Resumes-Helena

Welcome to

COMM 202!

Resumes!

Tutorial #5- Helena

COMM 202: Career Fundamentals | TA: Helena

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Plan for today


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1. TA feedback

2. Networking Reflections feeback

3. E-module recap

4. Resumes

5. To-do list

TA Feedback


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Participation

Examples

Group activities and

discussions

Bit.ly/t3436feedback

Feedback: Networking reflections


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Reflection ≠ transcript 1

Networking goes

beyond getting a job

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E-module recap


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What did you learn about resumes?

You have one page to impress me


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In one page, “why you?”

A recruiter spends an

average of 6 seconds

looking at a resume

-40% Percentage deducted

for 2+ errors on your

resume assignment

You have one page to impress me


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In one page, “why you?”

A recruiter spends an

average of 6 seconds

looking at a resume

-40% Percentage deducted

for 2+ errors on your

resume assignment

Show your best self concisely and effectively.

This is not impressing me


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Hyperlink

Inconsistent

margins

Inconsistent

heading

alignment

Inconsistent

alignment

Inconsistent

dates

Anatomy of a (basic) resume


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1) Header

2) Profile

3) Education

4) Experiences

5) Interests

Have a little fun, but not too much


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The bare necessities:

• Full name (Preferred and legal)

• Professional e-mail address

• Personalized LinkedIn URL

• Phone number


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Change up the

formatting

Keep it

simple

A little

of both

Profile of a profile

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CAREER

ASPIRATIONS

EXPERIENCES

SKILLS &

ATTRIBUTES

TRAINING &

CERTIFICATIONS

INTERESTS

QUIRKY

"ZINGERS"

Refer to your job posting!

Key competencies


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Used for more technical professions ( ie. BUCS)

Highlights your most employable skills and qualifications

Less “soft skills”


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Profile

Key

competencies

Education 101


Think about this: your current occupation is “Student”

Use this section to showcase:

Key courses (high grades, relevant to job)

Projects (group projects, research)

Awards

Transfer program

Show the employer that you did more in school than sleep!

Education 101


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SCHOOL &

PROGRAM

EXPECTED

GRAD DATE

ACADEMIC

ACHIEVEMENTS

KEY

PROJECTS AWARDS COMPETITIONS

Showcase your academic journey.


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TRANSFER

PROGRAM

PROJECT

Experiences


Your resumé is your best self on a page

Your resumé is not a list of your responsibilities

Skills Matrix

Resume Cover Letter

Interview

Networking

HINT: this

section builds

off your skills

matrix

What did you accomplish?


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S

Situation

T

Task

A

Action

R

Result

Cover letter

=

Storytelling

R

Result

A

Action

T

Task

S

Situation

Resume

=

Accomplishment

highlights

Employers care about results, not your job description!

Results: describing your accomplishments


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Attained

Exceeded

Eliminated

Increased

Decreased

Maximized

Minimized

Reduced

Saved

Surpassed

Improved

Created

Generated

Enhanced

Optimized

Established

Get creative! Use “results verbs” that really highlight what you

accomplished.

Results: to quantify or not to quantify


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Types of Results

Qualitative Quantitative

• How much

• How many

• Numbers

• Descriptions

• Qualities

• Makes your

achievements

measureable and

more believable

• Link back to results

verb

Action


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WHAT SKILLS DID YOU USE?

ARE THOSE SKILLS RELEVANT TO THE JOB?

DO YOUR RESULTS MATCH UP WITH YOUR ACTIONS?

Task


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WHAT WAS THE CHALLENGE?

Situation


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DESCRIBE

THE CONTEXT PAINT THE

SETTING WHO? WHEN?

WHERE?

GOAL: Paint a picture of the situation you were in

when you used your skills to tackle a task and got a

good result

Duty or accomplishment?


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Duty

Built relationships with

corporate clients and

organized a dinner

Duty or accomplishment?


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Duty Accomplishment

Built relationships with

corporate clients and

organized a dinner

Achieved 85% client retention

rate by establishing relationships

with key corporate clients and

providing a well-organized,

personally tailored dining

experience. This is a job description

A closer look


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Achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing relationships

with key corporate clients and providing a well-organized,

personally tailored dining experience.

RESULT

A closer look


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TASK & ACTION

A closer look


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SITUATION

Example: responsibility to results


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Description of responsibility from job posting:

“Aid in the management of our proprietary

performance reporting systems”

Accomplishment statement describing the results

achieved with this responsibility:

“Created and executed testing procedures to

ensure reliability and usability of new releases to

proprietary software platform and client-facing

website”

Integrity


Any questions?


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DIY ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENTS

1. PICK ONE STORY FROM YOUR SKILLS MATRIX.

2. FLIP IT INTO THE RATS FORMAT.

3. SUMMARIZE IT INTO ONE SENTENCE (MAXIMUM TWO

LINES ON YOUR RESUME)

Interests: show a little personality


5 minute chat rule

Diversity

Personal branding

Interesting


Putting it all together


• At least 1.5cm margins all around

• Same header for resume and cover letter

• Same font and size within one point

• Same alignment (headers, location, start-end dates)

• Consistent bullet sizes

• Consistent dash length

Document Formatting

• BCom- not Bcomm

• Consistent use of DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY

• Consistent description of location (if you list the city, list the

city for every experience)

• Correct grammar is important

• No typos

Spelling and other written choices

Differentiate yourself


Use of COLOUR/FONTS

Unique formatting

Include a section for INTERESTS

Be specific, able to talk about, unique

Showcase your DIVERSITY

Include some unique and key EDUCATIONAL

ACHIEVEMENTS

Integration & branding: the whole package


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PERSONAL BRANDING

= HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF

THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT.


GOAL SHOWCASE

PERSONALITY &

DIFFERENTIATE

YOURSELF.

HOW DO YOU

WANT TO BE

REMEMBERED?

ARE YOU

CATERING TO

YOUR AUDIENCE?


TAKEAWAYS?

NO DUTY

STATEMENTS.

BE CLEAR &

CONCISE.

CONSISTENT

FORMAT.

ALWAYS STAY

RELEVANT.

IT'S ALL IN

THE DETAIL.

YOU DO

YOU.

To-do list


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BOTH cover letter and

resume are due in tutorial

next week!!!

Bring 2 hard

copies of each.

*no hard copy = 0


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Tutorial again next week, have a good weekend!

Business

Resumes-Helena