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Graduate Career Services Fall Workshop Series
Resumes and Interviewing
Implementing Your
Marketing Plan

Agenda
□ Resume Overview
□ Resume Tips, suggestions, samples
□ Formats
□ Exercise
□ Interviewing
□ Introduction and sharing of experiences
□ Discussion
□ Let’s practice!

A Resume is…
□ Designed to peek the readers interest in you and
create the desire to interview you
□ The first introduction to an employer/school
□ The principle written piece with which you
communicate your goals, experience, skills and
accomplishments
□ Going to create a lasting impression that will
carry through all stages of the interview/hiring
process
□ A Document in progress

Writing a Professional Resume

□ There is no one right way to write a professional
resume
□ Think of your resume as a written argument to
obtain a goal rather than as a diary
□ Make a commitment to tailor your resume
to a school or potential employer – this does not
mean just write an objective statement and call it
a day!

□ Five prevailing sections of a chronological
resume
□ Heading
□ Objective or Summary
□ Education
□ Work Experience
□ Other Information (multitude of choices here)
□ Other popular sections
□ Profile or “Summary of Qualifications”
□ Academic Experience
□ Relevant Projects
□ Leadership Experience

□ Headings
□ All contact information should go on top
□ Do not include personal information such as
age, marital status, or health
□ Use a permanent address (local if at school
as well)
□ Use a permanent telephone number
□ Use a professional email address
□ Include webpage only if it reflects your
professional ambitions

□ Objective
□ Be specific about the job you want or school you are
applying to
□ Tailor your objective to each employer you target and
every job you seek
□ Let’s go over the writing objective statements handout
in your packet

□ Education
□ New Graduates with little to no work
experience should list education information
first
□ Most recent education listed first
□ Include your degree, major, high school
attended, and your minor/concentration
□ Add academic strengths and GPA
□ Mention academic honors

□ Work Experience
□ To give an overview of where you obtained your skills
□ Write “Action-Oriented”: Use Action Verbs! (Provided
in handouts)
□ Be specific and concise, no narratives, first-person
writing, etc.
□ Write in “the language of the reader”
□ Include work/school experience in reverse
chronological order
□ Most recent job first, working backwards to your first job
□ Again, transferable skills!

□ Society of Numbers – Results Oriented
□ Specific Results, Responsibilities and the
creation of value to the reader
□ Examples:
□ Advised students regarding their career plans
□ Provided personal career advising and
planning to approximately 50 undergraduate
students per week

□ Continued:
□ Worked as a shift manager
□ Promoted to shift manager after six months of
employment
□ Responsible for scheduling 12 employees,
organizing a restaurant with a 200 guest
capacity

□ Continued:
□ Performed a feasibility study for a new area
golf course
□ Designed and implemented a feasibility study
for a new area golf course. Public results of
study increased interest by 47%

□ Other Information
□ Seek advice on relevance to your resume
□ Special Skill or competency
□ Leadership Experience
□ Volunteer Experience
□ Clubs and/or Activities, Affiliations, etc.
□ Relevant Projects, Academic Experience, etc.

□ General Rules to follow..
□ Determine who the reader is
□ Write for the reader
□ Make your resume easy to read and
aesthetically pleasing
□Bullet job descriptions
□ Write with substance and depth, not length

□ Formatting Suggestions
□ Keep your resume to one page*
□ Use standard formatting (Times New Roman or Arial)
□ Standard size, adjustable if necessary
□ Proofread!!!!!!
□ Tailor your comments to each job/application
□ Be selective in what you include and organize your
information logically and strategically

□ Formatting suggestions (cont.)
□ Aesthetically speaking, leave white space on your
resume
□ Aim for 1-inch margins
□ Ivory or white space, no dark or hard to see paper on
original paper
□ Resume is not the place to be fanciful, whimsical or
cute. Avoid colors, thick boxes, or anything that
would be distracting to the content itself
□ DO NOT LIE ON YOUR RESUME!

