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Welcome to Resume Writing
Clive MayCareer Counsellor
Widening ParticipationQUT Your Future Careers Team
[email protected] www.bridgetostudy.com.au
www.facebook.com/yourfuturecareer
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What Do Employers Want?
Fit(the culture and values
of the organisation)
Will do (the personality,
passion interests, ambitions,motivation)
Can do(the knowledge
and skills)
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Core Skills for Work
Interact with others
a. Communicate for work
b. Connect and work with others
Get the work done
a. Plan and organise
b. Make decisions
c. Identify and solve problems
d. Create and innovate
e. Work in a digital world
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Skills, Career and Occupational Info
Employability Skills Audit MyfutureOccupations List – details of eachOccupation including tasks and skill requirements
Graduate Careers AustraliaCareer Profiles – career booklets for eachIndustry including roles
Job Outlook
Job Outlook Occupations – career profiles including details of skills and tasks involved
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Your Questions?
Your resume and Key Selection Criteria
questions?
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The good, the bad and the ugly…
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The good…
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The bad…
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The ugly …
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Before you apply to any company...
Obtain as much information as you can about:
Relevant contacts The company – what do they do?
Job Specific Info
The position – tasks and duties The position skill and ability requirements
http://www.myfuture.edu.au/occupations
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Your all-purpose Resume
• Contact Details Only (check your email!)• Career Objective (optional)• Key Skills or Strengths (for the job)• Employment History/Work Experience• Education• Licences/Certificates• Interests & Hobbies/Achievements• Referees
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Where to start?Brainstorm all of your experiences!
• Employment/work experience• Volunteer/community experiences • Education Projects/Group
involvement• Licences/Training/Certificates• Your Achievements/Awards• Leisure Activities (Teams,
Associations, Societies)• Referees?
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Prepare examples of your skills!
Transferable Skills
USE THE S.T.A.R PRINCIPLE • The Situation/Task• The Action you took• The Result achieved
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Presentation of the Resume:Make the resume easy to read
• DO NOT use fancy fonts, coloured or textured paper etc and DO NOT put your resume into a folder or binder – just a clip in the left corner is sufficient OR send by email
• Be very careful with spelling and grammar – have it checked by someone else…
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Writing covering letters
A covering letter is to ensure that the reader will be interested enough to read your resume
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Cover Letter Structure• Use The Person’s Name
• Tell Them Why You’re Writing • Tell Them Why You’re Interested in
them
• Tell Them Why You’re Suited – your skills
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Writing Selection Criteria
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What is Selection Criteria about?
Selection criteria may include:• Skills• Qualifications• Aptitudes• Abilities• Experience• Personal attributes
All are necessary to perform the job you areapplying for
Short-listing is based on how well yourApplication addresses selection criteria
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Understand the selection criteria
• As an example, take the capability written communication skills. The associated selection criterion could be –
– ‘Well developed written communication skills. This includes the ability to:• structure written communications such as
reports to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience; • express opinions, information and key points
of an argument clearly and concisely; and to • write convincingly in an engaging and
expressive manner’.
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Brainstorm ideas for each criterionFor each selection criterion, brainstorm ideas from your (recent) work life • Positive examples of ‘well developed written
communication skills’:– Project Officer at ... – needed to write
report on project planning methodologies – when Research Support Officer at
Moreton Bay Regional Council – designed and compiled a monthly newsletter
– research project when at TAFE – needed to collate diverse sets of data, organise the information into topic areas, and synthesise into a paper for senior management
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Prepare examples of your experience, abilities for the skills needed in the job
Help the employer by giving examplesof your skills and abilities:
USE THE S.T.A.R PRINCIPLE • The Situation/Task• The Action you took• The Result achieved
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Hints and tips 1
• Individually address each criterion under separate headings
• Carefully read each selection criterion. Break down each criterion into parts and address each aspect thoroughly
• Always consult the position description so that you know the purpose of the selection criteria and for terms, language, jargon etc
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Hints and tips 2• Use as many concrete examples as possible to
support your claim to meet each criterion - education, employment, social, committee participation, voluntary work, hobbies etc
• If an example applies to a number of selection criteria, include it under each relevant criterion
• Where possible substantiate your examples with indicators of how well you did them. This might include results, comments, extended contracts, happy customers etc
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Hints and tips 3• Do not refer to your resume. Copy from
your resume into your selection criteria statement
• Use good English. Ensure that your application is written clearly and concisely, that it is grammatically correct, and free of spelling errors
• Get someone to read it through before you send it to make sure it makes sense!
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Templates & Guides
• Microsoft Office• Job Guide Resume Builder• Career One• Youth Central (VIC)• Education Queensland • Resume Guide – Myfuture
“OK – CLIVE, STOP TALKING !”
Questions?Your Future Careers TeamQUT CabooltureBuilding J Tel: 07 5316 7666Email: [email protected] www.bridgetostudy.com.au www.facebook.com/yourfuturecareer
