RESUME BUILDING PROGRAM

QUAD 1 MAIN LOUNGE

OCTOBER 3, 20169:00PM

WHAT IS A RESUME?

GENERAL RESUME •EDUCATION•EXPERIENCE•SKILLS•ACTIVITIES

COMMON PROBLEMS•SPELLING/GRAMMAR•DATES•REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

• FORMAT•1 PAGE•DON’T INCLUDE REFERENCES •MAKE IT EASY TO READ

• JOB POSITION AND COMPANY

COVER LETTERS• PAGE 25 IN CAREER BOOK • LETTER TITLED TO EMPLOYER•USE KEY WORDS•USE ATTENTION GRABBERS•ADDRESS IT •STATE YOUR SKILLS• FOLLOW UP ON APPLICATION •ADD ENCLOSURE

ACTIVITY •PAGE 43 IN CAREER BOOK•TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF•BEAT THE FIRST QUESTION OF THE INTERVIEW•BASED OFF YOUR RESUME •HANDOUTS

IMPRESS THE EMPLOYER!

•EMPLOYERS TAKE 30 SECONDS TO LOOK AT A RESUME•FORMAT RESUMES PROPERLY•BE CONSISTENT

•USE POWER VERBS/KEY WORDS

RESOURCES•RU CAREER SERVICES: CAREERS.RUTGERS.EDU•CAREER KNIGHT WEBSITE: HTTPS://

RUTGERSCSM.SYMPLICITY.COM/SSO/STUDENTS/•UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES COLLEGE AVE: GATEWAY

TRANSIT VILLAGE, 106 SOMERSET STREET, 4TH FL.•UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES BUSCH CAMPUS: BUSCH

STUDENT CENTER