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Remix, Match and Tweak

Tailoring your Resume by Hosana Tekie

+The Easy Part

Resume writing is skill that you will continue to grow throughout your career. Taking time take now to establish best practices will more than pay off down the road.

Resumes are fluid document that will constantly change as you apply for internships, graduate school, jobs, committees and boards.

You’ve learned the nuts and bolts through this program and your advisors at the university.

+What Every Resume Should Have

 Well Organized Contact Information

  Sell Your Strongest Qualifications in a powerful Skills Summary

  How to capture your relevant education credentials

  Work Experience with Focus on Skills and Achievements

  Core Job Qualifications

+Fits like a Glove

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Internship Resume Here is a sample of a Communications Internship at Nationwide: http://www.columbusinternships.com/search/detail/2755-

marketing-communications-internship

+Tailoring 101

Do a little research on the company Business first, company research, LinkedIn, networks.

Our vision is to be the trusted advocate for U.S. consumers and businesses by protecting what matters most and building a secure financial future.Our core values are at the heart of who we are as a company because, above all else, we focus first on people. Our values are grounded in our mutual heritage and we live them every day.We value people – Our biggest resource and our greatest asset in providing excellent service to our customers are our people and the diversity of skill, talent and experience they offer.We are customer-focused – We exist to serve our customers, and we strive to provide the very best personalized experience to each one.We act with honesty and integrity – We adhere to the highest ethical standards as we strive to do what is right and fair for our customers and for each other.We trust and respect each other – Valuing our differences and allowing each associate to express themselves in order to work together toward our common goals make us stronger as a company. Our performance valuesWe also have a set of values that influence how we work.We have a bias for action and a passion for resultsWe act accountablyWe value coaching and feedbackWe work as one teamWe have funWe sell Nationwide in everything we do

Taken from: http://www.nationwide.com/careers/culture.jsp

+Who We Are

Using wordle.net create a word cloud that generates a word picture of each word based on how often the word appears in their vision statement.

+Here is the Job Description

You can do the same for the job description as well. This will help you see if you’re the right fit for the company and the job.

+Remix and Match

You have a basic resume that will be your work horse

Now as you have identified the following for this internship, here are some of the word clouds help to uncover:

Key Values of the Company• Values• Customers• Vision• Strive• Accountability• Performance

Key Descriptors for the Job• Communications• Excel and Power Point• New Developing• Marketing• Task• Research

+Edit, Edit and Edit some more…

With these tools in hand its now time to remix and match your skills, achievements and experiences to show the HR personnel you’re the right candidate for this position.

Round1, Round 2 and Round 3

+Version 1.0

+Version 2.0

+Tweaking

Make sure your branding statement is clear, you have 5 seconds to catch their attention. Your passion should be transparent here.

What you did is more important than where you did it, so as you arrange your experience keep that in mind

If you have several seasonal internships you don’t need to put the months, just put Fall Internship or whatever is applicable for you.

Now lets tweak it a bit more…

+Version 3.0

+Remixed

Clear Branding statement. Check

Endorsement of quality of work. Check If you have had a review or a compliment on your resume that

speaks to type of work you do, make sure it included.

Skills and/or strengths Don’t leave the Human Resource person guessing, let them know.

Assesing the tools, computers and soft skills that you have gained through your course work.

Accomplishments Think about all those certificates that you have received. Been

invited to present or attend something prestigious because of how amazing you are. Put it on there if it is pertinent to the job your applying for.

+Tweak, Remix and Match

Resume Writing is a skill, if you don’t use that muscle it will eventual fail and keep you from opportunities

Keep tweaking, remixing and matching