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TABLE OF CONTENTSAHAS & ACTION ITEMS 1

WHADDYA KNOW? 2

PURPOSE 4

RESUME BREAKDOWN 5

TO OBJECTIFY OR NOT…? 7

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS 8

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS 11

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS 14

PRACTICE ACTIVITIES. 17

SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS 24

VIDEO RESUMES 25

RESUME MISTAKES 26

PROCESS TO WRITE YOUR RESUME 27

YOUR PERSONAL ACTION PLAN 28

APPENDIX 1: FUNCTIONAL RESUME EXAMPLE 30

APPENDIX 2: POWERFUL ACTION VERBS 32

APPENDIX 3: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOR 38

APPENDIX 4: COVER LETTER SAMPLES 39

AHAS & ACTION ITEMSAs you take this course, hopefully you’ll have some Aha moments. Record those (and any corresponding Action Items you need to take) on this sheet.

Aha

Action Item

Aha

Action Item

Aha

Action Item

Aha

Action Item

Aha

Action Item

Aha

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WHADDYA KNOW?1. The purpose of a business is to

A. Earn money

B. Do good in the world

C. Help people

D. All of the above

2. Who has the final say in who gets hired?

A. Recruiter

B. Recruiting Coordinator

C. Hiring Manager

D. Company President

E. All of the above

3. What is the purpose of a resume?

A. To showcase your GPA (Grade Point Average)

B. To advertise your skills and abilities

C. To highlight your hobbies

D. To direct the interview

E. All of the above




4. On average, how much time does a Recruiter spend reviewing a resume?

A. 6 seconds

B. 60 seconds

C. 6 minutes

D. 60 minutes

5. When is it okay to exaggerate your accomplishments on your resume?

A. Always

B. Sometimes

C. Never

D. When you really, really want the job

6. What is your role when creating your resume?




PURPOSEWHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A BUSINESS?

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A RESUME?

KEY ROLES IN THE STAFFING / RECRUITING PROCESS

You TechnologyRecruiting

Coordinator

Recruiting/Staffing Manager

Hiring Manager




RESUME BREAKDOWN

WHAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A RESUME?




Resume Breakdown

1. Contact Information

2. Objective

3. Profile / Summary of Skills

4. Professional Experience

5. Awards & Recognition

6. Education & Training

7. Community Involvement / Affiliations / Volunteer Activities

8. Hobbies / Personal Interest Areas

9. Photo




TO OBJECTIFY OR NOT…?OBJECTIVE EXAMPLES• To become an entry-level baker at a family-owned restaurant

• To work in the sports industry where I can use my coaching skills and passion for athletics

• To obtain a management position at XYZ Company where I can use my leadership experience and customer-service skills

• To become a hospital administrator, where I can use my MD & MBA degrees, along with my patient advocacy experience

• To obtain an Individual Contributor position in marketing that uses my creativity and research skills

• Senior IT programmer

YOUR OBJECTIVE What’s your Objective? What are your top 2 – 3 qualities that you can bring to this role?




TRANSFERABLE SKILLSSkills that can be used in every occupation, regardless of the type of work.

Directions: Circle all your skills in the white sections of this list. If you have several circles in a particular grouping, the yellow heading above that grouping is your Transferable Skill. Place a star next to that Transferable Skill.

For example, if you’ve circled Explaining, Proofreading and Telling, then Communication is your Transferable Skill.

COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION

CommunicatingEditingExplainingInformingLecturingListening

Mentoring Promoting Proofreading Providing PublicizingReading

RelatingReporting Representing RespondingSelling Sharing

SpeakingTalkingTellingTranslating Understanding Verbalizing

CREATIVITYCREATIVITYCREATIVITYCREATIVITY

ActingComposing ConductingCreatingDesigningDetailingDevelopingDisplayingDramatizing

DrawingExpressing Founding Generating Illustrating Imagining Improvising InitiatingInnovating

Interpreting Inventing Modeling OriginatingPaintingPerforming Photographing Playing Printing

PublicizingRenderingShapingShowingSingingSketchingSymbolizingWriting

HELPING & TEACHINGHELPING & TEACHINGHELPING & TEACHINGHELPING & TEACHING

Advising CopingCounseling EmpathizingGiving

Guiding Helping Instructing MediatingOffering

ProcessingReferring Rehabilitating Resolving Serving

Teaching TendingTrainingTutoring




MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIPMANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIPMANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIPMANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

AddressingArbitratingCoaching Consolidating Controlling CoordinatingDecidingDirectingDivertingEnforcing

