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Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education International Chapter 18 - 1
Building Careers and Building Careers and Writing RWriting Résumésésumés
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Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
• Describe the approach most employers take
to find new employees
• Explain the importance of networking in your
career search
• Discuss how to choose the appropriate
résumé organization and list advantages and
disadvantages of the three common options
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Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
• List the major sections of a traditional
résumé
• Identify six formats in which you can
produce a résumé
• Describe what you should do to adapt your
résumé to a scannable format
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Securing Employment in Securing Employment in Today’s Job MarketToday’s Job Market
• Understanding employer’s approach
• Organizing your approach
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The Job Search ProcessThe Job Search Process
1. Build toward a career
2. Prepare the résumé
3. Understand the interview process
4. Prepare for the interview
5. Complete the interview
6. Follow up and accept the offer
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How Employers How Employers Approach the Recruiting Approach the Recruiting
ProcessProcess• Look inside the company
• Networking and personal references
• Employment agency or search firm
• Unsolicited résumés
• Solicited résumés via advertising
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Organizing Your Organizing Your ApproachApproach
• Monitor business news
• Researching specific firms
• Building a network
• Seeking career counseling
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Three-Step RThree-Step Résumé ésumé ProcessProcess
Writing CompletingPlanning
Analyze Situation
Gather Information
Select Medium
Get Organized
Revise Résumé
Produce Résumé
Proofread Résumé
Distribute Résumé
Adapt to the Audience
Composethe Message
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Planning Your RésuméPlanning Your Résumé
• The “Story of You”
– Audience and purpose
– Relevant information
– The best medium
– Organization
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Analyze Audience and Analyze Audience and PurposePurpose
• The résumé
– Target company
– Hiring manager
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Gather InformationGather Information
• Employment history
• Education background
• Personal Experience
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Choose the MediumChoose the Medium
• Word document
• Plain-text
• PowerPoint
• Multimedia
• Plain paper
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Organize the ROrganize the Résuméésumé
• Think in terms of results
• Know how to get things done
• Well rounded
• Career progress and development
• Standards of excellence
• Flexible and willing to try new things
• Communicate effectively
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““Red Flags” for Red Flags” for EmployersEmployers
• Frequent job changes
• Gaps in work history
• Inexperience or over-qualification
• Long-term with one company
• For-cause job termination
• Criminal or arrest record
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Typical RTypical Résumé Formatsésumé Formats
• Chronological
• Functional
• Combination
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Writing Your RWriting Your Résuméésumé
• Respect your résumé
• Take your time
• Review good models
• Minimize frustration
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Keep the RKeep the Résumé Honestésumé Honest
• Workplace references
• Background checks
• Credit histories
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Adapting to the Adapting to the AudienceAudience
• Consider the employer’s perspective
• Link accomplishments to potential
• Translate skills and experience
• Clarify educational achievements
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Composing Your RComposing Your Résuméésumé
• Contact information
• Introductory statement
• Educational background
• Employment history
• Activities and achievements
• Relevant personal data
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Completing Your RCompleting Your Résuméésumé
• Revising
• Producing
• Proofreading
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Common Résumé Common Résumé ProblemsProblems
• Length issues
• Amateurish
• Writing problems
• Generic quality
• Hard to read
• Poorly produced
• Boastful tone
• Gimmicky design
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Producing Your RProducing Your Résuméésumé
• Printed traditional résumé
• Printed scannable résumé
• Electronic plain text file
• MS Word file
• HTML format
• Electronic PDF file
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Traditional Printed Traditional Printed RRésuméésumé
• High-quality paper
• Professional image
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Printed Scannable Printed Scannable RRésuméésumé
• OCR software
• Résumé length
• Keyword summary
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Digital RDigital Résumé Formatsésumé Formats
• Plain text file
• MS Word file
• HTML version
• PDF format
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Proofreading the Proofreading the RRésuméésumé
• Headings and lists
• Grammar and punctuation
• Spelling and word choice
• Paper and digital formats
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Distributing Your Distributing Your RRésuméésumé
• Postal mail
• Fax machine
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Posting RPosting Résumés Onlineésumés Online
• Personal e-portfolio
• Personal website
• Social networking
• General job sites
• Specialized websites
• Staffing services