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Resume Workshop
January 14, 2014 Michelle Anderson, Director of Career Services
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Resume best pracCces Purpose Format/Design/ObjecCve Statements Content S-‐A-‐R (Accomplishment Statements)
Things to Avoid Q&A
Agenda
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MarkeCng tool Lands interviews Summary of RELEVANT skills & accomplishments Forward-‐looking document (relaConship between past experience and career objecCve)
Purpose of a Resume 1
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Step 1: “I hope you are it” Step 2: Look for reasons to discard resume
Errors & inconsistencies Difficult to read Not targeted/experience gaps
Step 3: What do you really have to offer? Who are you? What value (transferable skills) will you bring? What did you do and how well did you do it? When did you do it and where?
How Resumes Are Scanned
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Name & Contact InformaCon EducaCon
Degree(s) Professional Experience
Reverse chronological order, be consistent AddiConal InformaCon
Professional AssociaCons (APPAM, APA, NASW) Volunteer Experience Foreign languages, STATA, GIS, other technical skills
General Resume Format
Tip: If you need to use 2 pages, make sure that there are logical breaks, page numbers and a heading on the 2nd page
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1. Chronological (most common) Focuses on posiCons held and organizaCons Lists posiCons by date (most recent at top) When to use? If work you have been doing is relevant to job you
want 2. FuncAonal
Categorizes posiCons by skill Highlights transferable skills When to use? Best for career changers, those entering new field,
or gaps in employment history 3. CombinaAon
Lists skills and experience first and employment history thereaeer When to use? Highlight relevant skills & chronological work
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Resume Designs
Useful when… Candidates are changing career paths (“To use my background in human services, community outreach, and educaCon for the benefit of ABC Company’s operaConal efforts”)
Candidate is a recent graduate with lijle experience in field
Any Cme when career history alone does not present “fit” for posiCon targeted
Avoid vague objecCves e.g. “a challenging posiCon that offers room for advancement”
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ObjecAve Statements
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Employment history Full-‐Cme, part-‐Cme and volunteer work (rule of thumb-‐10 years)
Past tense for all except current jobs Bullet points
Use keywords to mirror job descripCon QuanCfy results and impact (S-‐A-‐R) Use acCon verbs and avoid phrases like “responsible for”, “worked with”, “assisted”
Use industry-‐specific language
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SITUATION SituaCon used only used to define impact of result –e.g. challenge faced, goals exceeded, problems solved, etc.
ACTION “I” vs. “We” Ask “What makes me unique? What differenCates me from the crowd?”
RESULT “So What?” QuanCfy ($, #, %) scale/scope/results whenever possible
S-‐A-‐R (SituaAon-‐AcAon-‐Result) 4
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Original: Responsible for monitoring spending and idenCfying cost savings
Example: Project management S-‐A-‐R
Revised: Researched and idenCfied areas of excessive spending; audited and restructured phone system resulCng in $2k annual savings and recovered $150k in unused funds; persuaded senior management to implement new cost-‐ saving procedures as part of a budget iniCaCve
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Original: Responsible for eight person team on career course implementaCon project
Example: Social work S-‐A-‐R
Revised: Led team of 8 in the research, design, and development of a new career course presented to 360 incoming students; Course was rated 5 out of 5 by the students at the end of the quarter
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Pick 2 key bullet points from your resume that you would typically want to highlight to employer
Spend 10 minutes rewriCng bullets into Accomplishment Statements (S-‐A-‐R)
I’ll be asking for volunteers to share “before” and “aeer” bullet points
Exercise: CreaAng S-‐A-‐R Bullet Points
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Confusing layout (headings, white space, symbols, abbreviaCons, not converted to PDF)
Errors & Inconsistencies: typos, grammar, content errors
Not targeted-‐what are you selling and to whom? Hard to determine what you did, when you did it, and where you did it
No Results! ($, #, %) Unprofessional email -‐ e.g., xboxchamp@
Things to Avoid…
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Write targeted resumes and cover lejers that are accurate, easy to read, error free, contribuCon-‐focused, value and results-‐ driven
Recognize that the resume is a powerful tool but it alone does not get you the job Networking, interviewing, following up are also needed!
Your career development is your responsibility!
Conclusion
Don’t forget about CareerView: hjps://spa-‐ucla-‐csm.symplicity.com/students/
index.php
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Conclusion
December 4th-‐Networking Workshop January 15th – Professional ECqueje workshop January 27th-‐ Career Networking Night February 5th-‐ Interview workshop April 7th-‐Career Fair
Key upcoming dates
My office hours:
Tues, Wed: 8am – 4pm by appointment
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QuesAons?