Resume Formats Chronological Functional or Skill – Based Combination Scannable

The Resume One tool to market yourself A 10 sec. commercial Grabs attention

Self Assessment Create a “word bank” to describe yourself Personal Skills Transferable Skills Work/Knowledge specific skills Education Your values

Assessment Inventory Exercise Field Knowledge Technical Skills Transferable/Functional Skills Personal/Self Management Abilities Workplace values

Objectives In Creating Your Resume Visual Literal Professional

Resume Basics Design your own header ( it will be on all your documents: resume, cover letter, references, etc. Organized and Neat Margins – 1 inch Error free – spelling, grammar

Resume Basics Use MS Word Font- Arial size 10 or 11 or New Times Roman size 11 or 12 Use section headings with style Abbreviations not appropriate Bullets or Sentences….. References PROOFREAD

Targeting Your Resume Why? How? Targeting you resume Targeting you resume

Which Style is Best for You? Transitional Strategies – No work experience – Some work experience – unrelated field – Extensive work experience – related field

Scannable Resumes Why? What’s different from other formats? How do we convert other styles to Scannable format?

Cover Letter Target Clear, concise Proofread, proofread, proofread Sample Cover Letter

Transcript Template in ______ Cut & paste each semester Save as Word Upload to PlacePro Academic Honesty Unofficial Transcript