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Resume Preparation:

Designing Your Resume

Indiana UniversityKelley School of BusinessC. Randall Powell, Ph.D

Contents used in this presentation are adapted from Career Planning Strategies and used with the permission of the author.

RESUMESRESUMES

Preparation techniques Design strategies

Content

Highly structuredServes as application

Factual; good & bad pointsNot sales oriented

The College Interview Resume

MATCHING

Employers selection criteria

The basic resume concept

Your

credentials

Basic Resume FormatsBasic Resume Formats

Chronological Functional Hybrid

Functional Resume Headings Technical Skills Accounting

WritingLanguages

Functional Skills ManagingSellingTraining

Administrative Skills AnalyzingPlanningMotivating

To obtain an invitation for an interview

Resume PurposeResume PurposeTo obtain an invitation for an interview

Not the whole sales presentationStimulate employer's appetite Attractive lure

Hey… This ought to

impress them!

RESUME OF

I.M.

IMPORTANT

NOYES

A resume is a digest of qualifications

RESUME

The ResumeThe ResumeThe Resume

Passport to Job Interviews

Responding to job leadsPersonal calling cardReference assistanceNetwork facilitatorBroadcasting

Resume Uses:

Answering jobadvertisements

HELPWANTED

Resume Uses:Resume Uses:

Responding tojob leads

Resume Uses:Resume Uses:

ContactsRecommenders

Recommender ResumeRecommender Resume

Everyone needs sales representatives Builds consistency in referral's comments 3-4 pages of quotable material Simplifies task of network partners Prelude to interview presentation

Physical StructurePhysical Structure

Built in sectionsOutline format

Avoid long narrativeNot a bibliography

BUILDINGBLOCKS

Identification Objectives

Education Activities

Experience Personal References

AppearanceAppearance

Positive first impressionNeat and cleanPerfectly typed

Ample white space

Don't come across sloppy!

30The -Second Scan30The -Second Scan

Scores of resumes - impossible reading Pass 1: "Initial" 30-second scan Pass 2: Another 30-second scan Pass 3: 2-3 minute credential review Interview appointment set

Focus the reader's eyes on five key points

Identificationscapitalizationboldfacing

Dashesunderliningslashes

Asterisksdots

bullets

Constructing The Detail

•Lower case letters imply detail•Maximum of four sentences per

paragraph•Phrases held together with dots

Avoid extraneous words

Section SizeSection Size

Sections not necessarily equal in length

Size indicates depth in background

Education andexperiencelevelsdictates

References

SECTION ORDER

Identificationand

Objectives

EducationExperienceActivitiesPersonal

Publications

Determinants of LengthDeterminants of Length

Extensiveness of backgroundPotential use of resumeKey points to emphasize

Resume means short,concise summary

ReproductionReproductionReproductionReproductionReproductionReproductionReproductionReproductionReproduction

PurposeControversialDiscrimination

Writing and PrintingServices

Writing ServicesCopy MachinesTypeset

Forms of the verb to bePronouns

Failure connotations

Forms of the verb to bePronouns

Failure connotations

I MeI MeNoneNone

Fail HaveFail Have

Is WillIs WillNo LessNo Less

HowHow

Avoid Certain Words

WORD CHOICEWORD CHOICE

ACTIVEPASSIVE

ACHIEVEMENT

DESCRIPTIVE

ACCOMPLISHESTABLISHMANAGEPERFORMMOTIVATECREATEPLANSOLVE

DIRECTSELLRESPONSIBLESUPERVISETOUCHCONTROLINFLUENCE

Background Traits

Attitude

Communication

Organization

Personality

Maturity

Enthusiasm

Leadership

Professional Poise

Work Habits

SincereSincereReliableReliable

AnalyticalAnalyticalPracticalPractical

OptimisticOptimisticTactfulTactful

LogicalLogicalCreativeCreativeEnergeticEnergetic

AggressiveAggressiveResourcefulResourceful

ConscientiousConscientious

Action Words (past tense)

AnalyzedApprovedCompletedDevelopedDirected

EstablishedIncreasedImprovedLeadOrganized

PlannedReducedSolvedSupervisedTrained

Employers want doers, not talkers.Convey an action image.

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