B. Analyze the above-mentioned cover (prospecting) letter according to the layout (pg.31 )
Task assignment
You have written your application letter according to the ad that you found. Now you are searching for a job, write a cover (prospecting) letter to the company that you would like to work in.
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Resume
The resume is aselling tool outlining your skills and experience so an employer can see, at a glance, how you can contribute to the employer's workplace.
Tips in writing resumes
Make your resume positive and completely error-free. If you are seeking two or three different positions, prepare two or three separate resumes, each tailored to the job you are targeting
The following 10 tips will help you learn how to get employers to read your resume:
1. Include a profile
2. Keep the resume short
3. Give more importance on content than on looks
4. Clearly identify your skills
5. List your educational and professional qualifications
6. Add related qualifications and interests
7. Focus on your job responsibilities
8. Be honest with your resume
9. Always attach a covering letter
10. Proofread your resume
Layout
Resume format
Name (centered or left justified; bold and larger than other text)
School address 1st line 2nd line Telephone Email address (email address under your name looks fine also)
Set your table borders as "none" in Microsoft Word, so the borders will not appear on your resume document. The table format is solely to help you structure your resume and reformat easily.
Permanent Address 1st line 2nd line Telephone
Objective
Your concise objective here
Education
B.S. (Major), June 2006 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Blacksburg, Virginia GPA: x.x/4.0 Earned and financed 70% of tuition and college expenses
Skills
First skill Another skill Etc.
Experience
Employer Company/Organization, City & State location Job Title, Month/Year dates (DO use the bullet feature in MS Word to list each item) (DON'T try to manually insert bullets and manually add spacing to make your indentions line up)
Activities & Honors
(Leadership position in organization) (Award) (Scholarship) Etc.
The content of this sample is not intended to tell you exactly what to include or how to order YOUR resume.
Resume sample
ALEXEY VASILIEV
CURRENT CONTACT DETAILS:
25 Taylor Street, Blockhouse Bay,
Auckland 1007, New Zealand.
E-mail: alexey.vasiliev@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position in technical service in a computer information system company or a large international company with an established international presence and to apply my skills, background, work and professional experience to contribute to a company’s growth in areas related to digital signal processing, embedded systems and software\hardware development, service and exploitation.
TOTAL EXPERIENCE 10 Years
Network administrator- Service IT-engineer
09\2003 – 07\2006
Heriot-Watt Petroleum Engineering Approved Support
Tomsk, Russia
Networking administration (Cisco, 200 IBM-PC, IBM – Servers, SGI, SunServer 250, SunBlade 100; print-center (with Xerox X2 Plotter A0, Xerox M35; personal management; carrying out the negotiations, business correspondence and confinement of contracts for delivery; guarantee and post-guarantee repairing, network projects, plans and organization, installation and tuning, designing of logical and physical topology of the net; 24-hours serviced; repairing computers and printers.
Network administrator- Service IT-engineer
05\2002-09\2003
“Zond Reclama” Advertising Holding Company
Tomsk, Russia
Networking administration (100 IBM-PC, IBM- Servers, MAC computers, print-center, ATC, cartridge refilling and repairing; personal management; guarantee and post- guarantee repairing, network projects, plans and organization, installation and tuning, designing of logical and physical topology of the net; 24-hours serviced; repairing computers and printers.
Network administrator- Service IT-engineer
03\2000-09\2001
“PROXYS” Company
Tomsk, Russia
Research of wholesale and retail computer market; organization and control of financial lines and delivery of lots of merchandise from Moscow and St-Petersburg to Tomsk; carrying out the negotiations, business correspondence and confinement of contracts for delivery; personal management; guarantee and post-guarantee repairing, control of quality; network projects, plans and organization, installation and tuning; networking administration; installation of routers in Tomsk for a City Net; 24-service; development digital processing systems for oil and food companies.
