping Techniques, Introduction to
Abnormal Psychology, Mind/Body Skills for Health and Healing
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Intern Jan. 2011-present
Big Brothers, Big Sisters Hagerstown, MD
Prepare match files for annual audit
Aid case managers with parent, child and volunteer interviews
Develop a system for completing monthly supervision forms for matches
Supervise cases for Hagerstown and Frederick site-based programs
Assist with Bowl For Kid’s Sake fundraiser
Intern, After-School and Tutoring Program Coordinator May 2005-Sept. 2009
Baltimore Friendship House Baltimore, MD
Recruited volunteers to help tutor children
Tutored elementary age children in all subjects two days per week
Provided after-school activities for elementary-age children two days per week
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Cashier Jan. 2010- present
McDonalds Hagerstown, MD
Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits
Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers
Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints
Count money in cash drawer at the beginning and ending of shift
Greet customers and provide good communication to customers entering and leaving
establishment
Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as
mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
Jamie Bookhammer 542 DANS ROAD, OCEAN CITY, MD 00446 – (619) 350-2557; [email protected]
OBJECTIVE Pursue a full-time position as a Marketing Assistant
EDUCATION
2016 Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD
Associate of Science in Business Administration
Concentration: Marketing, Management
GPA: 3.2
CAREER SKILLS
Marketing
Developed a marketing plan to focus on new markets
Designed print advertisements and posters
Prepared budget and planned advertising and promotions
Wrote and recorded 30-second radio spots
Sales
Built long-term relationships with customers through excellent
service
Increased sales dollars per customer by cross-selling
Management
Co-managed store operations
Wrote employee training manual
Created company mission statement
Reconciled daily intake of money and made bank deposits
Technology
Experienced in Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXpress
Knowledge of HTML and XML
Proficient with Microsoft Office and Publisher
WORK HISTORY
2016 Marketing Intern, Propane Central, Bismark, MD
2015 Marketing Intern, Baltimore Public Library, Baltimore, MD
2012-2014 Sales Associate, Impressions, Ocean City, MD
COMMUNITY
SERVICE Allegany Public Library Reading Program, Relay for Life
Richard Sefton
431 Lakeshore Drive
Timonium, MD 25113
Cell: (522) 467-2290
SKILLS SUMMARY
BLS (Basic Life Support)
Teamwork
Magnetic Resonance Procedures
Knowledge of Anatomical structures
Proper use of machinery
Recognize Emergency patient
conditions
Provide excellent patient care services
EDUCATION
Associate of Applied Science Degree: Radiology
Allegany College of Maryland
Expected Date of Graduation: May 2012
Major GPA: 2.9
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Radiology Assistant, Western Maryland Health System Cumberland, MD
September 2009 – present (120 hours)
Performed radiographic examinations low amount techniques, positioned patients, selected and set technical factors and adjusted equipment parameters by taking consideration of physical differences
Performed mammography examinations by using conventional and high-tech equipment
Maintained sterile bag, Catheters and contract materials
Ultrasound Tech, Pittsburgh Hospital Pittsburgh, MD
May 2009-August 2009 (60 hours)
Handled the tasks of evaluating accurate and quality X-rays/images
Diagnosed disease by using computer assisted tomography, radiology, nuclear medicine and ultra sound
Examined internal structures and functions of organs, making diagnosis after co-relation of X-ray findings with tests and examinations
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Desk Attendant, Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD
September 2009 – present
Answer incoming phone calls, sort mail and sign-in guests
Record and report maintenance concerns to apartment complex coordinator
COVER LETTER
EXAMPLES
Your Name
your phone number your address
your email address your city, state
Date
Name of Person to Contact
Title of Contact
Address for position/HR
Dear Name of Person to Contact:
First paragraph Tell why you are writing; name the position, field, or
general career area in which you are interested. Tell how you heard of the opening or organization (this is especially important if you were referred by a
mutual contact). Reference your enclosed or attached resume. Second paragraph This paragraph helps to expand on information in
your resume. Mention one or two of your qualifications that you believe will be of greatest interest to the organization, slanting your remarks to their point of view. Tell why you are particularly interested in the employer, location, or type
of work. If you have related experience or specialized training, be sure to point it out.
Third paragraph Close by making a request for an opportunity to talk
with the employer. Indicate that you will follow up with a phone call or e-mail
about the possibility of a meeting. Thank the employer for his/her consideration of your application materials.
Sincerely,
Your handwritten signature goes here Your typed name
Jane States (301) 784-4976 (cell) 14 Oak Street, Apt. 1
[email protected] Cumberland, MD 21502
April 14, 2011
Mr. Joseph Best
Corporate Recruiter
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
555 Main Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
Dear Mr. Best:
Please find enclosed my resume and application for the Management Trainee position
Enterprise recently advertised in the Cumberland Times News. Upon graduation from Allegany College
of Maryland in May, it is my desire to gain full-time employment so that I may remain in the Cumberland
area. Upon reading your advertisement, I was excited to learn of a management opportunity that would
utilize my strong communications and marketing skills along with my previous business experience.
Over the past two years, I have played a key role in marketing Allegany College of Maryland
(ACM) as a work-study student in both the Admissions and Public Relations offices. I have interacted
with the public of all ages and demographic backgrounds. My role has been to engage with future
students, parents, alumni and the general public in a manner that builds enthusiasm and energy for
attendance at ACM. Allegany College of Maryland is recognized for its strong relationship with the
Cumberland community, and I am proud to have been a small part of facilitating many positive
interactions. I have also excelled at public speaking and am consistently designated as the group
spokesperson for oral presentations. This shows I can convey detailed information in a format that
audiences can understand as well as an ability to think on my feet when asked difficult questions or
when part of the presentation does not go as planned.
This position offers me an opportunity to utilize my marketing, communication, and leadership skills
toward increasing Enterprise’s market share in the car rental industry. I will contact you the week of
April 21 to follow-up on my application. If you would like to contact me prior to this, I can be reached by
email at [email protected] or at (301) 784-4976 (cell). Thank you for your consideration and assistance.
Sincerely,
Jane States