Post on 15-Feb-2017
Resume Advice
Gail Houston 2/08/2011
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In the ideal world
We wouldn’t need a resume
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Most of us, however, live in the real world
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The Disclaimer
100 recruiters 100 opinions
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Headings
Do not use short-term phone #’s or email address
School address?OK
But list perm first and use perm in resume database
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What your email says about you
Do’s • Keep it Professional
john.smith@yahoo.com• School address with lifetime
forwarding john.smith@university.edu• Skill related
johnsmithPMP@yahoo.com• Free email
john.smithPMP@yahoo.com• Buy your own domain
john.smith@johnsmith.com
Don’ts• Work email
john.smith@work.com• Service provider email
john.smith@verizon.net• Inappropriate address
dorksanddragons@yahoo.com hotmamma@yahoo.com• Shared emails
johnandjane@yahoo.com• Unmonitored emails
Ikeepforgetting@yahoo.com
Professional is key
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Your address please?
Recruiters do mile radius searches
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Focus / Summary
Don’t make me have to guess what you do
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EducationTexas A&M – B.A. in Marketing (do not include date) ExperiencedStanford – B.S. Computer Science, GPA 4.0 Expected 06/2012 Entry level& under special circumstancesMarcus High School, Flower Mound, Texas 2008 Entry levelAwarded Bank of America Distinguished Scholar of Liberal Arts National Merit Scholar, Distinguished Scholar Award
Expected graduation date or hours completed if recent grad
GPA listed if above a 3.0
Recent Grad – top, Experienced - bottom
List high school info only if significant awards & recent grad
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The meat of the resume situation-action-result
Results, not responsibilities
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How do I get a job without experience?Ask yourself• Do I have any career-related work experience – coop or internships?• Do I have non career-related work experience? What skills did I gain
from that job that are valuable to an employer?• Have I won any awards?• Do I have any leadership experience?• Do I have any volunteer experience?• What technical knowledge do I have?• Do I have foreign language skills?• Is there a hobby that might be relevant to my search?
Campus Recruiters want more than just high GPA’s
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Then createAwards• President’s Award for Academic Excellence – 2009• First Place, Boothe Prize for Excellence in Writing - 2010Leadership
Alpha Kappa Psi - Vice President of Campus Relations 2009-2011– Expanded Essential Card (original entrepreneurial venture by AKPsi Pi Tau)Stanford Marketing Group, Lead Project Director 2008 – 2010– Directed marketing projects with Google and T-Mobile which were implemented in their 2010
marketing campaignsYouth Action Council of Denton County, President 2005 – 2008– Awarded Presidential Volunteer Service Award (annual national community service award) 6 times
Technical/Skills• Java, Python, C, PHP, HTML and CSS• Familiar with C++, MySQL, CSS, HTML, XML, JavaScriptSkills and Interest• Languages – Fluent in English and Spanish, learning Japanese and Swahili• Created three video documentaries highlighting poverty in America
Work experience is handled same as professional resume
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Above the fold
Easy to read
Key points listed early
Easy to see
success
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DO NOT INCLUDE• Personal information like marital status, children, height,
weight, religious or political affiliations• References available upon request• Unprofessional email addresses• Short-term emails, phone numbers • Abbreviations – don’t use “text” language• List “generic objectives” • Write in first person – No I or My• Use “responsible for” or “responsibilities included”• Graduation date – except Early Careers• Functional formats – use reverse chronological or hybrid
Highlight what is critical to the job you are applying to
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DO NOT LIE ON YOUR RESUME
No–Little white lies–Tall tales–Lies by omission
You will get caught. If not today, then
tomorrow - but you will be caught!
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Saving your resume
1” margins
Arial-Times Roman-Courier
10-12pt font
Layout Mode
100%
Use older version of Word
Remove “tracked changes”
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Posting your resume onlinePosting Text Resumes• No special characters• Left justify• Indent with spaces, not tabs• Hard break at end of each
line – no wrapping• Save file - plain text, RTF, or
ASCII text• Spell check, proof read
Posting HTML Resumes• Use simple text editor like
Notepad• Put tag at beginning and end
of your document• If you include hyperlink –
include the whole name – called the absolute http://www.intuitcareers.com
Keywords are critical no matter what format you use
Upload Word version if it is an option
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Understanding how resume search works
Contextualized search technology - software weighs keywords in the context of the whole resume. Contextualization goes deeper and examines factors such as how dated is a given set of skills and where in the applicant’s career path did they acquire experience in a subject area.
Semantic search technology – software that essentially counts keywords. Using a targeted keyword multiple times could be interpreted by the ATS as a positive resume for a certain position.
Overly formatted resumes embedded with pictures, graphics, bullets, tables and logos can be incompatible with most ATS software.
Keywords are king, no matter what technology is used
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Understanding job board search results
Give me a reason to click & load Word version if you can
What type of engineer?
Java Engineer!
What type of engineer?
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Understanding how recruiters search
In almost every resume searchKeywords, resume date, mileage search
Boolean
Date Searches
Mileage
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Tips for Sending Your Resume
Please attach your resume!Name, Position # in subject line
Spell Check, Proof Read, T-Cover Letter
Professional Voicemail
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Create your signature line
Renaming a HyperlinkCopy the URL you want to
rename – www.intuitcareers.com
Right click on the URLClick Edit HyperlinkText to Display (at the top) – this
is what you are naming your Hyperlink – in my case Intuit Careers
Address (at the bottom) – this should contain your URL address
Gail Houston∙ Senior Recruitergail_houston@intuit.comIntuit Careers ∙ 214.387.2000 Find Me on: LinkedIn ∙ Facebook∙ Twitter
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