RESUMES
These are the three "F'"s of resume writing.
What are form, function, and eFfectiveness?
This method includes reaching out to friends, and others in many ways to increase the chances of hearing about unadvertised jobs.
What is networking?
An interview can be considered to have this many parts.
What is five?
This is how long you have to make a good first impression.
What is seven seconds?
The main purpose of a college essay.
What is to tell about yourself?
This type of resume emphasizes skills.
What is a functional resume?
This is the percentage of jobs that ARE advertised.
What is 20-30%?
These are the parts of on interview.
What are before, the start, during, then end, and after?
This is what you should do the day after the interview.
What is send a thank you note?
These are two benefits of unpaid work like volunteering.
What is experience and making business contacts?
This is the traditional, reverse timeline resume format.
What is a chronological resume?
This is a term meaning places where jobs are advertised such as the classified ads in a newspaper or online job sites.
What are job boards?
This is what you should do if the interviewer asks if you have any questions.
What is ask a genuine relevant question about the company (as if you were starting tomorrow)?
What are two things you can do to 'seal the deal' at the end of the interview?
What are to say "I'm looking forward to hearing from you," and to thank the interviewer (and shake hands if appropriate)?
Three approaches to responding to any college essay.
What are a personal, academic, or extracurricular approach?
These are three ways to make your resume effective?
What are (any 3): having a clear purpose, being easy to read, including relevant information, having no grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors, and including all of your contact information?
This is an in person event at a physical location where employers meet in one place to advertise jobs.
What is a job fair?
These are three ways to have good body language during an interview.
What are (any three): facing the interviewer, making good eye contact, smiling, having good posture, having palms of hands facing up, keeping hands and feet still?
Four things you can do to make a good first impression.
What are (any four): make eye contact, shake hands if appropriate, introduce yourself, smile, wait to sit, be positive, and show gratitude?
Three job skills in the top five of the list for employers.
What are (any three): team player, decision making, problem solving, communication ability, the ability to plan and organize, and the ability to obtain and process information?
These are five pieces of information that should always be on a resume.
What are name, address, email, phone, education, jobs, volunteer experiences, special skills, and referrals?
This risky, but potentially rewarding, method means contacting a company to ask about open jobs even if they aren't advertising any.
What is cold calling?
These are five things you can do before an interview to prepare.
What are: find the location, pick out a conservative outfit, have questions ready, be polite to everyone you meet, and to know the basic facts about company?
This is one way to calm yourself when you are nervous without fidgeting.
What is to take a deep breath, hold it for three seconds, and exhale?
Out of working at Taco Bell, working for a vet, or working in a donut shop, this was Mrs Vance's first job with a paycheck in high school.
What is working for a vet? (but her best friend's first job was at Taco Bell and she was named after a donut shop)