Sophmore Colloquium: Summary

For the structure of the resume, I kept it simple with a summary, skills, and work history section, then broke the skills and work history sections into 2 smaller sections. In

Employers don't want to waste time in finding the right employee for their company. They certainly check your resume's contents in assessing your skills and compatibility with their workforce. However, your resume format also plays an important role in ensuring a positive impression upon scanning your credentials.

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

Guest Speaker Brook Oliver, with the Sierra College Career Transfer Connections, came to speak to our class about the importance and foundation of a proper resume. I found this topic to be very informative. Particularly, since I have never applied for a job, due to the fact that, I have been self-employed my entire life. I learned that the resume can be a foundation for an effective interview. Additionally, the resume is a bullet point reference of an individual’s skills, education, work experience, and accomplishments, and built upon the description related to the position of the job. I found Ms. Oliver to be extremely informative with regards to careers in Law Enforcement.

My Resume doesn’t stray from the classic style of resumes to much at least not the first two portions of the resume. Once we get to the bottom of my resume I split my skills into two columns so I could use as much space as possible to define me as a hard working with plenty of experience in design, writing, and communication specifically.

When I started this assignment, I listed everything as I thought it should be. But trouble to arise was when I read the resume back to myself. One challenge I faced was to word things in an order, so they are short and concise, yet descriptive enough to understand. Every time I thought I was being descriptive, it tends out to be either too long or too confusing for anyone but myself to understand. there’s a continuous process of editing, re-editing, and editing some more. There

Three main points David Munn talked about include how to make yourself stand out on a resume, how to make sure your resume is industry appropriate, and how to correct and make your resume great. David Munn’s presentation over all was very helpful and the information he gave to us can be used and applied in the near future.

This week, I went over the topic of resume with my mentees. I prepared for the meeting by reviewing the resumes checklist. I felt comfortable presenting this material because I have received a lot of feedback on my resume from the career center and other professionals. I also printed out the Resume Building worksheets which were pulled from the CSUS Career Center Handbook. In addition, I also took them to the Career Center to receive advice on their resume.

In the creating your resume, I learned about what a resume is, what a resume should look like, what you should do to prepare to write a resume, and what your resume should consist of. A resume is a universal job hunting and marketing tool that consists of a snapshot of your relevant qualifications. It should be one to two pages free of spelling and grammar errors. It should be easy to read and relevant because on average an employer

The function of screening a resume is to find out if the applicant has basic knowledge and skills needed to do the job. Establish a list of qualifications that a prospect must have in order to do the job. Look for these qualifications when going over resumes. If the applicant lacks the qualifications on your list, you get rid of them.

Video resumes – In today’s global business world, more applicants are submitting video resumes. While they can give the employer a broader perspective on the candidate, the video itself can lead to overt biases. Some websites compile a “multimedia resume” preempting the video, to prevent these occurrences of

There are several types of resumes which are used while applying for the job. The different types of resume

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Reviewing resumes and applications is the first step for an employer to be efficient throughout the interviewing process. In order to be effective, an employer needs to set their priorities to understand what they want to achieve within the interview process. This will help an employer know what is most important to them so they can prioritize each task effectively. In order to be most effective, the employer could minimize the resume and application process to concentrating on how each candidate based themselves on their history, professionalism, and potential in seceding within a company.