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Resumes, Cover Letters and
Interviewing Tips
Carolyn Davidson Brewer
Assistant Director
North Texas Library Partners
What to Include on My Resume
• How Personal Should I Get?
• Are you posting online?
• Do you currently have a job?
• Hobbies and Family
• Volunteer Work
• Religion, Age and Children
What to Include on My Resume
• Must I List All of My Jobs?
• Gaps in Employment
• Fired? Laid Off?
• Chronological or Functional?
• Volunteer Work
• Details and Keywords
What to Include on My Resume
• Skills - Accomplishments - Expertise?
• Does it Relate?
• Examples of Work?
• Use Active Words (Design, Create, Increase)
What to Include on My Resume
•What About References?
•Friends, Family, Co-Workers
•Notify References Ahead of Time
•Keep it Professional
•Use email addresses/phone numbers
Chronological
Gregory L Pittman
284 Eighth Avenue
Houston, North Carolina 28012
704-824-0000
[email protected]
Objective
A competitive intelligence professional seeking challenges in sales and marketing.
Background
•Trade Show Intelligence.
•Marketing Plans.
•SWOT Analysis.
•Market Research.
Experience
August 1997 - Present
NxView Technologies, Inc.
Business Intelligence Manager
•Create NxView's 3D Software Competitive Intelligence System.
•Increase revenue 30% by rewriting NxView's marketing plan.
•Secure second round capital funding of $2 million.
January 1984 - August 1997
Duke Energy Company
Project Manager and Research Analyst
•Directed Duke Energy's purchase of Pan Energy.
•Manager of Competitive Analysis Department.
•Project Manager for $10 million energy test sites.
Education
Belmont Abbey College
BA in Business Administration
Professional
•SCIP - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals.
•Delta Epsilon Sigma - National Honor Society.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Microsoft Project 98. HTML, Website Creation, Internet Search Engines and Directory Listings.
Functional
Gregory L Pittman
284 Eighth Avenue
Houston, North Carolina 28012
704-824-0000
[email protected]
Objective
A dynamic Competitive Intelligence (CI) professional seeking challenges in sales and marketing.
Accomplishments
•Increased company revenue by 30% through a new marketing plan.
•Secured $2 million in capital funding.
•Directed $500 million purchase of a natural gas company.
•Created intelligence systems to monitor competitors.
•Increased energy sales by $1 million through weather analysis.
Employers
NxView Technologies, Inc.
NxView Technologies is a 3D software company that provides training and online learning products to military and academic customers in the
United States.
Duke Energy Company
Duke Energy is an international energy market provider.
Education
Belmont Abbey College
BA in Business Administration
Professional
•SCIP - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals.
•Delta Epsilon Sigma - National Honor Society.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Microsoft Project 98. HTML, Website Creation, Internet Search Engines and Directory
Listings.
Combination
Gregory L Pittman
284 Eighth Avenue
Houston, North Carolina 28012
704-824-0000
[email protected]
Objective
A competitive intelligence professional seeking challenges in sales and marketing.
Accomplishments
•Increased company revenue by 30% through new marketing plan.
•Secured $2 million in capital funding.
•Directed $500 million purchase of a natural gas company.
•Created intelligence systems to monitor competitors.
•Increased energy sales by $1 million through weather analysis.
Experience
August 1997 - Present
NxView Technologies, Inc.
Business Intelligence Manager
•Create NxView's 3D Software Competitive Intelligence System.
•Increase revenue 30% by rewriting NxView's marketing plan.
•Secure second round capital funding of $2 million.
January 1984 - August 1997
Duke Energy Company
Project Manager and Research Analyst
•Directed Duke Energy's purchase of Pan Energy.
•Manager of Competitive Analysis Department.
•Project Manager for $10 million energy test sites.
Education
Belmont Abbey College
BA in Business Administration
Professional
•SCIP - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals.
•Delta Epsilon Sigma - National Honor Society.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Microsoft Project 98. HTML, Website Creation, Internet Search Engines and Directory Listings.
Resume Versions to Prepare
•Print Version: designed with bulleted lists, italicized text, and other highlights,
ready to print and mail or hand to potential contacts and interviewers.
•Scannable Version: a less-designed version without the fancy design highlights.
Bulleted lists are fine, but that's about the limit.
•Plain Text Version: a plain text file ready to copy and paste into online forms or
post in online resume databases. This might also be referred to as a Text-Only
copy.
•E-mail Version: another plain text copy, but this one is specifically formatted for
the length-of-line restrictions in e-mail. This is also a Text-Only copy.
This is the same document presented in four ways, each formatted for a specific
delivery purpose.
Creating Scannable Resumes What does "Scannable" mean?
•Use white 8 1/2 x 11 paper.
•Do not fold or staple.
•Use standard font face (Times New Roman, Arial, Courier).
•Use a font size of no less than 12 and no more than 14 points.
•Do not condense spacing between lines.
•Use all capital letters for section headings.
•Do not use italics, underline, shadows, bold and dashes.
•Do not use vertical or horizontal lines.
•Place your personal information on each page.
•List each telephone number on its own line, with no dashes.
Keywords
Just below your name, create a Keyword section (like the other sections in your
résumé: Education, Experience, etc.). List discipline-unique words and phrases
potential employers can search for in the résumé database. For example,
keywords for a business professional might include the following:
Leadership skills
Ethics
Finance
Teamwork
Marketing
Total quality management
Keywords for a computer programmer would include software applications and
programming languages s/he has used:
C++
Java
Flash
CSS
XHTML
Step 1: Save Your MS Word Resume as Plain Text.
A Plain Text document works best for an electronic resume because you can adjust
the margins and formatting to suit the database or email system in which you are
working. To convert your MS Word resume to Plain Text, do the following:
1.Open the MS Word document that contains your resume.
2.Click the Office button (the logo in the upper left corner of your MS Word
window).
3.Click Save As and select Other Formats.
4.4. At the bottom of the window that pops up on your screen, type in a new
name for this document in the File Name field, such as "ResPlainText."
5.Under this is the Save As Type pull-down menu. Scroll down this list to select
"Plain Text (*.txt)."
6.Click Save to perform the conversion.
7. Click OK without changing any of the settings.
Step 2: Delete references to page two.
Step 3: Use all CAPS for words that need special emphasis.
Step 4: Replace each bullet point with a standard keyboard symbol.
Asterisks (*)
Cover Letters
• Are they really necessary?
• Even with an emailed resume?
• Tutorial
Applying Through Email
Getting your email opened, read, and actually considered really comes down to
some simple rules.
•Use the right Subject.
•Include a cover letter in your email and address it to the recipient.
•Always send your resume in the body of the e-mail message, not as an attachment.
•Make sure your resume is properly formatted for e-mail.
•If responding to an advertisement, read the application instructions and follow
them.
•Always remember: It only takes a second for someone to delete an e-mail message.
Yay! I Have an Interview
• Preparing for the Interview
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What Should I Wear?
What Should I Take?
Where Is It?
When Should I Arrive
• Applications and Background Checks
• Salary Requests
• What Do I Do Once the Interview is Finished?
Questions?
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