CCPD Policies
Resume Review
Job Searching
Internship Searching
Cover Letters
100

This is the shirt CCPD student workers should wear when they are on duty in the CCPD

black polo

100

This is the ideal length of a tailored resume

one page

100

This is the job board a student should use when they want to stay in Western North Carolina and its surrounding area

JobCat

100

This is what we call when a student cold calls employers for an internship

DIY internships

100

This is the correct way to address the reader when the student has no name to address it to

what is dear hiring manager/ search committee

200

Student workers are not expected to work during times classes are not in session EXCEPT for which day?

Advising Day

200
This is the bullet point formula to use when writing resume bullet points

action verb + what you did +how/ why you did it

200

What is the fastest way of finding a job?

Networking

200

This is the on-campus event to find internships

Career fairs 

200

Name 2 topics that should go in a cover letter

Introduction

Motivation for applying

Transferable skills

industry skills

closer/ call to action

300

You should notify which two people when you have to call out sick or have an unplanned or planned event?

Carrie and Tara

300

This is the name of the CCPD online resource students can use to scan their resume for instant feedback. Name the resource and what the resource calls this service

Big Interview's Resume AI

300

Students should spend 80% of their time in what job searching category

Active

300

This is the most popular month students should start applying to competitive summer internships

October

300
In terms of a cover letter design, what document header do we recommend they emulate?

What is the resume header

400

This is the deadline (day of week and time) CCPD WANTS you to turn in your time sheet

The Friday before timesheets are due by 5 p.m.

400

This is the method to use when writing an outcomes-based bullet point

STAR method

400
Scrolling through and applying to online job boards is an example of what?

Passive job search strategy

400

This employer database is a way for students to look up employers by major and state

Buzzfile

400

What is the gender-neutral salutation?

Mx.

500

What three things are you not allowed to have at the front desk?

earpods/ headphones, food, phone

500

This is the way CCPD suggests students name their resume file

first and/or last name _ Resume _ Name of employer

500

What percentage of applications should yield in an interview?

10-20%

500

this popular internship board no longer exists

500

'I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience' is an example of what?

What is Call to Action