1. Week 4

2.  Job Hunting  Career Paths & Future Directions

3.  CV / Resumes  What are CVs and Resumes for?  What is the employer looking for?  How to prepare your CV.

4.  “To get a job”  “To market yourself”  “To sell your skills, abilities, qualifications, experience…”  An interface between you and a possible job?  To keep track of your achievements?

5.  Curriculum Vitae or Résumé  CV <- English…  Resume <- Americans…  But are there any other differences?

6.  Length  A CV is generally longer than a Resume (A Resume would probably be 1 page)  Purpose  A resume is a brief summary of your skills & experience, a CV is a full record of your career history, in chronological order  Layout  A CV is generally static, with customisations made in a cover letter, while a resume is organized for a particular occasion  Or so they say…

7.  The future boss…  Me?  If I have a pile of 50 CVs for 1 job, what am I going to do?  When I’d rather be down the pub?  I am trying to filter you out…

8. 45%Previous related work experience 35%Qualifications & skills 25%Easy to read 16%Accomplishments 14%Spelling & grammar 9%Education 9%Intangibles: individuality/desire to succeed 3%Clear objective 2%Keywords added 1%Contact information 1%Personal experiences 1%Computer skills

9.  Name  Address  Email Address  Telephone Number  Date of Birth?  Photograph?  What Photo?

10.  drkencosh@gmail.com drkencosh@gmail.com  happylittlefish@yahoo.com happylittlefish@yahoo.com  lifesucks@mail.com lifesucks@mail.com  lazyboy@hotmilk.com lazyboy@hotmilk.com  sexylittlecutiepie@datingforyou.com sexylittlecutiepie@datingforyou.com

11.  Your degree subject  CMU  What grades / GPA?  Depends if it’s good!  Depends if it is related to the job!  Might be worth mentioning the courses you did best in!  High School GPA?

12.  Compare:-  “Worked in a restaurant in the evenings”  vs  “Worked as part of a team, providing quality service to customers at ‘ABC restaurant’”  or even  “Part of a team organizing Freshman activities within the Entaneer club.”

13.  Relate it to the job you want  Numeracy? Problem Solving? Coding? Analytical Skills? People skills?  Use action words  “Developed”, “Planned”, “Organised”, “Lead”  Stick in some keywords  “Cross cultural environment”  “Team work”  Stick in some results  “Ensured daily sales targets were met”  “100% safety record”

14.  Compare with Work Experience  As you get more experience that section will grow, while this will shrink…  Think! What will your interests say about you?  “Play Computer Games… Play DOTA2”  Hmmmmz!  “Sport, sport, sport, sport…”  Can you relate to nonsporty people?  “Reading, watching tv, stamp collecting…”  Solo loner?

15.  Something out of the ordinary!  What makes you, you? Sky diving? Traveling?  But why did you travel, and what did you learn?  Try to match your interests to the job…  Keeping up to date with technology blogs…?  Leadership – were you captain of a team?  Employable skills  Team-working, organizing, planning, persuading, negotiating…

16.  These can become talking point during interview…  DO NOT LIE!!!

17.  Use bullet points!  We like lists, they are easy to read and keep track of…  But, having complete sentences & paragraphs can be useful too…

18.  Languages…?  Programming Languages…?

19.  Available on request?  Who should be your reference?  Someone who likes you… ;)  Someone with a good reputation… ;)  Your advisor / teacher…  A former employer…

20.  Margins?  Font size?  Columns?  Boxes?  The opposite of the ‘tricks’ you use for your assignments..!

21.  Think a bit more – there are things that make you special..!  But 1 page can be good and efficient too.

22.  CVs with spelling mistakes or typos 61%  CVs that copied large amounts of wording from the job posting 41%  CVs with an inappropriate email address 35%  CVs that don’t include a list of skills 30%  CVs that are more than two pages long 22%  CVs printed on decorative paper 20%  CVs that detail more tasks than results for previous positions 16%  CVs that include a photo 13%  CVs that have large blocks of text with little white space 13% (Career Builder)

23.  Spelling and grammar 56% of employers found this  Not tailored to the job 21%  Length not right & poor work history 16%  Poor format and no use of bullets 11%  No accomplishments 9%  Contact & email problems 8%  Objective/profile was too vague 5%  Lying 2%  Having a photo 1%

24.  Use a Basic Font  Include all your contact info  Add a profile / objective  Include Keywords (matching job descriptions)  Prioritise content  Write a custom CV  Tweak for latest technology  Choose format (chronological or targeted?)  Use a template  Remember the cover letter

25.  And DON’T LIE!!!