Heading Implementing Influencing Informing Inspiring Instituting Integrating Interviewing Judging Leading

Managing Negotiating OrderingOverseeing PersuadingPiloting PlanningPrescribing Presenting Programming

Protecting Recommending RecruitingSeparating SupervisingTeam Building UmpiringUnifyingUnitingUpgrading

ORGANIZATIONAL & FINANCIALORGANIZATIONAL & FINANCIALORGANIZATIONAL & FINANCIALORGANIZATIONAL & FINANCIAL

Administering ArrangingAuditingBudgetingCalculatingCheckingClassifyingCollectingCompiling Computing

Defining Detailing Dispensing Distributing Estimating Filing FinancingGathering Inventorying Keeping

Logging Manipulating Monitoring Organizing PreparingProjecting PurchasingRaisingReconciling Recording

RetrievingReviewingSchedulingSelectingSortingSummarizing Supplying Systematizing TranscribingTyping

RESEARCHRESEARCHRESEARCHRESEARCH

AnalyzingAscertainingAssessingChartingConceptualizingDetectingDeterminingDiagnosingDiscovering

DisprovingDissectingEvaluatingExaminingExperimentingFormulatingHypothesizingIdentifyingInspecting

InterpretingIntuitingLearningObservingPredictingProblemSolvingProcessingQuestioningReasoning

ResearchingSolvingStudyingSynergizingSynthesizingTesting and ProvingTroubleshootingWeighing

TECHNICALTECHNICALTECHNICALTECHNICAL

AssemblingBuildingConservingConstructingDigging

DrivingExtractingFixingHandlingInstalling

LiftingMaintainingMakingOperatingProducing

RepairingSetting UpSewingTreatingWashing




OTHER SKILLSOTHER SKILLSOTHER SKILLSOTHER SKILLS

AchievingAdaptingAnticipatingAttainingCompletingDeliveringEliminatingEstablishing

ExpandingFollowingGettingHavingResponsibilityImprovingIncreasingMemorizingNavigating

ObtainingPerceivingRealizingReceivingReducingRememberingRiskingSensing

TakingInstructionsTravelingUnderstudyingUndertakingUsingUtilizingWinningWorking

* Missouri University Guide to Transferable Skills. Retrieved 1/22/16http://career.missouri.edu/pdfs/handouts/2011Guide%20to%20Transferable%20Skills.pdf


http://career.missouri.edu/pdfs/handouts/2011Guide%20to%20Transferable%20Skills.pdf

http://career.missouri.edu/pdfs/handouts/2011Guide%20to%20Transferable%20Skills.pdf



PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICSDirections: Circle your top 2 – 4 personal characteristics at work.

AccomplishedAccurateAdaptableAdventurous AnalyticalArticulateArtisticAssertiveBalancedChallengingCivic minded CollaborativeCommitted Communicator CompassionateConfidentCongenialCreativeCurious Dedicated Dependable Detail-orientedDeterminedEfficient

EmpatheticEnergeticEntertainingEnthusiastic EthicalExpressive FocusedFollowerGood attitude Hard worker HolisticHigh standards Imaginative Independent InnovativeInquisitive Intelligent IntuitiveJudiciousKindLeaderLearnerLevelheaded Loyal

OrganizedPeople-oriented Perfectionist PersistentPersonablePersuasive Practical Problem-solverProcess-orientedProductiveRational Relationship-builderRelatorResponsible Responsive Results-oriented Risk-averseRisk-takerSelf-awareSelf-starter Service-orientedSincereSociableTrustworthy




EDUCATION & TRAINING

What information should be included in this section?

EDUCATION

Where did you go to college? What did you major in? What was your GPA (Grade Point Average?)




CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES

What certifications have you completed? What licenses have you earned?

TRAINING

What are the significant work courses that you’ve taken?

The Old College Try

• Education‣ Institution name & location‣ Degree name (if applicable) & dates left open ‣ Courses taken

• EXAMPLE:

‣ Northern University, Boston MA 2004 –๏ Sample courses taken include Political Science, Forensics Analysis &

Bioethics๏ Degree not completed




RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTSResponsibilities

• Duties / tasks• Describes what you did overall

Accomplishments

• Achievements• Describes how well you did it

• Explains the benefit(s) of your contribution(s) and the value you bring

Accomplishments answer these questions:

• So what?• …,which resulted in….?




