Resume Hints

Have a resume that will get their attention in terms of the elements of the layout that will invite them to read it.

1. Include active verbs to engage the reader and get them involved
2. Include what the applicant can do, skills they have acquired and lessons they have learned in past companies
3. Emphasize what they have contributed to companies in the past. How were they valuable to specific projects and the daily operations of the company?
4. Not just list jobs and responsibilities, but what they have accomplished, learned, and contributed to their last companies.
5. Employers are looking for any reason not to hire so grammatical errors will put a submitted resume into the trash.
6. Many times it more about the presentation of the resume than of the contents.
7. People are looking for a quality person that is trainable and teachable.
8. Do research on each company and be genuinely interested in their company and what you can do for them

Education
Use three different Fonts
BS, Management Information System
Graduation Date, Location (off to the right)
GPA:
ACT:
Put in bullets all your Scholarship (mention what and how many given out), Extracurricular activities, and other things

Experience
Put in chronological order
Quantify
Use action/power words
Problem – Action – results
No complete experiences
No more than 10 bullet points total
No (the, a, or four letter words)

Company Name
Title
Dates off to the right
Bullets <Show the results of what you did (how did you make an impact, what did you learn, why you were valuable to the company?>

Missionary ??
Volunteer representative
Name of Church
Taught Christian principles
Involved in … hours of community service
Responsibility for organizing/training
Learned to speak and write fluent Russian
Area covered

Personal (Other, a better name)
The most important section
Be very specific here (I read Harry Potter)
Enjoy - times, years, be specific
Foreign Living
Things that differentiate (no office XP, etc.)

Cover Letters

Follow the instructions correctly
Do a good job, don't make any spelling errors
Have the same title as your resume
Use Action verbs
Show you were the cause of action

Should only have four Paragraphs

About you (intro), position you are applying for (contact person), where you learned about the company.

1. What interests you in company, why you want to work for them?
2. Why should they want you?
3. Look forward to speaking ________ drop names.

• Where you found information for the job
• Why you qualify for the job (don't repeat the resume)
• Talk about the company, why you want to work for them what you know about the company. What you like about the company! I've met this person, I've read this article
• Follow-up say what you are going to do once you have contact

When employers ask for a " writing sample " what are they expecting?

Answer:
When employers ask for a writing sample they typically are referring to some paper you have produced or a description of some project on which you have worked during the recent past. Hopefully, the sample selected also will be related in some way to the specific industry for which you are applying. For prospective employers, the paper will not only demonstrate your writing ability but also will give them some indication of your research, reasoning and problem solving skills.

Thanks you Letters
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