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Business Communication: Building Critical Skills
Kitty O. Locker, Ohio State University
Steven Kyo Kaczmarek, Columbus State Community College
Kathryn Braun, Sheridan College
Résumés

E-Learning Session

  1. How can I encourage the employer to pay attention to my résumé? Your knowledge, skills, abilities, interests, and values.
    1. Your résumé can be screen in two ways:
      • By a human being.
      • By electronic scanning.
    2. Take steps to increase the chances a human being will read your résumé. TRANSPARENCY MASTER
  2. What kind of résumé should I use? Choose the kind that makes you look best.
    1. Two basic kinds of résumés exist:
      • Chronological.
      • Skills
    2. Know when to use each type of résumé. TRANSPARENCY MASTER
      • CONCEPT CHECK True or False: Both résumés essentially are the same, the primary difference being that chronological résumés are longer. CONCEPT CHECK
    3. Both kinds of résumés omit I and use sentence fragments punctuated as complete sentences.
  3. How do the two résumés differ? They handle Experience, Activities, and Volunteer Work differently.
    1. Each type of résumé has its own specific format.
  4. What parts of the two résumés are the same? Career Objective, Education, Honors, and References.
    1. Both types of résumés share features. TRANSPARENCY MASTER
  5. What should I do if the standard categories don't fit? Create new ones.
    1. If standard categories don't fit, create new ones that match your qualifications.
    2. Education and Experience always stand as separate categories.
    3. If you have more than seven items under a heading, use subheadings.
  6. Should I limit my résumé to just one page? Not if you've got lots of qualifications.
    1. Résumés can be more than a page.
    2. If you use a second page, make sure it has at least 10 to 12 lines of information.
      • CONCEPT CHECK True or False: Always keep résumés to only a page. CONCEPT CHECK
  7. How do I create a scan-able résumé? Take out all your formatting.
    1. Scan-able résumés use special features to make scanning more efficient. TRANSPARENCY MASTER
  8. Go to the Self-Quizzes section if you would like to test your understanding of this module.




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