Network administrator- Service IT-engineer
03\1999-03\2000
“Demo-Telecom”
Company
Tomsk, Russia
Research of wholesale and retail computer market; organization and control of financial lines and delivery of lots of merchandise from Moscow and St-Petersburg to Tomsk; carrying out the negotiations, business correspondence and confinement of contracts for delivery; personal management; guarantee and post-guarantee repairing, control of quality; network projects, plans and organization, installation and tuning; networking administration; 24-hour service; development digital processing systems for food companies.
Service IT-engineer, programmer
10\1996-03\1999
“Complex Pro” Company
Tomsk, Russia\ Moscow
Work in the LAN projects, installation and tuning; administration of LAN (UNIX, Windows); work in Moscow with wholesale suppliers and network service; guarantee and post- guarantee repairing,24-hour service, development digital processing systems for oil companies and software for small business companies.
Service IT-engineer, programmer
07\1995-10\1996
“Him-Story” Building
Company
Tomsk, Russia
Computer equipment service in subdivisions; network administrator LAN; taught Modern Operating Systems course in the Tomsk Poly Installation, support and repairing
technic University, 24-hour service, development digital processing systems for oil companies and software for small business companies.
COMPUTER SKILLS
a) Gained through Academic Exposure:
Programming: Pascal, C, Java, Assembler
OS: MS-DOS, Windows 3.1-3.11\95\98\2000\XP\NT4; OS\2 3.0\4.0, Solaris 2.5 1\ 2.6\8,FreeBSD, Novell Netware 3.1 \ 4.1 Linux, Fr
Office programs: MS Office 95\98\2000 XP (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Staroffice
Internet:Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera
Computer maintaining:Hardware and Software
Nets:Ethernet, ATM, FDDI, Talking Ring, Wi-Fi, Lan Server, Lan Manager
b) Gained through Work Experience:
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2001 Diploma expert by certification technical support (Academy Standards and Certification of Russia, Moscow)
90\1 Volgogradsky Str.
Moscow, Russia, 109443,
Tel. (+7) 0951724690
1999 Certificate “Enterprise Computing” program “Competency 1500” (for System Engineer) Sun Microsystems. (Redcenter, Moscow)
MSU, Vorobjovy Gory, Moscow, Russia
Tel. (+7) 095 9308708
1998 Certificate “Workgroup Computing” program “Competency 1000” (for System Engineer) Sun Microsystems. (Redcenter, Moscow)
MSU, Vorobjovy Gory, Moscow, Russia
Tel. (+7) 095 9308708
1995 Diploma Engineer-Electronic System Technician, Tomsk State Academy of Automatic Systems of Control and Radio Electronics.
Brainbench – Computer Technical Support, Network Technical Support
RetraTech Certification Center – Computer Technical Support, Network Installation and Configuring, MCP
INTERESTS:
Fishing, rafting, Nordic skiing, orienteering, marathon racing. Professional sportsman for 20 years, and participation in international competitions ( Moscow marathon race 1991, Omsk international marathon 1991-Russia; orienteering championship FINS 1994 – Finland, O-Ringen 1994 – Sweden).
(This resume is intended for the recipient only and is private communication not intended for forwarding.)
8.5 Resume software
Page margins of 1/2 to 1 inch on all sides generally look fine.
Use Microsoft Word to prepare your resume.
DO create your own simple Microsoft Word format, using a table with invisible borders:
1. Except for your name, which can be larger, font sizes of 10, 11 or 12 generally look fine. Note that Arial 12 and Times 12 are not the same size. If you have trouble getting your content on one page, use a smaller font, like Arial 10.
2. Create your heading (name, addresses, phone numbers and email). You can create a three-column, two-row table (with cells merged on top row) to organize your heading, as shown below, if you find this helpful.
3. For the body of your resume, create a table; one column for headings; another column for content; one row for each heading section.
4. You can resize and realign your content easily as you revise your resume. Using the table format means you don't have to individually tab each line of your resume.
5. Set your borders to be invisible: format > borders and shading > borders > none. You'll see them on screen as guidelines, but they won't print.
Exercises
1. Analyze the above-mentioned resume according to the layout.
