Career Services: Writing Your Resume
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The resume is one of the major marketing tools that you will use
as a job hunter. As a personalized advertisement it is important
that the resume be carefully constructed to emphasize accomplishments,
experience and preparation for a desired position. A well-crafted
resume serves several purposes.
- SELF-INVENTORY
A summary of experience which prepares you to discuss your skills
& accomplishments.
- CALLING CARD
Left with your network contacts, it refreshes their memory when
promoting your attributes.
- INTRODUCTION
Along with a cover letter, the resume introduces you as a prospective
candidate and encourages an invitation to interview.
- SCREENING TOOL
Allows an employer to screen out those who do not possess the
skills, knowledge, or experience to do the work and concentrate
on those who do.
- AGENDA
Makes it easy for an interviewer to review your qualifications
and generate questions based on your skills, knowledge, and experience.
Special Note:
Preparing a resume is more like an art form than a scientific process.
As a consequence, there is a myriad of ways to approach the task
and each finished product is unique. There are no right or wrong
resumes. There are, however, resume's that are more or less effective
than others in conveying a meaningful message. The following information
contains guidelines for writing an effective resume, not hard and
fast rules.
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