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THE INFAMOUS RESUME!

EMODULE REVIEW

What did you learn? - Takeaways

COMM 202: Career Fundamentals 2

RESUMÉ 101

be PERFECT


How long does a recruiter spend?

“You have one page to impress me.”

EXPRESS YOURSELF: HEADERS Your resumé is not creative writing

BUT headers can be creative (within limits)

What information needs to be included?•  Full name (preferred)•  Contact information•  LinkedIn URL (optional, but recommended)


SOME EXAMPLES…


PROFILE

CAREER ASPIRATIONS

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES INTERESTS

EXPERIENCES TRAINING AREAS OF EXPERTISE

= A BRIEF SELF-INTRO AND PREVIEW OF THE RESUME.

SECRET TIP: REFER TO YOUR JOB POSTING.

EDUCATION Think about this: your current occupation is “Student”

1.  Use this section to showcase •  School & Program – (must have)

•  Key courses & projects (high grades, relevant)•  Awards ($)•  Competition - Expected

2. Transfer students •  What transfer program?


EDUCATION FORMATTING

Some examples:

EXPRESS YOURSELF: PERSONALITY AND BRANDING

“Interests” section – last section of resume ( ~2 lines)•  5 minute conversation •  Be specific!

Showcase your uniqueness

Overall design


Goal: Differentiate yourself from other candidates

ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENTS Your resumé is your best self on a page

Your resumé is not a list of your responsibilities


Skills Matrix

Resume Cover Letter

Interview

Networking ß Builds off your Skills Matrix

STARS AND RATS…

Employers care about results! •  Accomplishment statements are reverse STAR

statements, or RATS•  Your accomplishments should draw the reader’s attention


RESULTS •  Use “results verbs” or “accomplishment

verbs” •  Google “results verbs”


Attained Exceeded

Eliminated Increased

Decreased Maximized Minimized Reduced

Saved Surpassed Improved Created

Generated Enhanced Optimized

Established

R

RESULTS


Types of Results

Qualitative Quantitative

•  How much •  How many •  Numbers

•  Descriptions •  Qualities

R

ACTION What skills did you use to accomplish the task and get a result?

• Skills matching: are the skills relevant to the job? Are they mentioned in the job posting?

Do your results make sense, given your action?


A

TASK •  The “dragon”

•  What was the goal? What did you need to do?

•  Frames your accomplishment • not always explicitly stated


T

ACTION What skills did you use to accomplish the task and get a result?

• Skills matching: are the skills relevant to the job? Are they mentioned in the job posting?

Do your results make sense, given your action?


A

SITUATION Paint a picture of the situation you were in when you used your skills to tackle a task to get a result

Your scope of action• Where• When• How many


S

EXAMPLE:

Responsible for contacting corporate clients and organizing a tournament

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COMM 202: Career Fundamentals

ACCOMPLISHMENT VS DUTY Duty Accomplishment

Responsible for contacting corporate clients and organizing a tournament

Achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well organized, personally tailored tournament experience.

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AN EXAMPLE


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Result


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Task & Action


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Situation

1.  Pick your favourite accomplishment story

2.  Flip it into RATS

3.  Summarize it into one sentence!

4.  Share with a new friend

ACTIVITY

INTEGRATION & FORMATTING

•  Bullets

•  Bcomm

•  Date

•  Location

•  Margin

•  Spacing

•  White Space

•  Typos

¡  Consistency

¡  Alignment

¡  Grammar

¡  Periods

¡  Dashes

SUMMARY

Results come from using your unique skills in

Actionsto tackle a

Taskin a given

Situation


KEY TAKEAWAYS 1.  Use R-A-T-S statements not duty-based

statements

2.  Differentiate yourself through personal branding

3.  Attention to detail

• Two mistakes= -40%


HOMEWORK

1. BRING TWO COVER LETTERS & TWO RESUMES!!!!


Next week is: Tutorial (again!)

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