Resume Formats

Chronological

Functional or Skill – Based

Combination

Scannable

The Resume

• One tool to market yourself

• A 10 sec. commercial

• Grabs attention

Self Assessment

• Create a “word bank” to describe yourself

• Personal Skills

• Transferable Skills

• Work/Knowledge specific skills

• Education

• Your values

Assessment Inventory Exercise

• Field Knowledge

• Technical Skills

• Transferable/Functional Skills

• Personal/Self Management Abilities

• Workplace values

Objectives In Creating Your Resume

• Visual

• Literal

• Professional

Resume Basics

• Design your own header ( it will be on all your documents: resume, cover letter, references, etc.

• Organized and Neat

• Margins – 1 inch

• Error free – spelling, grammar

Resume Basics

• Use MS Word • Font- Arial size 10 or 11 or New Times

Roman size 11 or 12• Use section headings with style• Abbreviations not appropriate• Bullets or Sentences…..• References• PROOFREAD

Targeting Your Resume

• Why?

• How?

• Targeting you resume

Which Style is Best for You?

• Transitional Strategies

– No work experience

– Some work experience – unrelated field

– Extensive work experience – related field

Scannable Resumes

• Why?

• What’s different from other formats?

• How do we convert other styles to Scannable format?

Cover Letter

• Target

• Clear, concise

• Proofread, proofread, proofread

• Sample Cover Letter

Transcript

• Template in ______• Cut & paste each semester• Save as Word• Upload to PlacePro• Academic Honesty

• Unofficial Transcript