Thomas tutorial 3 resumes
Transcript of Thomas tutorial 3 resumes
RESUMÉ 101
be PERFECT
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How long does a recruiter spend?
“You have one page to impress me.”
EXPRESS YOURSELF: HEADERS Your resumé is not creative writing
BUT headers can be creative (within limits)
What information needs to be included?• Full name (preferred)• Contact information• LinkedIn URL (optional, but recommended)
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PROFILE
CAREER ASPIRATIONS
SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES INTERESTS
EXPERIENCES TRAINING AREAS OF EXPERTISE
= A BRIEF SELF-INTRO AND PREVIEW OF THE RESUME.
SECRET TIP: REFER TO YOUR JOB POSTING.
EDUCATION Think about this: your current occupation is “Student”
1. Use this section to showcase • School & Program – (must have)
• Key courses & projects (high grades, relevant)• Awards ($)• Competition - Expected
2. Transfer students • What transfer program?
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EXPRESS YOURSELF: PERSONALITY AND BRANDING
“Interests” section – last section of resume ( ~2 lines)• 5 minute conversation • Be specific!
Showcase your uniqueness
Overall design
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Goal: Differentiate yourself from other candidates
ACCOMPLISHMENT STATEMENTS Your resumé is your best self on a page
Your resumé is not a list of your responsibilities
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Skills Matrix
Resume Cover Letter
Interview
Networking ß Builds off your Skills Matrix
STARS AND RATS…
Employers care about results! • Accomplishment statements are reverse STAR
statements, or RATS• Your accomplishments should draw the reader’s attention
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RESULTS • Use “results verbs” or “accomplishment
verbs” • Google “results verbs”
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Attained Exceeded
Eliminated Increased
Decreased Maximized Minimized Reduced
Saved Surpassed Improved Created
Generated Enhanced Optimized
Established
R
RESULTS
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Types of Results
Qualitative Quantitative
• How much • How many • Numbers
• Descriptions • Qualities
R
ACTION What skills did you use to accomplish the task and get a result?
• Skills matching: are the skills relevant to the job? Are they mentioned in the job posting?
Do your results make sense, given your action?
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A
TASK • The “dragon”
• What was the goal? What did you need to do?
• Frames your accomplishment • not always explicitly stated
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T
ACTION What skills did you use to accomplish the task and get a result?
• Skills matching: are the skills relevant to the job? Are they mentioned in the job posting?
Do your results make sense, given your action?
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SITUATION Paint a picture of the situation you were in when you used your skills to tackle a task to get a result
Your scope of action• Where• When• How many
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S
EXAMPLE:
Responsible for contacting corporate clients and organizing a tournament
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ACCOMPLISHMENT VS DUTY Duty Accomplishment
Responsible for contacting corporate clients and organizing a tournament
Achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well organized, personally tailored tournament experience.
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AN EXAMPLE
Achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well organized, personally tailored tournament experience.
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Result
Achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well organized, personally tailored tournament experience.
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Task & Action
Achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well organized, personally tailored tournament experience.
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Situation
1. Pick your favourite accomplishment story
2. Flip it into RATS
3. Summarize it into one sentence!
4. Share with a new friend
ACTIVITY
INTEGRATION & FORMATTING
• Bullets
• Bcomm
• Date
• Location
• Margin
• Spacing
• White Space
• Typos
¡ Consistency
¡ Alignment
¡ Grammar
¡ Periods
¡ Dashes
SUMMARY
Results come from using your unique skills in
Actionsto tackle a
Taskin a given
Situation
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KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. Use R-A-T-S statements not duty-based
statements
2. Differentiate yourself through personal branding
3. Attention to detail
• Two mistakes= -40%
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