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Understanding the purpose of your resume
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YOUR RÉSUMÉ
“The Basics” of Your Successful Job Search
©2013 Workplace Learning Solutions LLC
Would You Buy YOU?
Your résumé is a snapshot about you and your ability to meet the requirements of the job for which you are applying
It’s Your Commercial
It’s Your Sales Pitch
It’s What Attracts “Them” to YOU.
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Your Sales Pitch/Commercial
It needs to look rightIt needs to sound rightIt needs to work right
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The Look
FormattingFont stylesFont sizeLayoutContent organization
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Use consistent separators and don’t use too
many
Use the header feature in MS word
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Bullets are your
friends!
GPA
Use font styles consistently and conservatively
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The Sound
Use of languageWhat is says about your skillsWhat it says about youUsing “action” words
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Language
Mind your grammar
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Language
Mind your grammarWatch your spelling
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Language
Mind your grammarWatch your spellingDon’t use
slogans clichés unexplained acronyms
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Language
Mind your grammarWatch your spellingDon’t use
slogans clichés unexplained acronyms
Don’t give in to vague, overused phrases and words
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Language
Mind your grammarWatch your spellingDon’t use
slogans clichés unexplained acronyms
Don’t give in to vague, overused phrases and words
Don’t create the “Jeopardy Effect” for the reviewer
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What It Says About Your Skills
Related experienceRight fit for the jobTransferabilityExpert or novice
Can you do the job?
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What It Says About YOU
PersonalityOrganizational fitAbility to do the workAdaptabilityAttitudeDesire to learn
Are YOU the one?
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Using “Action” Words
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The Work
Gets you past the initial screening Gets you into the hands of the recruiter/hiring
managerPresents you in the best possible lightShows a clear relationship between you and the
needed skills for the jobTells the hiring manager or recruiter you have the
“IT” factorHelps you stand out against your competitors
View the recorded video of this deck at
http://www.workplace-learning-solutions.com/wls-online-corp-university/free-training.html
“The Basics” of Your Successful Job Search Series
