Get the Job You Want With A Resume That Sells

Get the Job You Want With A Resume That Sells

Full Description

Your resume's job is to get you noticed - to get out of "the prospective employee stack" and into the "interview pile!" In this course you will learn how to build a "job-winning" resume. The employer's application form is also important! You will learn how to fill out the application form in a way that will bring out your "positives". You will also learn about the four basic types of resumes and which type is best for you - also when and why to use each type of resume. Also, there are five major areas that should be included in a resume. You will learn what they are and how to make them work for you! You will also learn how your past work experience can help you and how it can hurt you. I will show you when and how to emphasize work experience and ways to minimize it if it will not help you! Your skills and accomplishments are also important! You will learn how to build a list of strengths and accomplishments and how to highlight each one for your best advantage. Also, there are six major categories of skills and accomplishments that you can draw from in building your resume. I will help you build a list from each category that you can use in putting together your resume! Personal information can also help or hurt. You'll learn what to include and what to leave out. Your references, as well, can make or break you. I'll give you important tips in working with your references so that they will work for you instead of against you! Finally, you'll learn how to put it all together so that you can write that "job-winning" resume! We'll also focus in on: Consistency and how to get it! Spelling - what to watch out for! How to sound a positive note and avoid "resume-deflating" negatism. A "job-winning" resume is not hard to put together once you learn how!

Outcomes:

At the end of the course, each student will put together a list of their strengths in six key areas, They will also put together a list of their skills and accomplishments in six categories as well.

Assessment:

Students will learn how to put together a "job-winning" resume! They will explore the key components that come together to put together a great resume - listing their strengths as well as their skills and accomplishments. They will also learn what to include and what to avoid in a great resume!

Course Information (see above or below lessons, outlines, activities, etc.) You will learn where to start in building a "job-winning" resume. How to put together a list of your strengths.

The employer's application form is also important! You will learn how to fill out the application form in a way that will bring out your "positives".

There are four basic types of resumes. You will learn which type is best for you and when and why to use each type of resume.

Five major areas should be included in a resume. You will learn what they are and how to make them work for you!

You will also learn how your past work experience can help you and how it can hurt you. I will show you when and how to emphasize work experience and ways to minimize it if it will not help you!

Your skills and accomplishments are also important! You will learn how to build a list of strengths and accomplishments and how to highlight each one for your best advantage.

There are six major categories of skills and accomplishments that you can draw from in building your resume. I will help you build a list from each category that you can use in putting together your resume!

Personal information can also help or hurt. You'll learn what to include and what to leave out.

Your references can make or break you. I'll give you important tips in working with your references so that they will work for you instead of against you!

Finally, you'll learn how to put it all together so that you can write that "job-winning" resume!

And best of all, I'll provide examples - so that you can see what great resumes look like!

We'll also focus in on: Consistency and how to get it! Spelling - what to watch out for! How to sound a positive note and avoid "resume-deflating" negatism.

A "job-winning" resume is not difficult to put together once you learn how!

Make your resume a great selling tool! Make sure it works hard for you!

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