Resumes
Which of the following is not included in a resume?
- Headline
- Contact Information
- Hobbies
- Education
What are hobbies?
What is the first thing you should look at when researching a job?
- Salary
- Job description
- Boss
- Paid time off
Who can you not include as a reference?
- Former boss
- Prior teacher
- Co-workers
- Family
What is family?
Does a cover letter go in front of or behind your resume?
What is in front?
A ____ is an overview of your skills, experience, and education that you give to potential employers
What is a resume?
This resume format lists both prior work and education in reverse chronological order.
What is a chronological resume?
A ____ is how a company describes its goals and values.
What is a mission statement?
The suggested leangth of a resume is ___
What is 1-2 pages?
What is the purpose of a cover letter?
What is explaining to the employer why you are a good fit?
The paragraph in a cover letter that explains your qualifications as they relate to the job you are applying for is...
- opening paragraph
- body paragraph
- closing paragraph
What is a body paragraph?
Which section in your resume should be modeled as an "elevator pitch"?
- Headline
- Objective statement
- Achievements
- Skills
What is a headline?
What is the purpose of conducting a "self-inventory"?
What is brainstorming for writing a resume?
It is okay to use the terms "me" and "I" in a resume
What is false?
Which of the following sections should be included in a cover letter?
- Salutations
- Skills
- Past expierence
- Achievements
What are salutations?
A ____ resume is a resume that includes aspects of both the functional and chronological resumes.
What is a hybrid resume?
Should a reference be included in your resume or provided separately?
What is provided separately?
On what websites can you find more information about a potential employer? (just need to name one)
What is Linkedin, Indeed, and Glassdoor?
What are the four sections of a cover letter?
What are salutations, opening paragraph, body paragraph, and closing paragraph?
True or False:
If you cannot find the name of who will be reading your cover letter, you can just leave out the salutation
What is false?
The section of a resume that provides your adress, email, and phone number.
What is a header?
A ____ resume focuses on skills and experience more than work history.
Is it ethical to highlight or downplay certain aspects of your resume to make it look better based on what you discovered while doing research?
What is ethical?
Which two of the following is a formula suggested to build a better bullet point on your resume? (there will be two correct answers)
- Verb + Details = Results
- Subject > Adjective > Verb
- Acomplished [x] as measured by [y] by doing [z]
What are "Verb + Details = Results" and "Acomplished [x] as measured by [y] by doing [z]"
Should you avoid mentioning or requesting an interview in your cover letter?
Yes you can mention an interview
This section of a cover letter thanks the reader for thier time and gestures towards an interview.
What is a closing paragraph?