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Objective Get hands on experience in a Firm that will allow me to grow and learn
more about the career I am pursuing.
I have lived in Dekalb County all my life and plain on staying; so I want to
find a career that I can stay close to home.

Experience Kitchen/ Manager In Training
July 20, 2004 to current, Auburn Pizza Hut
• Make Pizza
• Lead shifts
• Delivery Driver
• Host

Education Dekalb High School, Waterloo, Dekalb County
2003-2007
• Academic classes
o English
o Spanish 3 years
• Core 40 diploma
• Basketball for 2 years
• Band for 3 years
• Speech team for 2 years
• Helped with Special Ed

Ivy Tech, Fort Wayne, Allen County
January 2007- May 2007
• Class taken Introduction to Microcomputers

Brown Mackie College, Fort Wayne, Allen County
July 2007 to current
• Major- Accounting AS


Interests I am interested in learning about Accounting, not only in school, but in a
successful firm as well.


References References are available on request

2007-07-31 16:37:12 · 1 answers · asked by basketball_freak72 2 in Business & Finance Careers & Employment Other - Careers & Employment

1 answers

Please do not be offended but your resume is not good enough. Here are some tips for writing a good resume.

A resume is a concise summary of all the information about us: education, work experience, achievements and other personal details, that will interest an employer. Although our prospective employer will read our cover letter before our resume, the letter will just highlight a few of the many facts that we include in a well-organized resume.

Anticipate the keywords an employer will attach to the position you seek by keeping a log of words taken from help wanted ads and other sources. Electronic resume software programs search for job titles, departments, degrees, universities attended, companies worked for, and the organization you belong to. Try to use the keywords as often as possible, without “overburdening” your resume with them

There is a fairly standard form for detailing information about ourselves, and employers expect us to submit it in a recognizable way. The following sections discuss the possible content and manner of presentation for our resume.

1. Heading. Resumes are usually headed with our name, address and telephone number. This information may either be centered at the top of the page or placed in the top left-hand corner.

2. Career Goal. Our career goal, which follows our personal identification, is one entry that every employer is interested in. We must be specific as we can, listing our immediate goal and not some vague future dream.

3. Job Position Being Applied For. We must specify the position we are applying for. Examples: systems analyst, account executive, securities analyst, etc. This position must be related to our career goal.

4. Education and Training. This major section should state the most important qualifications we can offer for the job we are applying for. If it is work experience, that section should come next. If it is our educational background that is more important, place it first.

In either case, we must tailor our qualifications to fit the job requirements. This does not mean, however, that we are to falsify the information we provide. It simply means that we are to pick out those qualifications that have the most direct relationship to the job for which we are applying. For example, suppose we are applying for the position of market researcher. The person who reads our resume will not be interested in finding out that we had taken courses in baking, orchid raising or canteen operation. They will not also be interested in learning that we have worked as a teller in a bank. But this person will be interested in reading about our experience in research, or if our educational background is in mathematics, statistics, etc, and if we had taken a speed-reading course.

The most common way to describe our education is to list any university, college, or vocational school we have attended with the dates of attendance and any diplomas or certificates we have obtained. We always place our most recent educational experience at the top of the list and work back from there.

If we want to stress our education, we may want to include our major field of study and the names of significant courses, which we have completed. We may also want to list any honors or awards we have received.

A prospective employer is looking for evidence of leadership potential, social poise, and interest in a broad enough range of activities to make us an interesting person. Therefore, we could list our extra-curricular activities in which we had taken part and list down the positions we held in campus or school organizations.

5. Work Experience. There are two acceptable ways of presenting our work background. The most common is to list our jobs in chronological order, with the present or the most recent one heading the list. With such an arrangement, the prospective employer can readily detect our progress or promotions. If we use this format, we should show the following:

a. Position held
b. Name and location of company
c. Date the position was held
d. Achievement in the position
e. Reason for leaving

In addition, we can strengthen our presentation by including the following:

a. Duties (emphasize responsibilities)
b. Name of immediate superior (if the person is still there and might be a good reference)
c. Job title (e.g. systems analyst, field sales manager, etc.)

If on the other hand, our experience is scattered, or we have done a lot of
Volunteer activities, or if our employment history is spotty; a functional resume can turn unrelated activities into a coherent business background. When we use this format, our experience is listed under descriptive categories. In this way, a wide variety of activities--paid or volunteer-- interspersed with inactive periods, can be presented to our advantage.

6. Personal Details. Personal data include gender, age, date and place of birth, race, religion (optional), marital status (including number of children), health, height, weight, interests and hobbies.

7. References. Applicants for a job are usually requested to give the names of at least three persons who can be asked or called to speak about us. The most appropriate persons include present or former employers, teachers, and other professionals. Also acceptable is a character reference whose name or occupation is respected.

If we include references in our resume, we must give each individual's name, title, organization (if any), address and telephone number. If we choose to provide the prospective employer with references at the time of the interview, we make the following notation on our resume: REFERENCES: Will be supplied upon request. In either case, we must ask permission from the person before including his/her name as reference.

THE COMPLETED RESUME

Finally, our completed resume must be concise, well organized, and easy to read. The length should be one page or two pages, at most. After all, we are summarizing our most important qualifications for a particular job, not telling the story of our life.

Appearance, too, is a very important factor to the over-all presentation of our resume. We must be careful not to overcrowd or spread out the information on a page. We should also have our resume carefully typed or printed single-space on 8 1/2" x 11" good quality white bond paper. One, which is handwritten, or full of poorly made corrections will probably not be read at all.

Honesty is a very important factor in a resume. Phony degrees or schools will be discovered. We should not also exaggerate our accomplishments.

Our resume should show progress, advancement and ambition. A good resume must get us at least an interview.

For an in-depth study on resume writing and to give you an idea how it looks please go to these links and type in the search words "How to write a resume." MS Word also has a resume template, which you can follow.

http://www.google.com

http://www.yahoo.com

http://www.monster.com/geo/siteselection.asp

Peace and blessings!

Source:
Dr. Josefina O. Santamaria
Career Systems, Inc.

2007-07-31 20:14:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

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2016-12-23 21:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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i am filling out a resume and dont know what to put? is what i have good?
Objective Get hands on experience in a Firm that will allow me to grow and learn
more about the career I am pursuing.
I have lived in Dekalb County all my life and plain on staying; so I want to
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2016-12-18 14:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You don't have much experience so it is a good idea to have a section on your personality (eg, I am a careful person who likes to make sure I do the job properly. I am a friendly person and believe it is important to work as part of a team.)

Accountants should be careful and have attention to detail. etc etc

You should try and rewrite your objectives.

For example. I am interesting in pursuing a career in accounting and business. I am currently looking for work in a business or office enviroment to help further my career.

Good luck

2007-07-31 16:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by flingebunt 7 · 0 0

Elaborate on what you did, for example when you talk about being on the speech team for 2 years, put a sub point about how you did in the competitions if you are proud of how you placed. Same with basketball and stuff, if you were MVP for a game, say so. Its better to oversell yourself as long as you're still telling the truth.

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For objectives, list some things that you plan to accomplish that are related to the job you're looking at. For qualifications, list the experiences and characteristics that you possess that would make you a good fit for the particular job.

2016-03-26 21:12:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Wow! thanks! I was asking myself the same question the other day

2016-08-24 10:32:56 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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