Business communication developing leaders for a network world 2nd RESUMES
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Identify your Key Selling Points
To create résumés and cover letters that serve
your long-term career interests, your first step
should be to carefully evaluate your career
ambitions and qualifications
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Identify your Key Selling Points
Identifying your career goals helps you
accomplish several things in the job search
process.
First, it helps you frame your résumé and
cover letter to project your career hopes.
Second, it helps you evaluate how well your
abilities and attributes prepare you for your
desired career.
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Identify your Key Selling Points
Abilities
skills and knowledge that can be applied to
accomplishing work tasks.
Attributes
personal traits or characteristics
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Self-Inventory of Career Interests and JobRelated Abilities and Attributes
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Abilities and Attributes that Establish
Credibility in the Job Application Process
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Completing a Thorough
Job Search Process
Use all the resources available to learn about
your options and ensure that you apply for the
jobs that are good fits for you
Contact and get involved with professional
organizations and visit organizational websites
to learn about options
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Most Common Sources of Professional
Networking
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Set up the Message Structure for Résumés
and Cover Letters
As a university student aim for a single page
résumé
If you find yourself using more than one page,
you are likely weakening the message about
your key selling points
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Major Sections of a Résumé
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Principles of Effective Résumés
Emphasize accomplishments with action
verbs.
Quantify accomplishments where possible.
Position your most important contributions
first.
Group and label information to increase ease
of reading.
Remove irrelevant details.
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Principles of Effective Résumés
Avoid buzzwords and jargon.
Be exact and avoid any errors.
Group and label information to improve ease
of reading.
Format to distinguish pieces of information.
Select a simple yet visually appealing layout.
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Getting the Tone, Style, and Design Right for
Résumés and Cover Letters
The tone, style, and design must be perfect
How can you make sure that potential
employers rapidly understand your story: the
unique abilities and attributes that will deliver
value to them?
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Emphasize Accomplishments
with Action Verbs
Without exaggerating,
choose verbs that
make your key
abilities and attributes
jump off the page.
Avoid verbs that
undersell your abilities
and attributes
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Using Action Words to Emphasize
Accomplishments
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Quantifying Accomplishments
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Positioning Most Important Contributions
First
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Removing Unnecessary Details
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Avoiding Clichés and Proofreading for Typos
and Misspellings
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Grouping and Labeling to Highlight the
Employment Narrative
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Formatting to Distinguish Key Pieces of
Information
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Creating Chronological and Functional
Résumés
Chronological
résumés
present the
information grouped
by work and
education over time
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Creating Chronological and
Functional Résumés
Functional résumés
present the
information in terms
of key skills.
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Developing a Reference List
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References List
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