THOUGHT STARTERS TO IDENTIFY YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Directions: For each of the positions on your resume, ask yourself the following:

1. What problems did I solve?

2. How did I increase revenue?

3. How did I expand profits?

4. How did I save the company money?

5. What were the results of my work?

6. What did I do that was above & beyond my normal job duties?

7. Did I invent something new?

8. How did I make things better for our customers?

9. How did I stand out from my colleagues and other employees?

10. Was I recognized by a superior for a job well done? When & why?

11. Did I receive any awards or honors? When & why?

12. Was I perceived as a leader? Why?

13. When did I take initiative?

14. What new processes did I implement to better things?

15. What processes did I refine or eliminate to improve things?

16. Did I meet goals? Did I exceed goals? By how much?

17. How did I make my organization more competitive?

18. What tangible proof do I have of my accomplishments?




19. How many people did I manage or supervise?

20. Did I do something newsworthy?

21. Was I entrusted with confidential responsibilities?

22. How did I reduce risk?

23. What was the scope of each project (budget? technology? people? internal staff? clients? vendors?)

24. What was the primary purpose of the project?

25. Did my projects finish on time? Did they finish early?

26. Did my projects come in on budget? Under-budget?

27. Did my projects get finished according to the agreed-upon requirements?

28. What was the primary benefit of the project?




PRACTICE ACTIVITIES.PRACTICE ACTIVITIES 1 - 6Directions: In the space below each responsibility statement, rewrite the sentence so it describes an accomplishment.

1. Waited tables in upscale restaurant

2. Taught sales classes

3. Oversaw the management of health benefits for all employees




4. Managed installation of new anti-virus software

5. Increased social media presence

6. Reorganized department




PRACTICE ACTIVITY 7

Write down a responsibility from your resume:

Now transform that that responsibility into an accomplishment:





PRACTICE ACTIVITY 8

Directions: For each job on your resume, write a one-sentence overarching responsibility statement that describes what you do at a high level.

Job 1:

Job 2:

Job 3:




Job 4:

Job 5:

Job 6:

Job 7:




SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESSTerm Definition

Efficient Achieving the same results with lower costs

Effective Achieving better results with the same costs

Productive Achieving better results with lower costs

THOUGHT STARTERS FOR NUMBERS:

Directions: To quantify the scope your accomplishments, ask yourself these questions:

1. How many team members do you supervise?

2. What size is the budget you manage?

3. How much did you improve things?

4. How many customers do you serve?




VIDEO RESUMES

Directions: List the pros and cons of creating a video resume.

PROS CONS




RESUME MISTAKES

1. Using jargon or acronyms – without explanation

2. Not spell-checking

3. Not proof-reading

4. Not having someone else proof-read

5. Not using your full legal name

6. Unprofessional e-mail address

7. Including “Snail-Mail” address

8. Resumes longer than 2 pages

9. Eliminating white space

10. More than 3 bullets per section

11. Serif fonts

12. Not syncing your resume with your LinkedIn profile

13. Generic file names (e.g. Resume)

14. No page count in footer

15. Oversharing

16. Overusing the same verbs

17. Using personal pronouns

18. “Resumes available upon request”

19. Lying or exaggerating accomplishments




PROCESS TO WRITE YOUR RESUME




YOUR PERSONAL ACTION PLANIf you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

• First, review the Suggested Next Steps below. • Then review YOUR own Aha’s & Action Items. • Next, prioritize all these potential Action Items

& assign a deadline.

Suggested Next Steps:

1. Select a resume template and update your Contact Information.

2. Review the Objective Examples & write YOUR current career objective. Make sure it contains at least 2 skills that you can bring to your next role.

3. Analyze the Transferable Skills and select the 3 that best describe you. These can be used in your Profile/Summary.

4. Review the Personal Characteristics and identify the 3 that best describe you. These can be used in your Profile/Summary.

5. Review your current resume. For each position listed, identify the 3 most significant ACCOMPLISHMENTS in that role, and move them to the top of that section. Decide if you can remove the other descriptors in that role.

6. Review your updated Professional Experience. Assess if the same verbs are used throughout this section. Review the Action Verbs to VERB-alize your Resume and the Transferable Skills lists and select the strongest verbs to describe you.

7. Update the Education and other sections of your resume (e.g. Volunteer Activities).

8. Proofread your resume (for spelling, grammar & consistent formatting).

9. Leave your resume alone for 24 hours.

10. Proofread your resume again (hard & soft copy) and adjust it.

11. Ask a friend or Career Coach to proofread your resume. Thank him/her for their time.




WHAT ACTIONS WILL YOU TAKE DURING THE NEXT:24 hours?24 hours?

