Resume Flashcards
- A ____ is a formal document that serves to show a person’s career background and skills. ____, meaning SUMMARY, comes from French (though the French themselves call this document a CV).
- it is created in order to help a candidate to land a new job as it highlights a person’s education, work experiences, and other qualifications such as skills and strengths.
RESUME
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
a short summary of your skills and proudest accomplishments. It tops your resume and serves as your job bio.
Resume profile
the 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
The resume ____ includes the applicant’s complete name, current address and contact details such as cell phone number or e-mail address. The heading 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.
- State clearly whether you are looking for an internship, part-time or full-time job.
- If you are designing the resume for a job fair, convey broad interests. (Highlight your key qualifications instead of personal preferences, such as advancement opportunities.)
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Also referred to as ‘professional summary’, ‘**career summary’ **or ‘career profile’, showcases your knowledge and abilities. It includes short recent job summary, together with your soft skills (e.g. problem-solving capability, adaptability to change, etc.).
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.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Generally, ____ are not listed on a resume and only provided if requested by an employer.
CHARACTER REFERENCE
BASIC LAYOUT OF A RESUME
LBR
1.LINE SPACING AND MARGIN (1.0 or 1.15 line spacing between text and double lines after subheadings) one-inch margins on all four sides.
2.BULLET POINTS
3. RESUME LENGTH