Job posting Resume&Cover letter
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Today’s Agenda
The Job Search
The Open Job Market
The Hidden Job Market
The Resume
The Cover Letter
Today’s Agenda
The Job Search
The Open Job Market
The Hidden Job Market
The Resume
The Cover Letter
How do corporate recruiters find their best talent?
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Referrals 78%
Social networks 56%
Intern hires 55%
Source: 2015 JobVite Recruiter Nation Survey
Direct applications 46%
Outside recruiters 38%
Internet job boards 37%
Mobile career sites 19%
How do recruiters find their best talent?
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Today’s Agenda
The Job Search
The Open Job Market
The Hidden Job Market
The Resume
The Cover Letter
Searching the Open Job Market
The big boards (Monster, Career Builder).
Company websites.
Niche sites (Dice, Accountemps, GettingHired).
LinkedIn and social networking sites.
Print and online newspapers.
Today’s Agenda
The Job Search
The Open Job Market
The Hidden Job Market
The Resume
The Cover Letter
Three-Step Plan to Build Your Personal Network
Current and former teachers
Family, friends, and friends of friends
Social networking contacts
Your dentist, doctor, etc.
Current and former work colleagues
College alumni
Step 1:
Develop a contact list.
“Hi, ____. I’m looking for a job, and I wonder if you could help me out. When could I come over to talk about it?”
“Do you know of anyone else who might know of someone who might have an opening?”
Three-Step Plan to Build Your Personal Network
Step 2:
Make contacts in person and online.
“Do you know anyone who might have an opening for a person with my skills?”
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Three-Step Plan to Build Your Personal Network
Step 3:
Follow up on your referrals.
“Hello. I’m ____, a friend of ____. He suggested that I ask you for help. I’m looking for a position as a ____, and he thought you might be willing to spare a few minutes to steer me in the right direction.”
Make the Most of LinkedIn
Write a solid profile.
Provide a professional photo.
Customize your URL.
Use specific keywords in your career summary.
Solicit recommen-dations.
Update your status regularly.
Today’s Agenda
The Job Search
The Open Job Market
The Hidden Job Market
The Resume
The Cover Letter
Choosing a Résumé Style
Focuses on experience
Favorite of recruiters
Best for people with experience and steady career growth
However: This style is also used by many students.
Chronological
Focuses on skills rather than past employment
Best for people with little experience, frequent job changes, different career areas, or employment gaps
However: This style is hard to write and recruiters may be suspicious.
Functional
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Résumé Length
1 page
Nine or fewer years of experience
2 pages
Ten plus years of experience
3 pages
Senior executives with many accomplishments
However: Make your résumé as long as necessary to present your skills.
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Résumé Segments
Main Heading
Keep it professional and uncluttered.
Your name on a line by itself
Address, phone, e-mail
Résumé Segments
Career Objective
If included, customize for the targeted position.
Poor:
To obtain an entry-level position with a strong company where I can utilize my skills to their fullest in advancing a career in accounting.
Improved:
To obtain a junior accountant position where my recent accounting and computer training can help an organization achieve its goals.
Résumé Segments
Summary of Qualifications
Provide 3 to 8 bulleted statements.
List your most impressive qualifications regarding experience, skills, education, and awards.
Customize the qualifications to fit the requirements of the targeted job.
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Résumé Segments
Education
Name your degree, date of graduation, and institution.
List your major and GPA.
Give information about your studies, but don’t inventory all your courses.
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Résumé Segments
Work Experience
List your jobs. Start with the most recent.
Include employer's name and city, dates of employment (month, year), and most significant title.
Manager, Fleet Equipment, Kettering, Ohio. June 2015 to present.
Tax preparer, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA). March 2015 to present. Sinclair College, Dayton, Ohio.
Salesperson, Kmart, Dayton, Ohio. April 2014 to May 2015
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Résumé Segments
Work Experience
Use action verbs to describe your experience.
Summarize and try to quantify your achievements.
Include nouns for the skills and keywords of the targeted position.
Prepared state and federal tax returns for individuals with incomes under $25,000. Conducted interviews with over 50 individuals to elicit data regarding taxes. Calculated legitimate tax deductions and recorded them accurately.
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Résumé Segments
Capabilities and Skills
Highlight your technical skills. Mention ability to use the Web applications, software programs, social media, and communication technology tools.
Emphasize your nontechnical skills. Give evidence of communication, management, and interpersonal skills. Employers want more than empty assurances.
Organized holiday awards program for 1,200 attendees and 140 awardees. Praised by top management for enthusiastic teamwork and achievement.
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Résumé Segments
Awards, Honors, and Activities
Show that you are well-rounded.
List awards and extra-curricular activities, especially if they demonstrate leadership, teamwork, reliability, initiative, and efficiency.
Awards
Dean’s list
Scholarships
Volunteer
Certificates
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Résumé Segments
Final Tips
Don’t include personal info such as birth date, marital status, height, weight, etc.
Consider whether it’s necessary to include your home address.
Have references available but don’t list them on your résumé.
Double-check for parallel phrasing.
Avoid personal pronouns.
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Poor Résumé
RÉSUMÉ OF
JENNIE JENKINS
3320 Lafayette Street, #12, San Leandro, CA 94561 [email protected]
OBJECTIVE: An entry-level position where my proven communication, accounting, and administrative skills could be utilized in a path to management.
