1、Job Searching Writing,Rsum,Format of a rsum,Format: Keep it short/simple /easy to read Length: Limit resume to 1-2 typed pagesFont: choose professional font type such as Arial or Times New RomanPaper: choose plain white, ivory color, light cream, or grey bright color such as green or yellow is a big
2、 NO.,x,x,Format of a Rsum,Plenty of spaceHeadingsBullet lists,Content,Content: keep it relevant. Irrelevant items- Hobbies - Age - Marital Status - Height and Weight - Salary - Photograph - Religious or Political Affiliations Irrelevant to the position,Vocabulary of resume,Simplicity and clarity Use
3、 short words and phrases Use active voice Use power words (action verbs),Traditional / Chronological resume: Organize your activities and accomplishments by time. Widely used; best used by students or individuals with stead work record Functional / skill based resume: Emphasize applicants skills Bes
4、t used by individuals who have experience or may be is changing careers Combined resume,Sections of a Rsum,Contact Information/ Personal details: 简历信头/个人信息,Goes at the top of the resume and must be accurate. Be sure to include at least your name on each page of the resume Include: Name Permanent and
5、/or campus addresses Permanent and/or campus phone numbers Email address,Contact Information:置中的信头,Cameo Bohnino 227 Harrison, Apt. 5 West Lafayette, IN 47906 Cell: 765.410.6283 Email:cbohninopurdue.edu,Contact Information:分两栏的信头,Cameo Bohnino Campus Address: Permanent Address: 227 Harrison, Apt. 5
6、5226 Buckbridge West Lafayette, IN 47906 Fort Wayne, IN 46815 765.410.6283 260.482.670 Email: cbohninopurdue.eduCell: 765.410.6283,Example 1 is centered in the top middle of the page. Example 2 is presented in 2 columns The example above has both a campus address and a permanent address. The student
7、 must decide if he or she wants to include both or just one address. Another example of contact information with one address.,Bad example,ResumeName: Zheng Yan Sex: Male Born: June 2, 1987 Marital status: Single Room 212 Building 343 Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (010) 62771234 Email:,Job Obje
8、ctive / Career Goal / Career Objective 工作目标,a specific job or position you seek long-term goal benefit you bring to employer,Find key words from the job title or job description of job ads. 从招聘广告找相应的职位,e.g. To obtain a position as a A position as a Bookkeeper Seeking a position as a Licensed Vocatio
9、nal Nurse for St. Marys Hospital A summer internship in a sales/marketing position Entry-level position in . Full-time / Part-time position as a A position requiringskills in the area of position inwith responsibilities for.Advertising trainee position with opportunity to use skills in computer grap
10、hics and possibility to work into advertising associate position广告实习职位，有机会使用计算机制图技能，有可能晋升到广告部副主管。,My immediate goal is to obtain a challenging meaningful entry-level sales position in the computer industry, which will enable me to utilize my hard-earned communication and computer skills in the pursu
11、it of organizational objectives.,Position as a teacher,Ineffective Job Objective 无效工作目标,Too general,Too long; Use sentences and “my”, “I” Nothing about what you can do for the employer,Part-time, entry-level EFL teaching position in a secondary school in China with opportunity for eventual full-time
12、 employment.,To obtain a full-time position as a math teacherin a secondary school,Effective Job Objective 有效工作目标,Position as a teacher,x,Education学历 Academic Experience / Educational Background,Beginning with the highest level of educational achievement, include:从最高学历开始 University / school attended
13、 Major/Minors Date of program completion information GPA (if 3.0 or above) Related courses Honors and awards,Bachelor of Science in Management December 2007Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, IN,Education: University/ School/ Degree/major,Example 1Example 2,December 200
14、7 Bachelor of Science in Management Purdue University, Krannert School of ManagementWest Lafayette, IN,Education: courses,Bachelor of Science in Management December 2007Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, IN Relevant courses: Courses: Specialized courses,Education: Acad
15、emic records/ Marks /Grades 学习成绩,Overall GPA: 87/100 Major GPA: 88/100 ranked in top six of 210 member class. Averaged 91% GPA during four years of college and received three scholarships for academic excellence 大学四年平均成绩91分(百分制),因学习成绩优异获得三项奖学金,Education: Academic awards/ Scholarships 学术奖励,获得一等奖学金Top
16、 Scholarship winner/ First-Class Scholarship winner 北京大学奖学金Scholarship from Peking University 被授予三好学生称号Won the title of Merit Student / Excellent Student Award 全额研究生奖学金Full graduate assistantship scholarship from Florida Polytechnic Institute,Education: Academic Experience学术经历 (projects, research),2
17、007.8-present Undertake research on predicting sound fields in large rooms and pressure vessels using Diffusion Equations, School of Architecture, Florida PolytechnicInstitute 2005.32005.8 Undertook research on wave fields synthesis, State Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, Nanjing University,Educa
18、tion: Publications发表作品,Submitted On diffusion equation models, submitted in Feb. 2007 to Journal of the Acoustical Society Accepted Random Stress-induced Frequency Shifts, accepted in Jan 2007 by IEEE Transaction on Ultrasonics Published Influence of Immersed Electrodes on Force Frequency, published
19、 in 2006 by Japanese Journal of Applied Physics,Education Undergraduate: The north ethnic university Chinese department of 2007.9-2011.6 graduated from bachelor of Chinese language and literature Graduate school: Institute of Beijing university of posts and telecommunications 2012.9-2015.6 Major: Mu
