Consider the following questions:
1. What is a resume?
2. Do you have a working resume?
3. Have you ever made changes in your resume?
4. If so, what kind of changes and for what purpose?
5. What are some of the things you need to consider when preparing a resume?
6. What criteria do you use in critiquing a resume?
Whether you are beginning to write your first resume, or updating a current resume, you will progress through these lessons fairly easily. This is a step-by-step procedure for writing effective resumes. The steps fit all types of resumes and all types of jobs for which people apply. At the end of this course, you should have a quality resume ready to be sent to prospective employers.
In this course, you will be asked to go to several different websites for information. There is no text to purchase for this course so I encourage you to view the websites for the appropriate information in each lesson.
Three Types of Resumes
Please see the Webliography for MODULE FOUR.
These links contain information about the following:
- content, format, planning, layout
- key words for resume preparation
- general information on all aspects of resume writing.
Remember that there are three basic types of resumes:
CHRONOLOGICAL--emphasizes career growth and work experience
-Staying in same field as past jobs
-Job history shows real growth and development
-Past titles are highly impressive
-Name of last employer is important
-Want to emphasize employment history
FUNCTIONAL--emphasizes functions or areas of skills
-Looking for your first job
-Changing career goals or work history
-Skills are more impressive than work history
-Have been absent from the job market for a while
-Changed employers too frequently
TARGETED--highlights capabilities/skills and supporting accomplishments for a specific job target
-Want to make an impressive case for a specific
job target
-Very clear about job direction or skill focus
-Willing to write a resume for each job target
-Have skills, but not necessarily long, impressive
history in those skills
