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Identify skills and abilities
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Special needs relating to work environment, salary, geographic location and people environment
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Develop career objective
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Writing
the Resume
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Sell yourself – highlight skills and abilities
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Active language to spice up resume
- select expressive verbs
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Be
consistent – pattern of spacing, presentation format
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Reverse chronological order (unless a really traditional company!)
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Check for
grammar, proofreading
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Neat and visually
appealing – paper quality, conservative colors
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Pick up on points from advert
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Other Tips
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Ultimate aim – one pager!
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2 pages only if you have a lot of experience
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Do not use „I“ or „My“
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Present and past tense
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Brief description of organization if name is obscure
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No jargon words or industry specifics
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Fonts:10 point smallest
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Ask someone else to read the resume!
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Types of Resume
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Chronological – most common
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Functional – skills oriented
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Combination
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Categories
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Education
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Professional Experience – „related“
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Internships/Work Experience
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Skills – Special, Computer, Technical, Language
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Accomplishments/Professional Memberships/Certificates
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Military Experience
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Activities/Community Volunteer Work
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Name, Address, Contact Details
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Less space waste to centralize all at the top
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Could include status, birth date, nationality here to condense
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Include international dialing codes
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Do not forget email – web page use judgment
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No nicknames
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Objective
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May differ per application
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US style but useful
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Brief, clearly stated
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Profile is also possible to highlight skills, but tends to become „waffly“!
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Education
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May not be the first section if you have full-time work experience
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Important if you do not have a lot of work experience
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Order: Name of School, Place, Degree that was awarded, Grade, Details
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Do not try to translate degree titles
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Work/Professional Experience
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What is still relevant – jobs during school etc?
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Order: company, location, position held, department
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Achievements and action words
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Emphasize relevant experience
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Interests - show personality, social, civic, health, fitness, hobbies
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Technical – computer or other
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Activities,
Honours, Leadership – work responsibility, recognition, demonstration of leadership
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