Action Item

Action Item

Action Item

1 week?1 week?

Action Item

Action Item

Action Item

2 weeks?2 weeks?

Action Item

Action Item

Action Item

1 month?1 month?

Action Item

Action Item

Action Item




APPENDIX 1: FUNCTIONAL RESUME EXAMPLE




APPENDIX 2: POWERFUL ACTION VERBS

AAAA• Accelerated• Acclimated• Accommodated• Accomplished• Accounted for• Achieved• Acquired• Acted• Activated• Adapted• Added

• Addressed• Adhered• Administered• Adjusted• Adopted• Advanced• Advertised• Advised• Advocated• Analyzed• Allocated

• Appraised• Approved• Arbitrated• Arranged• Articulated• Assembled• Assessed• Assigned• Assimilated• Assisted• Assured

• Attained• Attracted• Audited• Augmented• Authored• Authorized• Automated• Averted• Awarded

BBBB• Balanced• Bargained• Began

• Bid• Blended• Bolstered

• Boosted• Briefed• Broadened

• Budgeted• Built

CCCC• Calculated• Calibrated• Campaigned• Captured• Cared for• Carved• Cataloged• Categorized• Centralized• Chaired• Changed• Charted• Checked• Chose

• Clarified• Classified• Co-authored• Coached• Coded• Collaborated• Collated• Combined• Compared• Compiled• Complied• Completed• Composed• Compounded

• Computed• Conceived• Conceptualized• Condensed• Conducted• Confirmed• Confronted• Conserved• Consolidated• Constructed• Consulted• Contacted• Contracted• Contributed

• Controlled• Converted• Conveyed• Convinced• Cooperated• Coordinated• Corrected• Counseled• Created• Critiqued• Cultivated• Customized• Cut




DDDD• Debugged• Decentralized• Decided• Decreased• Defined• Delegated• Delineated• Delivered

• Demonstrated• Depreciated• Designed• Detected• Determined• Developed• Devised• Diagnosed

• Differentiated• Directed• Disbursed• Discovered• Dispatched• Dispensed• Displayed• Disproved

• Distinguished• Distributed• Diversified• Documented• Doubled• Downsized• Drafted• Drove

EEEE• Earned• Edited• Educated• Elicited• Eliminated• Employed• Enabled

• Encouraged• Enforced• Engineered• Enhanced• Enlarged• Enlisted• Enriched

• Ensured• Established• Estimated• Evaluated• Examined• Executed• Exceeded

• Excelled• Exemplified• Expanded• Expedited• Extracted

FFFF• Facilitated• Fashioned• Filed• Filmed• Finalized

• Financed• Fixed• Focused• Followed• Forecasted

• Formalized• Formed• Formulated• Fortified• Founded

• Fulfilled• Functioned as• Funded• Furnished• Furthered

GGGG• Gained• Gathered

• Generated• Governed

• Guaranteed • Guided

HHHH• Halted• Halved

• Handled• Harmonized

• Headed• Helmed

• Hired• Hosted




IIII• Identified• Illustrated• Implemented• Improved• Improvised• Included• Incorporated• Increased

• Indoctrinated• Influenced• Informed• Initiated• Innovated• Inspected• Inspired• Installed

• Instilled• Instituted• Instructed• Insured• Integrated• Interpreted• Intervened• Interviewed

• Introduced• Invented• Invested• Inventoried• Investigated• Involved• Isolated• Itemized

JJJJ• Joined • Judged • Justified

KKKK• Kick-started

LLLL• Launched• Led• Lectured

• Lessened• Leveraged• Limited

• Liquidated• Litigated• Lobbied

• Located• Logged

MMMM• Made• Maintained• Managed• Manufactured• Mapped• Marketed

• Marshaled• Mastered• Maximized• Measured• Mediated• Merged

• Met• Minimized• Mobilized• Modeled• Moderated• Modernized

• Modified• Molded• Monitored• Motivated• Multiplied




NNNN• Narrated• Navigated• Negotiated

• Netted• Neutralized• Nominated

• Normalized• Notified• Nurtured

OOOO• Obtained• Offset• Opened• Operated

• Optimized• Organized• Orchestrated• Ordered

• Organized• Originated• Oriented• Outlined

• Outsourced• Overhauled• Oversaw• Owned

PPPP• Packaged• Participated• Partnered• Patented• Patrolled• Perceived• Perfected• Performed• Persuaded

