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Plan for today
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1. Skills Matrix Feedback
2. The point of peer editing
3. Resumes
4. Cover letters
5. Homework
Skills Matrix Feedback
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The good
Interesting experiences
Lessons learned from failures
Identifying skills (knowing what is a strength and what is a
skill)
The not-so-good
Step-by-step of actions, INCLUDING thought process
Results not related to skill, or to your own actions
“defining the dragon”- why was the task important?
The point of today
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Give lots of good feedback
Look at content, not just formatting
Help your peers write really good resumes and cover
letters!
Would you hire them?
“He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
–Abraham Lincoln
How it works
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Write a * if you agree with feedback
already on the paper
Circle, underline, cross out… anything that is not
quite right, then tell them WHY
If your table finishes early, pass clockwise to the
next person!
Formatting & Header
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• Margins equal (min. 1.5
cm)
• Aligned bullet points
• Font size/type (,in. size
10) (used throughout
document) (max of 2)
• Periods or no periods
• Dashes/hyphens
• Section spacing
• Right aligned dates
• Title consistency
• Name (given/preferred)
• Dates consistency (month
and year or just year)
• White space – is it easy to
read?
• All written in 3rd person
• Address (Optional)
• LinkedIn URL (Personalized)
• Phone
• Email (professional looking)
• No hyperlinks
Profile/Key Competencies
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• No more then 5 lines for key competencies (4 for
profile)
• Languages (if applicable)
• Skills/strengths/experiences
• Branded to job posting/ industry
• Is the profile linked with proof elsewhere in the resume
Education
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• BCom not BCOMM
• Location of school
• Start with degree
• Key courses, but no
grocery lists
• GPA (cumulative or
quantitative courses only)
• Key/relevant projects –
accomplishment statement
form
• Awards – accomplishment
statement form
• Transfer schools – how to
list them
• GPA (show the
scale)/%/letter grades –
based on how the school
give grades
• CSC/CFA, Level 1,
Bloomberg Essentials, MDA
• Case competitions (balance
the real estate)
• High School-ers NO
MORE!
Experiences/Work/Volunteer
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• Reverse chronological
order (by start date)
• Varied result verbs (no
more than 2 the same)
• Branded to job posting
(skills relevant)
• Explanation sentences of
companies/experiences
• Proof where possible –
result verb based
• One sentence (2 lines
best)
• Filler words
• RATS statements
• What qualifies as work vs
extra-curricular
• Words from job
description in the resume
– clear connection
Interests
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• Be able to speak extensively about the topics you put
here…and be interested
• Specifics draw them in
• Differentiate
• Well rounded (physical/creative/worldly-ness)
• BE FUN!! But appropriate
Who would you read on for?
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Give 2 more comments:
1) Good
2) Needs improvement
It should look something like this
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Not the only
title, just an
example
Only last
name, not first
name
“enclosed” if
not electronic
Formatting
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• Header same as resume
• Font size the same
throughout
• Consistent margins
• Left aligned
• Indicate what is “attached”
or enclosed”
• Proper title at end
(example: “Bcom
Candidate 2017”
• Name/title of employer
• Address line:
Date
Ms./Mr. Contact name
Their title
Company
Address line 1
Address line 2
City, Province Postal Code
Re: Position title
Opening
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• HOOK!
• Is there a link between them and the position?
• Interest and passion
• Matches skills
• Shows research in company
• NOT random fact-dropping!
• Name dropping where applicable
Skills Matching
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• Are the skills in the job description?
• Are they relevant to the position?
• Are they in story-like format? (Easy to understand)
• Every position in cover letter MUST BE IN RESUME
• Must have link to company/position (explicit or implied)
• Bullet points or paragraph form are both acceptable
• 2-3 skills
Branding
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CAN I do
the job?
Do I
WANT the
job?
Am I a
good FIT?
Closing
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Reiterates skills in a different way
Expresses interest in the position
Call to action
Thank-you
Book-end the hook!
The “wow” factor
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Impressive? Did it leave you interested?
What was good about it?
What should they work on?
Would you have interviewed them?
Rate the Can-Want-Fit
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CAN
WANT
FIT
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Rate the person on how well they did each of these!
Perfect Not really
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