DEGREE from San Francisco State University, Broadcast Communication Arts, Bachelor of Arts. 3.2 in major.
EXPERIENCE
Apprentice KPFA – 94.1 in Berkeley, CA. Duties included scheduling studios. Also recruited staff. Some paperwork. Often given responsibility to act as production manager. 10/15 to present.
Pacifica House
Position of financial manager. Duties included payroll and benefits for employees of shelter. Was responsible for books, also for cash transactions. Took care of some donations. Expected to help raise funds. I prepared all payroll reports. Also petty cash. Chaotic. Underfunded.
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Poor Résumé
Spring, 2013
Worked one spring with Renaissance Rainbow, which is a performance arts troupe operating out of San Francisco. My duties included scheduling interviews with print and broadcast journalists. Was responsible for volunteers and publicity.
Other temporary positions
Manpower, Inc. San Francisco. Worked at many different places as temp.
2011-2014. Dohring Company. File clerk, receptionist, general duties.
Other places. Good Earth Restaurant – server – 2010-2011
Personal
Self-starter, can finish jobs without supervision.
Marital status: single Birth: 6/16/88
Health: Excellent Hobbies, Knitting, singing, like to read
First Baptist Gospel Choir Awards: Spirit Award, Oakland H.S.
Dean’s List, college, 2 semesters
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Improved Résumé
Jennifer Marie Jenkins
3320 Lafayette Street, #12
San Leandro, CA 94561
(415) 781-5592
Objective: Administrative position involving accounting, employee benefits, customer service.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Two years’ experience in responsible administrative and accounting positions
Disciplined self-starter; able to work well without supervision
Proficient with PCs including Word 2011, Excel, and the Internet
Can be counted on to follow through on every detail until a task is successfully completed
BA degree, San Francisco State University
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Apprentice, Radio Production, KPFA – 94.1, Berkeley, CA
Schedule studios, recruit support staff, act as production manager
Process scripts, permissions, and logs for weekly productions
10/15 to
present
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Improved Résumé
Financial manager, The Pacific House (shelter), San Francisco, CA
Used computer to manage payroll, employee benefits for staff of 26
Completed all projects on time, despite chaotic environment
Managed agency’s cash flow involving funder reimbursements, in-kind donations, and fund-raising
Processed all accounts payable and receivable, monthly and quarterly statistical reports for local, state, and federal funding agencies; oversaw petty cash
Designed flow sheet to track success of $35,000 fund-raising project
Publicity coordinator, Renaissance Rainbow (performance arts troupe), San Francisco, CA
Scheduled all media interviews, supervised volunteers
Coordinated publicity mailings for African-American Performance Arts Festival
Temp positions, Manpower Temporary Services, San Francisco, CA
Developed customer service skills as telephone interviewer for Dorhring Company
Maintained files, routed incoming telephone calls, input employee progress journals, prepared interoffice memos, recorded accounts payable checks, keyboarded accounts payable correspondence, learned e-mail systems and software programs in various assignments
EDUCATION
BA in Broadcast Communication Arts, San Francisco State Univ., 2011
GPA in major: 3.2
Dean’s list, 2 semesters
2014-15
2013, Spring
2011-13
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Getting Your Résumé Selected: Maximizing Keyword “Hits”
Include specific keywords or keyword phrases.
Focus on nouns.
Use variations of the job title.
Concentrate on the skills section.
Don’t use a keyword summary.
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Today’s Agenda
The Job Search
The Open Job Market
The Hidden Job Market
The Resume
The Cover Letter
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“No cover message – into the trash!”
“You may be the perfect person for the job, but you’ll knock yourself right out of the running with a poor or missing cover letter.”
“A résumé without a cover letter looks suspicious.”
Are Cover Messages Still Important?
Career advisors overwhelmingly support cover messages:
Three Parts of a Cover Message
Captures attention, introduces the message, and identifies the position.
Opening
Sells the candidate and focuses on the employer’s needs.
Body
Requests an interview and motivates action.
Closing
How to Open a Cover Message
Opening
Body
Closing
Possible Openings for Solicited Jobs
Refer to the name of an employee in the company.
Refer to the source of your information precisely.
Refer to the job title and describe how your qualifications fit the requirements.
How to Open a Cover Message
Opening
Body
Closing
Openings for Unsolicited Jobs
Demonstrate an interest in and knowledge of the reader’s business.
Show how your special talents and background will benefit the company.
Promoting Your Strengths in the Message Body
Body
Opening
Closing
Explain how your preparation and experience fill the job requirements.
Choose your strongest qualifications and show how they fit the targeted job.
Mention your ability to work on a team, show initiative, and learn new tasks easily.
Refer the reader to your résumé.
Motivating Action in the Closing
Closing
Opening
Body
Ask confidently for an interview (not for the job!).
Tie your request to reader benefits, or review your strongest points.
Sound sincere and appreciative.
Make it easy to respond; tell when you can be reached.
Final Tips for Creating Successful Cover Messages
As with résumé, proofread several times
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Avoid too many sentences beginning with “I.”
Use a traditional letter style in block format.
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Customize to reflect job requirements
Student Example
Student Example
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