Resume Flashcards
It is a formal document that serves to show a person’s career background and skills. The meaning is summary, it comes from French (though the French themselves call this document a CV).
Resume
Content of Resume
1) Contact Information
2) Resume Profile
3) Work experience
4) Education on a resume
5) Resume Skills
name, phone number, email address, and optionally relevant social media handles, such as Facebook profile. In most cases, leave your address off your resume
Contact Information
short summary of your skills and proudest accomplishments. It tops your resume and serves as your job bio
Resume profile
meat and potatoes of your job application It’s where you tell your career history . Your job titles, company names, duties, and years worked—these go into this section.
Work experience
your school names, degrees, major/minors, and optionally— GWA plus relevant coursework
Education on a resume
job-related skills that may be of value to your prospective employer. According to statistics, a well-crafted key skills section can boost your chances of getting a new job by 59%. Include soft skills and hard skills
Resume skills
To introduce yourself to employers, present your qualifications, and secure an interview. The goal of writing a resume is to showcase your experience, education, and skills in a standardized format which is easy for recruiters to read
Purpose of resume
Parts of resume
1) Header
2) Professional Objective
3) Qualifications Summary
4) Education
5) Work Experience
6) Character Reference
It includes the applicant’s complete name, current address and contact details such as cell phone number or e-mail address. It can be written in the centre or on the left-side. Make sure that the formatting style, especially the font type, looks professional.
HEADER
This is a phrase or sentence that highlights your intentions and accomplishments.
Be specific enough to give an element of career direction to your resume.
Tailor this to each organization and position.
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
It includes short recent job summary, together with your soft skills (e.g. problem-solving capability, adaptability to change, etc.). Also referred to as ‘professional summary’, ‘career summary’ or ‘career profile’, showcases your knowledge and abilities.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
The educational background section can also be labelled as Academic, Academic Qualification or Education and Certifications. Write the degree together with your major, minor or concentration (if there is any), school and year attended
EDUCATION
-This category typically reflects your contact with specific employers.
Include co-ops, internships, part-time, jobs, volunteer work, summer jobs, special projects or military experience under this category.
-You do not need to include all of your previous jobs, only those that relate to the position you are seeking.
-Avoid including outdated high school achievements
WORK EXPERIENCE
-They are only provided if requested by an employer.
-People who have known you for at least a year and within a context similar to the position you are seeking will provide the strongest endorsements
-Faculty are often your best source for it since they have assessed the knowledge, skills and abilities that employers are often seeking.
CHARACTER REFERENCE
