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ULM Career Connections . . . Connecting bright minds with bright futures

Your (Professional) Life on Paper


Resume Fast Facts

• Most employers review a resume for an average of 10-30 seconds

• Employers receive hundreds of resumes – and consider very few resumes to be excellent

• 80% of screening happens with the resume

• Spelling errors and typos leave the highest negative impression with employers

• 84% of employers say that a resume should only be one page if you have less than 5 years’ experience


How do I sell “me”?


What Do I Have to Offer?

- Leadership (clubs/organizations) - Management (coaching, tutoring, etc) - Multilingual

What educational preparations have I made?

What qualities or capabilities do I possess that will benefit an employer?

What experience do I have to offer? - Work Experience - Internships - Job Shadowing

- Volunteer Work - Community Service

- Study abroad or international study - Internships - Research

- Flexibility - Creativity


What Type of Job Do I Want?

• What types of jobs am I interested in?• Would I be interested in management?• What is my career plan?• Am I willing to relocate?• Do I like to work individually? or in groups?• Do I like routine, repetitive work? or variety?


How Do I Look on Paper?


Types of Resumes

Chronological (preferred)– In date order (most recent first)– Use when career has an upward path and/or there are no long unemployment

stretches

Functional (least preferred)– Least Preferred– Focuses on skills you’ve attained– Use when career lacks an upwardly mobile path and/or there are gaps in

employment history

ChronoFunctional – Focuses on skills attained while providing a chronological listing of jobs– Use when you want to stress the skills obtained in various jobs rather than the

positions themselves or the employment progression


Format, Format, Format . . .

Name, Contact Information

Objective or Summary of Skills

Education and Work – whichever is more impressive first(Include military service in work experience)

Personal Detailshonors/activities/skills

References referred to but not listed here

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The Heading

Name• slightly larger font

Address• permanent• may include school address

Telephone • home and/or cell• make outgoing message

appropriate

Email address• Make it professional!

Example:

Jane M. Jones500 Good University Road

Good City, NC 89999(919) 555-5999

[email protected]


Objective

Job objectives tell readers exactly what kind of job you are looking for. • concise & current• what job do you want?• at what company? or what kind of company?• no clichés or flowery wording• more general for posted résumés

Summary of Qualifications This section allows you to show off your achievements that set you apart from the sea of other applicants. • years of experience• technical skills • proven leadership• no more than four points

Example:

A junior position in market research

Example:

Nine years of chemical industry experienceProven sales success for chemical products such as XYZBachelor’s degree in Chemistry; Master’s degree in Sales

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Education

• List most recent school or degree first.• Do not list high school.• List institution name, location, years attended, and degree.• Graduation date should include year and semester.

For degrees in progress: “Anticipated Completion Date ____”

• Degree may be written out or abbreviated. (Be sure to use the accurate degree designation/title.)

• List GPA and/or relevant courses if advantageous.

EXAMPLE

EDUCATIONWill receive Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, May 2009. Attended 2005-present. GPA: 3.25.Relevant Courses: Advanced Networking, Strategic Management, E-Commerce, Management Information Systems, Database Application Development, Intermediate Business Programming


Work Experience

• List most recent first• Include company name, job title, and dates• Be specific about job functions and accomplishments• Use action verbs• Use present tense for current and past tense for previous jobs• No sentences or paragraphs

EXAMPLE

WORK EXPERIENCEJune 2001 - Present Smith Arts and Crafts Monroe, LA

Sales AssociateSpecialize in customer serviceHandle money as cashierOrder merchandise

March 2001 - June 2001 Smith and Jones Law Office Monroe, LAOffice CourierDelivered legal documents to courthouse, other law offices, and post officeFiled legal documentsPerformed light computer system maintenance


Other

What Makes You Stand Out?– Computer Skills– Honors– Activities, etc.

References – Use a separate page to list (or write “Available upon request”)– Always use a complimentary title (Mr., Ms., Dr.)– List organization, job title, complete address, phone, and email

EXAMPLEPERSONAL DETAILS Computer Skills Windows 95/98/XP, Windows Server 2003, Oracle, Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Office 2000 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) Honors Tuition Scholarship, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2001-2002.

Academic Scholarship, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2001-2003. ACTIVITIES Served as Vice President of student chapter of Association of Information Technology Professionals.

Presently working on database and web page projects for Monroe, LA, Police Department and for Louisiana Plumbers Association.

REFERENCES See attached page.


Do’s and Don’t’s

Do:• Use 24-lb., 100% cotton,

white or off-white paper• Print in black ink• Use 10-12 point font• Use action verbs• Align lists exactly• Keep current and applicable• Include a cover letter• Proofread!

Don’t:• Use colored or printed paper• Include hobbies• Include personal information

(religion, marital status, etc.)• Put the word “Resume” at the

top• Include salary information• Include reasons for leaving jobs• Include references on the same

page as the resume• Include the word “I,” sentences,

or paragraphs • Lie• Have any typos!

ULM Career Connections & Experiential Education

Visit our website at www.ulm.edu/careerconnections

Call us at 318-342-5338 or visit us at Library 314

Brenda Allen, DirectorCareer Connections and Experiential Education

Ann Bloxom Smith,DirectorAcademic Internships

Alberta Brown Green,Career Advisor

Roslynn PogueStudent EmploymentAdministrator

http://www.ulm.edu/careerconnections

Thank you for attending this session

and

good luck with your job search!

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