• Phased • Photographed• Pinpointed• Pioneered• Planned• Predicted• Prepared• Presented• Presided

• Prescribed • Prevented• Printed• Prioritized• Processed• Procured• Produced• Projected• Programmed

• Promoted• Proposed• Protected• Proved• Provided• Publicized• Published• Purchased

QQQQ• Quadrupled • Qualified • Quantified • Quoted




RRRR• Raised• Ran• Ranked• Rated• Recalibrated• Realized• Rearranged• Recalled• Recommended• Reconciled• Recorded• Recovered• Recruited• Rectified

• Redesigned• Reduced• Reengineered• Referred• Refined• Registered• Regulated• Rehabilitated• Reinforced• Reinstated• Released• Remedied• Remodeled• Rendered

• Renegotiated• Renewed• Reorganized• Repaired• Replaced• Replicated• Reported• Represented• Reproduced• Requisitioned• Researched• Resolved

• Responded• Restored• Restructured• Retained• Retired• Retrieved• Revamped• Reversed• Reviewed• Revised• Revitalized• Routed

SSSS• Salvaged• Saved• Scanned• Scheduled• Screened• Scripted• Scrutinized• Searched• Secured• Segmented• Selected• Served• Serviced

• Set • Set-up • Settled• Shaped• Shared• Shortened• Showed• Simplified• Simulated• Sold• Solicited• Solved• Sorted

• Spearheaded• Stabilized • Staffed• Standardized• Started• Steered• Stimulated• Strategized• Streamlined• Strengthened• Stressed• Structured• Submitted

• Substantiated • Succeeded• Summarized• Sunset• Superseded• Supervised• Supplied• Supported• Surpassed• Sustained• Synchronized• Synthesized• Systematized

TTTT• Tabulated• Tallied• Targeted• Taught• Terminated• Tested

• Timed • Traced• Tracked• Traded• Trained• Transcribed

• Transferred • Transformed • Translated• Transmitted• Transported• Traveled

• Treated• Trimmed • Tripled• Troubleshot• Turned around• Tutored




UUUU• Uncovered• Underwrote• Unearthed

• Unified• United• Unraveled

• Unveiled• Updated• Upgraded

• Upheld• Used• Utilized

VVVV• Validated • Valued

• Vaulted• Verified

• Visited • Volunteered

WWWW• Welcomed• Widened

• Welcomed • Widened

• Wowed • Wrote

XXXX• Xeroxed

YYYY• Yielded

ZZZZ• Zeroed in • Zeroed out • Zoned




APPENDIX 3: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOR




APPENDIX 4: COVER LETTER SAMPLESExample 1

Dear Mrs. Smith,

I was thrilled to see your advertisement for a Grant Writer in the January 1 New York Times (Job code: 123-456)

The Smith Foundation has a reputation for making the world a better place, and I would love to be a part of your team.

My experience as a Grant Writing professional has enabled me to secure over $500,000 in funding for organizations like Greenpeace and Greater Good.

I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with you and discuss how my skills can complement the Smith foundation.

I will contact you shortly to schedule a time to meet. Alternatively, you can call me at 555-555-5555.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,




Example 2

To Whom It May Concern:

I am contacting you to express my interest in your Baker position. (Job ID: 333)

I am a Johnson & Wales (J&W) Culinary School graduate with an Associates of Applied Science degree in Baking & Pastry Arts.

My current role as a Production Baker for a local catering company is part-time, and I welcome full time employment.

My love for working with food developed in Culinary Arts classes in high school. As a student, I competed in culinary competitions through the FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders Of America). Desserts were my destiny! In 2006, I had the honor of representing North Carolina at the FCCLA National Competitions.

I take this profession very seriously. My colleagues describe me as highly motivated and eager to learn. Before graduating in May 2010, I completed an externship through the J&W Dining Facility, Chartwells, under Chef David Stowe. I worked in the kitchen bakeshop, producing bars, cookies, cakes, pies, breads and pizza dough. My responsibilities ranged from catering to daily production analysis. I also developed a menu for service, and did costing to ensure we stayed under budget.

My dessert repertoire includes Arbol Orange Chocolate Tiramisu, a Habanero Mango Cake, and more. Some of my ideas for your Baker position are to create ice creams, gelatos, sorbets and sherbets with similar flavor concepts.

I work well on teams, as well as independently, and I require minimal supervision. I find that honesty, respect, open dialogue, and thorough training, are essential to success when working in a restaurant. Hopefully, my passion about cuisine and this great industry is apparent.

