Evaluate One's Resume

In order for me to complete this career assessment paper, I initially took an Interest Inventory survey. Upon completing this process, it revealed that my personality profile score was (I, C, A). These three letters represented my strengths and interests in determining which career field would best suit me.

While building my resume, I learned that creating a positive image depends on whether I present a well-prepared and written resume. I also learned that my resume should be structured in a way that is well-organized and well written to show my personal positive attributes. Therefore, I put my areas of expertise at the top. Some employers don’t have the time to search for expert areas in a 3-page resume.

2. In the left column below, list the skills, experiences, personality traits, etc., that the employer is seeking. In the right column, write phrases and sentences that show your skills, experiences, and traits that qualify you for the job. Provide specific examples from your life, coursework, employment, volunteer work, travel or other experiences.

Prior to the start of WRT-382, I had put little thought into my resume and cover letter. I didn’t realize that hiring employers spend less than a minute on each applicant’s resumes. I understand now that there has to be a clear and consistent theme to market and brand yourself. I also know now that having a skimable resume can make you seem more appealing than others even if they are more qualified. After learning about the components of a professional portfolio, I have learned how to condense my qualifications while modifying them to the specific employer.

During this article Urschel explains how in reality when an employer looks through a resume and how to make a resume stand out to an employer. Urschel explains how applications and resumes are sorted and tracked in both larger companies verses smaller businesses. He also gives four very precise ways to make a resume stand out to an employer. Urschel also explains that when an applicant is creating their resume they need to remember to look at their resume from the employer's perspective. By explaining all of these different parts of how applicants are chosen will help the report when explaining how to create a

As dental professionals, it is very important to have good writing skills while job searching. Majority of jobs request resumes to learn about previous job experiences, educational background, and current knowledge in the field which someone is applying for. A resume is a highly important representation of professionalism, working knowledge, but also writing skills knowledge. “A good resume is often your first impression to a recruiter. Before interviews are scheduled, resumes are

The candidate will demonstrate the ability to establish personal work goals. The candidate will also demonstrate the ability to set and meet work priorities.

When researching a career, we must create an intellectually, creatively, and socially-informed picture of our professional futures based on our developing individual interests and personal goals.

Unquestionably, Joyce Lain Kennedy is a subject matter expert in the resume industry. Throughout her book titled “Resumes for Dummies” (herein known as “the book”) she repeatedly demonstrated comprehensive industry-knowledge with respect to resume writing. Her in-depth comprehension covered a broad range of topics such as: how to manage the digital age, screening and search tools, appropriate formatting, as well as managing and positioning resume content, among many others. Furthermore, she focused on many contemporary issues, which are encountered by both job seekers and resume writers alike. These difficulties have unquestionably disrupted the environment of the profession in recent years. Nonetheless, there were three specific similarities found in her book that distinctly comply with the guidelines of the National Resume Writers’ Association (NRWA).

It is appropriate for those over the age of fourteen, and focuses on the client’s interests with a vast amount of occupations, and includes recreational activities as well (Drummond, Sheperis, & Jones, 2015).The Strong Interest Inventory provides the client with their three highest general occupational themes, out of a possible of six, lists the top five highest and lowest areas of career interest (Drummond, Sheperis, & Jones, 2015).Furthermore, it provides the client with top vocations along with their personal “styles” such as leadership or type of work environment (Drummond, Sheperis, & Jones, 2015). I like this career assessment, because it is a good starting point with a client. Once I have the highest vocational choices, it would be easier to be able to provide direction to a client and to provide them with more information on some of the occupations they have the most interest

Evaluator and Mr. McLaurin discussed in great detail steps in writing a resume. They focused more on functional resume because of his limited work history. Evaluator informed Mr. McLaurin the functional resume will stress his work skills. They discussed placing more emphasis on his transferable skills, such as dependability, communication, and etc. They discussed the functional style resume clearly tells employers what he has to offer. Evaluator and Mr. McLaurin looked at various samples of resumes and they completed a help worksheet to complete a functional style resume. Evaluator also informed Mr. McLaurin once his resume is completed, he must update the resume to add more learned skills, certifications, or education. Additionally, he must

In searching for careers, most people match their career are happier at work, with more confidence and remain with their chosen profession (“Career Test, Free Career Aptitude Test, livecareer.com”, n.d.). The basic interest profile outlines the level of interest in different occupations. In reviewing my interest scores, the following three work styles, include being assertive, systematic, and persuasive in which the reader scored high because these interest can be used in many occupations. The lowest of interest scores was in the area of health services, art and outdoors, which the assessment tests was high accurate. The work styles indicated the reader scored high in administrative, clerical and teaching/social.

A further positive aspect of an informal assessment is the ability for a client to express him/herself in full sentences and evoke memories and aspects of his/her experiences that have mattered to him/her. In this way, he/she may experience the exercise as more meaningful and memorable. Finally, the Career Construction Interview may enable clients who have “undifferentiated profiles of interest,” that is, a set of interests that are not clearly defined, to gain some clarity through a deeper introspection into their preferences in a way that is less formal and anxiety provoking and more engaging (Niles & Bowlsbey, 2017, p. 143). By telling stories and gaining some insight into their passions, clients may find their interests become clear and well defined, and link to potential work environments they may not have considered

The employability skills that identify me and my future career can be categorized in nine major groups of skills.

Throughout week 4 I devoted to learn about Career Interests and John Holland’s career development theory. Personally, I developed an understanding Holland’s RIASEC codes. There were two different styles of career assessments based on Holland’s work and determining the three letter RIASEC code that best described me. The Holland’s career assessment I took was the online one. John Holland’s career development theory means that one is having to identify the patterns of interest through six different personality traits.