20、ltimedia,Bad example,Master of Engineering in Expected graduation June 2015 Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Beijing School of Courses: Cumulative GPA:Bachelor of Science June 2009 Hebei University, Shijiazhuang School of Management,Work Experience/ Experience 工作经验,Employers want to
21、 know: “What is this individual going to do for me?” “What skills can you offer me?” List your results and/or achievements that relate to the position desired Not a job description! Not just job duties.,Match your headings to the job Sell benefits, not skills,Work Experience/ Experience 工作经验,Name of
22、 the employer/company, contact info, period Job title + responsibilities & achievement (Use numbers, percentages, statistics, examples to illustrate your achievements) Reverse chronological order or in order of importance Write in past tense for previous jobs Present tense for current job,Example Ac
23、complishment Statements: Management: “Developed and managed an annual budget of $50M meeting departments profit goals.” Inventory Control: “Managed companys 500-item, $10M stock inventory warehouse with 100% accountability.”,Work Experience: Highlight job title,Server May 2003-June 2006 The Blu Toma
24、to, Fort Wayne, Indiana - Provided customers with superior service and ensure their comfort in an upscale restaurant environment - Achieved net sales averaging between $400 and $750 a night Swim Coach Summers 2004-2005 Blackhawk Swim Team, Fort Wayne, Indiana - Improved the swimming skills of childr
25、en ages 4-18 while encouraging the children to stay on task - Constructed line-ups for a competitive advantage at swim meets,Duties and accomplishments: V-ed or V,Experience: Highlight companies,Purdue Athletic Promotions, West Lafayette, IN April 2004-Present Manager of Promotions for Purdue Swimmi
26、ng and Diving Create and implement a promotional campaign to increase attendance at swimming and diving events Design advertisements for newspapers, radio, and campusBlackhawk Swim Team, Fort Wayne, Indiana Summers 2004-2005 Swim Coach Improved the swimming skills of children ages 4-18 while encoura
27、ging the children to stay on task Constructed line-ups for a competitive advantage at swim meets,Experience: responsibilities/ achievements,Tips: Use phrases instead of sentences Avoid “I”, “me”, “my” Use concrete and strong action verbs Use parallelism Use the correct tenses,Exercise: Revise the fo
28、llowing statements,I assisted the manager Worked as a volunteer twelve hours a week Developed a new product line which sells well Responsibilities: Reviewing contracts Helped train new employees Correspondence with customers,Key,I assisted the manager (太模糊，使用句子） Assisted insurance manager in trainin
29、g employees, selling policies, filing claims, making bank deposits and answering emails and letters.Worked as a volunteer twelve hours a week （需要细节） Volunteered twelve hours weekly for a nonprofit suicide prevention agency. Answered the hotline telephone calls, and prepared a computer analysis of cl
30、ient issues and viable solutions,Key,Developed a new product line which sells well （需要用具体数据突出业绩）Developed a new product line that added 50, 000 yuan in sales and increased the market share by 5%,Responsibilities: （非平行结构） Reviewing contracts Helped train new employees Correspondence with customers Re
31、sponsibilities Reviewed contracts Helped train new employees Corresponded with customers,Experience (Internship / Summer Jobs / Part-time Jobs / volunteer experience),Full-time in summers as a.at + responsibilities Part-time as a during school Worked part-time as an interpreter for Volunteered for 2
32、008 Beijing Olympic Games. Wrote brochures and received guests.,Experience (Summer Jobs / Part-time Jobs),2003年9月至2006年6月,担任浙江大学助教.负责程序设计,检查故障,辅导学生做电脑工作,管理所有使用者的时间分配记录.September 2003 to June 2006, Teaching Assistant at Zhejiang Universityprogrammed, checked system malfunction assisted students with
33、computer jobs, kept time-sharing records on all users.,Extracurricular activities/Activities 课外活动/活动,Active in college student union/council Senior year: President, coordinated and planned organization activities including educational and social programs,July 2004-June 2005, Membership Chairman, ABC
34、 Club: Increased membership by 20%, in charge of public relations,Captain, College Soccer Team Contributed to the winning of College Soccer Contest,Won first place in the Competition for the Best Ten Singers of Peking university,Personal: Skills,Computer AbilitiesSkilled in use of MS Frontpage, Win
35、95/NT, Sun, Javabeans, HTML, CGI, JavaScript, Perl, Visual Interdev, Distributed Objects, CORBA, C, C+Experienced in Project 98, Office 2003, Rational RequisitePro, Process,Pascal, PL/I and SQL softwareWorking knowledge of all common office machines.,Skills: Language / Language proficiency,Proficien
36、t / Fluent in English CET-6: 86; TOEFL:623 Have a good command of both spoken and written English .,Bad example,ProfileI treasure the time in school and study hard with the rigorous attitude .I am also serious and responsible for my work. Everyone who know me says I am generous and easy-going; I hav
37、e a strong self-learning ability and self-binding. I am always self-confident. Motto: More tolerance for others, gain more.,Summary of qualifications Obtained industry experience through internship at Boeing and collaborated on a project with BASF Proficient in aerosol/nanoparticle synthesis, sampli
38、ng and measurements Experience in air filtration, engine emission, and flow measurement/CFD Knowledgeable about thermal-fluid problems, aerosol physics, and mechanical design,Summary of qualifications Strong communication skills and team spirit Highly-motivated and commitment to duty strong proficiency in telecommunication and impressive hands-on experience in,
