1. Writing your own Résumé
Lecture 12

2. Yesterday Résumés What is a résumé? Preparing your résumé
Type of résumés
What to include/omit

3. Today Making your own résumé Sections to include
How to write each section
Print and e- résumés
Editing and finishing your résumé

4. Today
Structured written summary of experiences, skills, education and activities that make you qualified for a job
Think of it like a sales message.

5. Format There is no perfect résumé format
What we will learn today are guidelines and one successful approach
Don’t take these as rules!

6. Résumés We are going to create an entry level résumé
Entry level = lowest level
Use this résumé style to get your first job

7. Sections Name Address Objective Summary Education Experience
Activities/skills/awards

9. Name This is the first thing on your résumé Think of it as your title
It is usually centered
May be emphasized with big font, bold font, or underlines.

11. Address The next thing on your résumé. For employers to contact you
What to include:

12. Address Full street address (city, country, and postal code)
Phone number (home and cell)
(professional)

13. Address For students, include: Temporary address (school)
Permanent address (home)

16. Objective This is where you list exactly what you want
What kind of job?
Where?
When?
What kind of company? Big? Small?
Change this section for each different job

17. Objective This is where you list exactly what you want
What kind of job?
Where?
When?
What kind of company? Big? Small?
Change this section for each different job

19. Objective “Accounting position at a large company in Beijing”
“Assistant manager job at a small bank in Shanghai”
“Teller position at a large bank in Zhumadian”

20. Summary
2-4 lines stating your most impressive qualifications for the specific job
Academic achievements, jobs held, awards won, positions held, skills, etc.
Use this to grab the reader’s attention

22. Summary ``Banking internship at City Bank”
“Fluent written and spoken English”
“Proficient in MSOffice, Java, HTML”
“2 years of student council”

23. Summary Have no more than 4 and no less than 2 statements
Otherwise, leave it out!

24. Education
Include degree name, university name, location, expected graduation date, GPA, honours and awards
You may include a list of relevant courses

25. Education
GPA = grade point average. The average grade of all classes you have taken.
In the United States, it is based on a 4 point scale in the following way

26. Grade Point Average A = 4.0 A- = 3.7 B+ = 3.3 B = 3.0 B - = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C - = 1.7
D + = 1.3
D = 1.0
D- = 0.7
F = 0

27. Education You can calculate your GPA on this scale. 75% = 3.0
Only include the GPA if it is above 3.0
If you leave it off, employers will assume it is below 3.0

28. Education
You may also include any other formal courses and test scores
IELTS, TOEFL, etc.

31. Education
If your degree is not completed, simply say “expected graduation date”
Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Expected Graduation: June 2011
Huang Huai University, Zhumadian, China
Current GPA: 3.4/4.0

32. Experience
In this section include any jobs, volunteer work, or clubs that are relevant for the desired position
You may have one heading “experience” or more: “related experience”, “volunteer experience”, “other experience”, “organizations”

34. Experience
Write all the details of the job (position, company, dates, location)
Then a brief description of the job, followed by specific accomplishments

35. Experience Job title, dates held, company name, location
Brief description of job
Accomplishment 1
Accomplishment 2

36. Experience Lecturer, Sep. 2009 – present, HHU, Zhumadian, China
Teach business communications to 2nd year students
Won teacher of the week award twice

37. Experience
List your most recent job in each category first, then move chronologically
Use past tense verbs for jobs held previously
Use present tense for jobs currently held

38. Experience Use action verbs for emphasis
Created, assisted, developed, managed, directed, launched, raised, solved, saved, etc.
Avoid weak statements by using these and other action verbs

39. Experience List specific accomplishments
Whenever possible, quantify your accomplishments (use numbers)
Don`t use personal pronouns (I, we, me) TOO WORDY

40. Activities/skills/awards
On this, the final section, list any activities, awards or skills that could not fit into the experience section
Language skills, computer skills, clubs, activities, community awards etc.

42. Activities/skills/awards
For activities, list position, group, and years
“President, Student Council, ”
“Member, Accounting Club, ”

43. Activities/skills/awards
For skills, simply list them:
“Fluent Korean”
“MSOffice, Java, HTML”
“Piano virtuoso”

44. Activities/skills/awards
For awards, list the award and the date:
“Cochrane Award for Business Communications, 2009”
“Lewis Award for Community Service, 2007”

45. Activities/skills/awards
You may list all these together by including all three in the heading

46. Completing your résumé
You want your résumé in two forms:
Printed résumé – to drop off in person and to send in s
Text only résumé – to post on websites and job boards

47. Printed Resume Use plenty of white space
Use lists to make it more readable
Use one kind of bullet points (-, *, etc)
Use headings for sections

48. Printed Resume Use one kind of font Use a traditional font
10-12 font size for résumé (slightly bigger for name)
Align text properly

49. Printed Resume Print on high quality paper
Print with a high quality printer
Never fold your résumé

50. Printed Resume For emails, use a standard format PDF is the best
Word Document is also good

51. Text only résumé
When applying to jobs online, you may have to use a text only résumé
Use CAPITALS for headings
Use dashes (-) for lists

52. Text only résumé Include keywords for search programs
Management, computer skills, fluent Korean, creative, flexible, leadership, team player, etc.

54. Remember!
A résumé is never complete!
Always be updating your résumé

55. Remember! There are no specific guidelines
Write your résumé in the way that you think best highlights your qualifications
Be clear, direct, and convincing