Enclosed is my resume. I welcome the opportunity to meet with you so that you may get to know me on a more personal level. I will contact you shortly to determine your availability. You may contact me at 555-666-7777.

This is my dream job and I will work hard to be successful with your company.

Thank you for considering me for the position.

Regards,




Example 3

Dear Ms. Jones:

I was happy to see your advertisement for a Training Program Manager (Ref Code: 3408). I recently relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina to complete my Masters Degree in Instructional Systems Technology.

Bank of America is an intriguing financial institution and I would like to be a part of continuing your success. Your organization’s commitment to education (internal and within the community), diversity, inclusive meritocracy and technology are impressive. I firmly believe high quality educational opportunities increase productivity and positively impact a firm’s bottom line

As an Educator, I analyze, design, develop, advertise, deliver and evaluate results-oriented learning interventions. These programs include multiple delivery channels: instructor-led classroom training, e-Learning and blended training.

I have been in Training & Development for ten years, designing and delivering technical and “soft skills” classes. My verbal and written communication skills are excellent. Some of my other strengths are superior customer service, enthusiasm, willingness to learn, patience, and professionalism. Furthermore, I interact well with all types of people.

I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with you, show you examples of some of the training materials I have developed, and discuss how my skills and talents can complement Bank of America and help it grow and prosper. I look forward to hearing from you soon.


Sincerely,




Example 4

Dear Hiring Manager:

I am confidentially responding to your advertisement for a Project Coordinator, posted on LinkedIn on July 2. (Job Code: ZYX321)

Having worked in the medical industry for 5 years, I believe my skills and background may be extremely useful to Medidata. Here is a sample of what I can bring to this role:

Your Requirements My Qualifications

To support the project manager by helping monitor project financials, budget tracking & accuracy of invoicing

Supported executives by consistently providing accurate financial reports (including Profit & Loss statements)

To capture minutes/action items during client and internal status meetings

Provided timely & precise meeting notes and action items using a variety of technologies

Assure compliance with Medidata’s standard project management methodologies and Medidata SOPs

Pursuing the internationally recognized designation of PMP (Project Management Professional)

Provide logistics related to project management support including scheduling meetings, negotiating meeting space, room set up, meeting materials preparation & distribution, and catering, as well as scheduling and testing all meeting technology (e.g. polycom phones, WebEx, video teleconferencing, microphones or projection)

Maintained executive team’s appointment schedule by planning and scheduling meetings, conferences, teleconferences, and travel

I am an analytical, resourceful and discreet team player with an aptitude for proactively supporting leaders. My goal is to continue developing my expertise in project management. I believe this is a role in which I could grow, play to my strengths and help you accomplish your goals.

My resume is attached and I welcome the opportunity to speak with you personally to explore ways that I can contribute to your project management initiatives. You can reach me at 555-333-4444.


Regards,




Example 5

Dear Mrs. Jones,

I was excited to see your opening for the Area Business Leader – Cardiovascular Specialty (ABL-CS). (Job ID: 5555)

Novartis is an exciting health care company, with an inspiring mission: to discover new ways to improve and extend people’s lives.

Your corporate values (Innovation, Quality, Collaboration, Performance, Courage and Integrity) are aligned with my personal values, which I’ve demonstrated throughout my careers at Merck & Eli Lily. I’d like to play a role in continuing your success.

As a candidate, here’s some of what I can immediately offer you:

Player-Coach

Whether I manage teams of 3 or 100 people, I work well alongside them. When I accompanied my team members on their sales calls, it became clear that starting conversations with physicians focused on our products was not as effective as starting conversations focused on their patients.

This led me to forge a partnership with Villanova University to create Merck’s first ever business acumen training program. We elevated the performance of 4,000 employees by teaching them how to develop and implement effective business plans.

Our innovative approaches let us increase the conversation time with doctors from 30 seconds to 5 minutes, which grew hospital sales 36% (or $250MM). Half of the products we sold were cardiovascular-related.

Ethics

Integrity is my True North.

I was once transferred to replace a manager who was lax about encouraging his team to comply with corporate policies. Through personal example and education, I was able to help the team understand both the big picture and the nuances of our policies, and coached them to higher standards and levels of performance. Many of them have gone on to become successful managers themselves.

Proven Success

As you can see from my attached resume, I have consistently led teams to surpass business goals. We have been honored with many awards for that – including the President’s Award for the most successful product launch.

I welcome the opportunity to meet with you, and discuss how my talents can complement Novartis and help prosper. Please contact me at (555) 555-5555 or [email protected]

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,


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