Chapter 13: Building Careers and Writing Résumés Flashcards
The process of making informal connections with mutually beneficial business contacts is referred to as _____________.
networking
Your ______________ is the most important document in your job search process.
résumé
True or False: All a réésuméé can do is get you in the door.
True
In a ________________ résumé, the work experience section takes precedence and follows directly after your contact information and introductory statement.
chronological
Which type of résumé focuses your skills and capabilities, citing work and academic experience in subordinate sections?
Functional
A ______________ résumé blends the skills focus of the functional format with the job history focus of the chronological format.
combination
To stress individual areas of competence rather than job history, use the _______________________ résumé format.
functional
If you want to emphasize your capabilities and education when you don’t have a long or steady employment history, without raising concerns that you might be hiding something about your past, you should use the _______ résumé format.
combination
The ___________ format is the most frequently used way to organize a résumé.
chronological
Employers tend to be suspicious of the ___________________ résumé format, because it can obscure your work history.
functional
Although estimates vary, one comprehensive study detected lies about work history in over ______ percent of the résumés considered.
40
Even if it means withdrawing job offers, over ________ percent of companies that find lies on résumés refuse to hire the offending applicants.
90
Automated ___________________systems use keyword filters to rank incoming résumés.
applicant tracking
It is recommended that you write your résumé using a simple and _________ style.
direct
With __________ searches a recruiter searches for résumés most likely to match the requirements of a particular job.
keyword
Should you include the email address you have through your current employer in the header of your résumé?
No
Which part of a résumé probably generates the most disagreement?
Brief introductory statement
True or False: Recruiters and hiring managers typically spend only a few seconds skimming your essential information, and anything that distracts or delays them will work against you.
True
True or False: Some applicant tracking systems automatically discard réésuméés with any kind of extra files.
True
The ________________ résumé is more burdensome to evaluate as compared to other types of résumés.
video
A ____________ file (sometimes known as an ASCII text file) is an electronic version of your résumé that has no font formatting, no bullet symbols, no colors, no lines or boxes, or other special formatting.
plain-text
A _______________ résumé is a type of printed résumé that is specially formatted to be compatible with optical scanning systems that convert printed documents to electronic text.
scannable
The advantages of creating ____________ files are that you preserve the formatting of your résumé and create a file type that is less vulnerable to viruses than word-processer files.
The _______________ version of a résumé can be used by including it in the body of an email message, for employers who want email delivery but don’t want file attachments.
plain-text
