Building Your Resume from the Ground Up David
Building Your Resume from the Ground Up David Mc. Mahon ’ 69 Associate Director Experiential Education Page Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
The 10 Worst Mistakes of First-Time Job Hunters Kelly Eggers, Career Advice, Oct 11, 2011 ü ü ü "I would have started looking for jobs earlier. “ "I would have actually networked. ” "I would have taken on a job or an internship in addition to my course load. " "I would have gotten more involved in careerrelevant extracurricular activities. " "I would have applied to more jobs. " Page 2 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
The 10 Worst Mistakes of First-Time Job Hunters Kelly Eggers, Career Advice, Oct 11, 2011 ü ü ü "I would have focused more on becoming 'professional. '" "I would have done more to figure out what my career goals were. " "I would have gone to the career center. " "I would have kept better track of my achievements. " "I would have focused more on developing relevant skills. " Page 3 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
The First Question “Why Should I walk away from my Customer to Interview You? ” Page 4 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Purpose of a Resume A Marketing Tool: To convince an employer To call you For an interview You’ve got 10 seconds!!! Page 5 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Steps to Building a Resume Laying the foundation. n Building the resume. n Polishing the resume. n Page 6 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
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Laying the Foundation Assess Yourself on Computer/Paper n What are your Objectives? n n What have you accomplished? n Page 8 Kind of job you are looking for and when you are available Skills, Abilities, Work Experience, and Extracurricular Activities/Leadership Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Laying the Foundation What Makes a Good Employee? ? 1. Integrity Ability to work with people Responsibility Judgment Motivation to succeed Work ethic Intelligence Creativity/enthusiasm Communications skills 10. Technical competence Page 9 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Laying the Foundation n What Resume Format is most appropriate? n n n Chronological n Organized by date in reverse date order n Most commonly used type and more acceptable by employers Functional n Grouped by status areas n Useful for employment gaps n Less acceptable by employers Combination n Chronological/functional types combined Page 10 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume Tell the Employer…… The Mostest, The Fastest Page 11 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume Personal Data Section n Objective n Education Section n Work Experience n Skills n Activities and Honors n Work Authorization (Int’l Students) n Do Not List References n Page 12 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume Personal Data Section Examples Example #1 Ima T. Aggie 1234 High St. College Station, TX 77840 (979) xxx-xxxx Example #2 ita@tamu. edu 4321 West Way Kingsland, TX 78639 (325) xxx-xxxx Ima T. Aggie 1234 High St. College Station, TX 77840 Home: (979) xxx-xxxx Cell : (979) xxx-xxxx ita@tamu. edu Page 13 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume Personal Data Section Examples Example #3 Ima T. Aggie 1234 High St. College Station, TX 77840 (979) xxx-xxxx ita@tamu. edu Example #4 Ima T. Aggie 1234 High St. , College Station, TX 77840 Page 14 ita@tamu. edu (979) xxx-xxxx Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume Career Direction/Objective n n What brings that sparkle to your eye or fire in your belly? What are the 3 to 5 things you see yourself doing with your degree for my company? What in my job description excited you, that you see yourself doing? Why are you the best person to fill my job, not just qualified to do my job? Page 15 Building Your Resume 15 Up from the Ground
Building the Resume n Objective n n n Education n n Page 16 Type of Job - CO-OP, Intern, Full-time? Specific Ideas, Not Vague and Fluffy Operations, Business, Sales, Design, R&D, Consulting? CO-OPs and Interns – start date University, Location, Graduation Date, Degree in Major, Minors, Certificates, Major GPR, Overall GPR % Paid by Work, Scholarships, Loans Senior Design Project, Study Abroad, Graduate Research, Related Coursework Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume n Work Experience n n n Activities n n n Job Title, Company Name, Location, Dates of employment Job Description – Statements (not sentences) Using action words and showing results Be Positive, Be Concise, Be Persuasive Professional/Student organizations Leadership positions Skills n n Page 17 Computer software/systems, foreign languages Security clearance Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume n Honors n n Work Authorization n “Eligible for Optional Practical Training (or Curricular Practical Training)” Bottom of resume References n n Page 18 Scholarships, Dean’s List, etc. Do not list on resume Bring separate page to interview Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Building the Resume • Present most marketable information first • Use brief, descriptive phrases • No personal pronouns • Use action verbs to describe experiences and accomplishments • Be Positive • Be Truthful • You Have the Right to Remain Silent Page 19 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Polishing the Resume Be Concise n Show results n Top Heavy n Reader Friendly n Page 20 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Polishing the Resume n Avoiding common mistakes n n Broad generalization statements Spelling and grammatical errors Formatting, fonts, length, paper quality Translate “Aggie speak” to business English n n n Page 21 Don’t overdue it Can’t explain every statement Too long No picture Don’t include references Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Polishing the Resume n. Use white or off-white paper (checkout resume paper at area copy centers, i. e. Kinkos, Copy Corner, or Graphics Center on campus) n. Use 8 ½ x 11 -inch paper n. Use a font size of 10 to 14 points n. Black ink only n. Do not fold or staple your resume n. If you must mail your resume, put it in a large envelope Page 22 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Polishing the Resume n Resume Critique and Advice n Career Center Advisor n Academic Advisor n Mentor n Roommate n Employer Page 23 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Employer Comments n She was very disappointed, and not a little embarrassed, because many of the students she met at career fairs this year had really bad resumes. By “bad” she meant typos, grammatical errors, incomplete bullets, verb tense issues and formatting problems. Those didn’t make the cut for interviews, regardless of grade point. For the ones who did get interviews, several had great difficulty articulating concise thoughts when answering a question and explaining their contribution to group projects. Page 24 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Employer Comments § § Stick to 1 page. We had several students give us 2 (and in one case 3) page resumes. After 8 years in the industry, I can still highlight all necessary and pertinent information on my resume in a single page. Clearly state GPR. Several students played games with the GPR by giving us only their in-major GPR because the overall was significantly lower. Another presented only the last 2 years because the first two years were very bad. Some gave no GPR. It does not reflect well on students to manipulate their resumes in this fashion before we even interview them. Employers who went to A&M can very easily review an A&M transcript and see who is playing games. Page 25 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
Employer Comments § Several of the students had not updated their § § Page 26 "Job Objective" knowing that the interview that our company conducted was for a sales position. Examples were: A manufacturing career; Plant flow organization. One person did not spell check their resume. Another, the formatting was off and not consistent. Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
What not to do…. n n Page 27 “After thinking it over I would like (you) to disregard my application I sent this past week out for recruitment for “Big Bank” securities. Looking at my resume again I realize I can do way better than “Big Bank” and I don't want to settle for less. Please don't take it personally. Thanks for your time. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving holiday. ” Forwarded 26 times in 24 hours Building Your Resume 27 Up from the Ground
In Conclusion…. Did You Tell the Employer The Mostest, The Fastest ? ? ? Page 28 Building Your Resume from the Ground Up
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