Imagine that you are the recruiting officer. Interview both candidates.

1.8. Write down headings such as Education, Experience, Skills. Beneath each heading, put down the relevant personal information. After you have had all this information, check it for accuracy. You'll need full names, correct and consistent dates and correct spellings.

Education - usually means post-secondary and can include special seminars, summer school or night school as well as College and University. List degrees and month/year obtained or expected; names and locations of schools, grades. A brief summary of important courses you've taken might also be helpful.

Experience - includes full-time paid jobs, academic research projects, internships, part-time jobs or volunteer work. List month/years you worked, position, name and location of employer or place and responsibilities you had.

Even if you're new to a field, you aren't necessarily starting from scratch.

Skills - list computer languages and software, foreign languages indicating fluency, teaching or tutoring, communication or leadership, among others.

1.8.1. Match your skills and experience with your potential employer’s needs.

Position - what kind of position do you want for this job-search?

Make notes. Now match your wishes up with positions that are actually available. You can get this information through postings, ads, personal contacts, or your own research.

Employer - for certain positions, what aspects of your education, experience or skills will be most attractive to that employer?

Highlight details that demonstrate your capabilities. Look over what you've written and try to select details of your education, experience, qualifications, skills and activities that match an employer's needs in a few important areas.

1.8. 2 Using expressions from List 1:

a) construct your experience phrases so that they will demonstrate experience and capabilities that are relevant to employer's job requirements;

b) create a list of 5-7 key activities which closely match the employer's needs for the job, and for which you can demonstrate competence.

The use of action words / power verbs, are essential in the promotion of your skills and experience. Using these words at the start of each bullet point under the details of your employment will assist the reader in noticing your key achievements.

1.8.3 Decide what activities are relevant to you and the role /position, and then create phrases which add context and scale to whichever of these basic activities you choose to feature. Use expressions from the lists in Appendices.

1.8.4 Describe your relevant and impressive achievements on your CV in terms of activities, behavior and style. Provide evidence that you fit the job and have the personal characteristics that the role requires (achievements with suitable scale and context and wording imply personal characteristics). Use words and expressions from List 2.

RESUME

2.1. Make a list of all work related experiences and compare it with those given in the Appendices.

2.2. Think of ten personal qualities or characteristics you have that are valuable in the work place.To describe yourself use expressions from the Appendices.

2.3. Think of ten skills that you have developed and that would be most applicable in the new job for which you are applying. Use expressions from the Appendices.

Date: 2015-12-18; view: 778