Career Services
The office that helps students build resumes.
What is Career Services?
The personal data you include on a resume.
What is your name, address, email, and phone number?
TIP: use an email address that includes your full name! john.doe@salemstate.edu
True/False
Spell check is pretty reliable when writing a resume.
False
Spell check will only tell you when you have misspelled a word. It does not tell you when you have spelled the wrong word correctly or if you forgot to capitalize something.
i.e. Restaurant skills: Severing customers
This is the number of pages a resume should be.
What is 1 page in length?
If you must go to two pages, place the least important information on your second page.
This is where Career Services is located.
What is the first floor of Ellison Campus Center room 105?
Your educational experiences should be listed in this order.
What is reverse chronological order with your highest degree at the top?
The pronouns that are appropriate to use on a resume.
What is none of them?
Avoid using pronouns including: I, me, my, we, our, they, them
This is where the most important information should be on a resume.
An online resource Career Services has posted for students to use to build a resume.
What is a sample resume?
What is an action verb list?
The different types of experience you can include in a resume.
What is not on the resume?
Do not list your references names anywhere on your resume. You create a reference sheet to attach to your resume after.
True/False
There is only one, uniform format you should use to create a resume.
False
A resume is personalized to the industry you are applying for and your experience. Even the Career Services staff members will occasionally give different advice than each other. That doesn't mean that one person is wrong and another is correct, just that they have different styles. Ultimately, the resume is an incredibly personal document and it's up to you how you want to market yourself!
True/False
Salem State alumni can go to Career Services for help building a resume.
What is True?
True/False
When including extracurricular activities in a resume, you should only include the activities that pertain to the job you are applying to.
False
You should include all extracurricular activities you took part in because employers want to see that you were involved as a student.
This is the maximum number of fonts you are allowed to use on a resume.
What is a single font?
You should avoid using fancy fonts, distracting graphics, and a confusing structure when building your resume.
This is how you should start each job description on a resume.
What are action verbs?
i.e. achieved, assisted, demonstrated, provided, researched, verified
TIP - remember to use an active voice with an accomplishment
i.e. Provided customer service through effective resolution of concerns, explanation of bank services and policies and knowledge of financial planning, resulting in greater customer satisfaction.
True/False
The Career Services office is the only location you can find help for your resume.
False
What is emailing resume@salemstate.edu? (responds in 48 hours, weekends and weather permitting)
What is the peer resume advising office in Bertolon?
This is how you write that you have learned enough of an additional language that you can effectively use that language on the job if needed.
What is working knowledge?
i.e. Italian (working knowledge)
If you are fluent:
Italian (fluent)
This is how often you should update your resume.
What is all the time?
A resume is a living document that is constantly changing just like your experiences. The sooner you update your resume after a life changing event, the more accurate and powerful your resume will be.
This is why employers ask for a resume.
What is a resume is a marketing tool?
Resumes help to determine whether or not an employer will consider you a strong candidate for an open position.