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Chapter 15Chapter 15
Building Careers and Writing Résumés
Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
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1. List eight key steps to finding the ideal opportunity in today’s job market
2. Explain the process of planning your résumé, including how to choose the best résumé organization
3. Describe the tasks involved in writing your résumé and list the major sections of a traditional résumé
Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives
4. Characterize the completing step for résumés, including the six most common formats in which you can produce a résumé
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Securing Employment in Securing Employment in TodayToday’’s Job Markets Job Market
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Finding Your Ideal Finding Your Ideal OpportunityOpportunity
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Writing the Story of YouWriting the Story of You
Where I Have BeenHave worked several part-time jobs; only thing that
really appealed to me in any of them was making improvements, making things work better
Where I Am NowJunior; on track to graduate in 2014
Where I Want to BeGet an advanced degree; not sure what subject
area yet, though
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Job-Search WebsitesJob-Search Websites
Riley Guide - www.rileyguide.com Vast collection of links to both general and specialized job
sites for every career imaginable
TweetMyJobs.com - http://tweetmyjobs.com The largest Twitter job board, with thousands of channels
segmented by geography
Internship Programs.com – http:/internshipprograms.com Posts listings from companies looking for interns in a wide
variety of professions
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Applying the Three-Step Applying the Three-Step RRéésumsuméé Process Process
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Analyze Your Purpose and Analyze Your Purpose and AudienceAudience
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Gathering Pertinent Gathering Pertinent InformationInformation
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Organizing Your ROrganizing Your Résuméésumé Around StrengthsAround Strengths
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Typical RTypical Résumé Formatsésumé Formats
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PersonalBackground
PersonalObjectives
Chronological Combination Functional
Work HistoryEducational Level
Skills andAccomplishments
Writing Your RWriting Your Résuméésumé
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Keeping Your RKeeping Your Résumé ésumé HonestHonest
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Adapting Your RAdapting Your Résuméésumé to to Your AudienceYour Audience
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Composing Your RésuméComposing Your Résumé
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Compose Your Resume Compose Your Resume Around Strong Verbs and Around Strong Verbs and
NounsNouns
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Planned Assumed Managed Explored Initiated Achieved Created Saved
Reduced Assisted Trained Operated Raised Improved Set Up Targeted
Completing Your RésuméCompleting Your Résumé
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Revising Your RésuméRevising Your Résumé
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Producing Your RProducing Your Résuméésumé
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Design ElementsDesign ElementsKeep ItSimple
AvoidExcess
Printed TraditionalPrinted
TraditionalScannableRésumé
ScannableRésumé
Plain-TextFile
Plain-TextFile
PDF FilePDF FileMS WordFile
MS WordFile
Online RésuméOnline Résumé
Producing Your RProducing Your Résuméésumé
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Infographic RésuméInfographic Résumé
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Social Media RésuméSocial Media Résumé
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Proofreading Your RProofreading Your Résuméésumé
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Strive forPerfection
Attend tothe Details
Review Personal DataReview Personal Data
Spelling and Word ChoiceSpelling and Word Choice
Grammar and PunctuationGrammar and Punctuation
Headings and ListsHeadings and Lists
Distributing Your Distributing Your RRésuméésumé
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Summary of ObjectivesSummary of Objectives
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