Resume Preparation
A document that summarizes a job seeker’s skills, work experience, education, training, and qualifications.
What is a resume?
The conversation between a job candidate and an employer that allows the employer to determine whether the candidate is a good fit for the position.
What is a job interview?
Websites and applications where job seekers can search for available positions and submit applications online are examples of these. (ex: Indeed)
What are online job boards?
Clean clothing, good personal hygiene, neat hair, and appropriate grooming are all parts of this.
What is professional grooming?
Working cooperatively with coworkers to accomplish a shared goal demonstrates this workplace skill.
What is teamwork?
This section of a resume provides the employer with a way to contact the job seeker and typically includes a phone number and professional email address.
What is contact information?
Researching the company, reviewing the job description, practicing answers, planning transportation, and selecting appropriate clothing are all examples of this.
What is interview preparation?
Checking a company’s website to look for available positions and applying directly through their "career" section is known as this type of job search.
What is applying directly to an employer/company?
Clothing that is clean, neat, appropriate for the workplace, and suitable for the specific position demonstrates this aspect of interview preparation.
What is professional attire?
The ability to exchange information clearly with coworkers, supervisors, customers, and other people at work is called this.
What is communication?
Social security number, bank account, full face picture, complete home address, marital status, and other personal information.
What should not typically be included on a resume?
Arriving early enough to account for transportation problems, parking, security, or difficulty finding the location demonstrates this workplace quality.
What is punctuality?
Talking with friends, family members, former coworkers, community contacts, or professional acquaintances in person or online, to learn about employment opportunities is called this.
What is networking?
Maintaining appropriate eye contact, sitting attentively, and keeping an open posture are examples of this type of communication.
What is positive body language?
A person who has never worked in a hotel may still have experience cleaning houses, organizing supplies, and paying attention to details. These abilities can be used in a hotel housekeeping position because they are examples of these.
What are transferable skills?
Changing your resume to emphasize the experience and skills that are most relevant to a particular job is known as doing this.
What is tailoring or adapting a resume?
These are questions a candidate prepares to ask the employer about the position, responsibilities, training, workplace, or next steps.
What are questions for the interviewer?
Career fairs, staffing agencies, community employment programs, vocational services, and career centers are examples of these things that can help people find jobs.
What are employment resources?
Repeatedly checking your phone, looking away while someone is speaking, slouching, or constantly fidgeting can communicate this during an interview.
What is disinterest or lack of professionalism?
Showing up when expected and being dependable when assigned responsibilities demonstrates this important workplace quality.
What is reliability?
These are abilities learned from one job, volunteer activity, school experience, or life experience that can also be useful in a different job.
What are transferable skills?
When an interviewer asks, “Tell me about a time you had to solve a difficult problem,” describing the Situation, the Task you were assigned/responsible for, what Action you took, and the Result is an example of answering an interview question using this approach.
What is the STAR method?
A job opportunity that promises guaranteed income, requires an upfront payment, pressures someone to act immediately, and provides few details about the actual work contains several of these.
What are scam warning signs/red flags?
A candidate’s clothing, grooming, posture, eye contact, handshake when appropriate, and overall behavior can all contribute to this important opinion an employer forms early in an interview.
What is a first impression?
Before an interview, a job seeker reviews the job description, researches the employer, adapts his resume, prepares answers to common questions, prepares questions for the interviewer, selects appropriate clothing, confirms transportation, and plans to arrive early. All of these actions demonstrate this overall skill.
What is job preparation?