Resumes
This is what your resume should be built around
What is Keywords
A cover letter should these most essential elements
What is Heading, Inside Address, Salutation, Body, Complimentary Close, and Signature Block
This form of correspondence is moderately formal and appropriate for communication within ones own organization
What is Memo
These are three linked approaches for audience-based resumes and cover letters
What is Changing narrative sentences to persuasive, Using claim/evidence/analysis, and Using Bock’s formula for measuring accomplishments
This type of correspondence should be used when emailing your Supervisor about an important meeting
What is a letter
If constructing a chronological resume, this should be included at the top
What is an Objective
Your first body paragraph should do this in a cover letter
What is Indicate reason for writing
This correspondence is best for quick, relatively informal communication with one or more recipients.
What is Email
This is an example of changing the following narrative sentence into a persuasive sentence: "I did this"
What is "I demonstrated/accomplished this skill when I did this..."
As you are writing a cover letter (or any correspondence), this is what you should always do before sending it
What is PROOFREAD
Your resume should do this as you gain more experience
What is Evolve
These three things are what a carefully crafted cover letter should do
What is Emphasize key points of resume, Present brand, and Match credentials to job
This correspondence is the most informal, often coming in the form of tweets or facebook status updates
What is Microblog
For cover letters, Claim, Evidence, and Analysis, follow this structure
What is 1) I Possess the skill, 2) Explain Measurable result, and 3) Describe success (or reason for it)
If you need to make a resume on the fly, you should use this to make a new one
What is a Basic Resume Template (what you guys will be making!)
Your resume should use this correct form of the word appropriately
What is verb (-ed for past work, -ing for current
What is Explain qualification and academic background, experiences, and/or eagerness
This correspondence is the most formal. It is most appropriate for communicating with people outside your organization or within, but in a higher authority
What is Letters
The Bock Revision formula looks like this
What is Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z] (start with an active verb, numerically/quantitatively measure what you accomplished, give a baseline for comparison, and detail what you did to achieve your goal)
When writing a letter with not letter head, these three things should instead replace it
For a skills-based resume, the experience should be listed in this way
What is Most recent first (reverse chronological)
Your final paragraph of a cover letter should do this
What is Indicate next steps (desire for an interview), What's in it for them, Contact information, and Thanks for consideration
These five steps are essential for ensuring a correspondence's construction and clarity
What is Planning, Drafting, Editing, Revising, and Proofreading
This is a revision of the following sentence using the Bock formula: "I managed a $31,000 sorority budget during the spring of 2016 and invested idle funds in appropriate high-yielding capital notes"
What is "I managed a $31,000 sorority budget during the spring of 2016 and invested $10,000 in idle funds in appropriate high-yielding capital notes returning 3%"
You are communicating with other colleagues within your organization relatively quickly, adding a group of recipients by using this type of correspondence
What is Email