Video Clip - Whimsical

□ Exercise
□ Start putting together the pieces
□ Review resume samples

References
□ A quick note on references
□ Should always be on a separate sheet
□ “References available upon request”
□ Acquiring permission FIRST
□ Changing your reference relevant to the position
□ On reference sheet, be sure to include the following
for each reference:
□ Mr./Ms./Mrs. First Name, Last Name
□ Proper Title, Company
□ Mailing address
□ Phone number
□ E-mail address

Interviewing

Interviewing
□ An interview…
□ Offers you and the employer/school the
opportunity to learn whether or not there is a
fit between you and the organization
□ Is a two way street
□ Indicates general qualifications as
demonstrated on your resume/transcripts
□ Takes time and preparation

Interviewing
□ Regardless of school/employers are interested
in…
□ Communication Skills
□ Interpersonal and Teamwork Skills
□ Leadership Qualities/Potential
□ Organizational Skills
□ Analytical and Problem-Solving Ability
□ Maturity
□ Academic accomplishments
□ Others?

Interviewing
□ Preparation for the Interview
□ Careful Systematic Preparation
□ Calmer, more organized and articulate
□ Four Critical Areas of Preparation
1. Know Yourself and Your Career Objectives
2. Gather information about the organization and
position you seek
3. Anticipating probable questions and formulated
responses to those questions
4. Come to the interview ready to ask informed
questions
Process of Effective
Interviewing

Interviewing – Areas of Preparation
□ Know Yourself
□ Results of Self-Assessment
□ Goal Setting
□ Exercises from Project Challenge

□ Knowing the Company/School
□ Websites
□ Talk with counselors, family, friends, current
students
□ What did I miss?

□ Process of Effective Interviewing
□ Reading the Interviewer exercise (page 9)

Interviewing – Preparation Points to
Consider
□ Practice makes perfect!
□ Recording yourself answering questions, etc.
□ Watch for filler words and habits
□ Interview Attire
□ Non-Verbal Body Language
□ Know your goals and what makes you, you
□ Prepare PSR’s, questions and answers

Interviewing
□ Day of the Interview
□ Environmental and Logistical Factors
□ Personal Preparation
□ Upon arrival and before you meet your
interviewer
□Receptionist
□Waiting Room Behavior

Interviewing
□ Stages of an interview
□ Getting started
□ The Body of the Interview
□Down to Business
□ Can you do the job? Will you do well in our academic
programs? Will you fit in here?
□Answering Interview Questions
□ Closing the Interview
□ After the Interview

Interviewing
□ Answering Interview Questions
□ Listen Carefully to the questions being asked!
□ Focus on what is really being asked
□ Answer questions briefly and always as an
advantage/credit to yourself
□ Answer the real question by presenting your
related skills and track record
□ Practice answering sample interviewing
questions

Interviewing
□ Closing the Interview continued…
□ Do
□Leave the interviewer with a positive image of you
being confident, enthusiastic and courteous
□Ask the recruiter when you can expect to be
contacted
□Re-emphasize your interest in the position
□Ask for a business card
□Shake the recruiter’s hand, and thank him/her for
considering you
□Send a thank you letter within 24 hours

Interviewing
□ DO Be honest and realistic with your job expectations.
□ DO Be a few minutes early to the interview. Call them ahead of time
if you need to cancel or will be late
□ DO Bring a resume along with you.
□ DO Be respectful of the interviewers and all other employees you
might meet during the interview.
□ DO Make a good first impression.
□ DO Dress appropriately.
□ DO Be prepared.
□ DO Talk about what types of things you've done that have made a
positive impact on your clubs, organizations, church or other
activities.
□ DO Know how many hours per week you can work and when you
can work. Be able to tell them your school and activity schedules.
□ DO Be yourself.

Interviewing
□ DON'T Get involved if it seems like a job you might not do well.
□ DON'T Be late for an interview.
□ DON'T Miss an appointment without letting them know you aren't
coming!
□ DON'T Walk into the interview unprepared.
□ DON'T Be shy and quiet.
□ DON'T Act like you just rolled out of bed 20 minutes ago and you
are still half asleep.
□ DON'T Dress like a slob
□ DON'T Come to the interview without thinking about what possible
questions you may be asked or what you want to
□ DON'T Rattle off a list of everything you are involved in without
telling them how you've made a difference in those
□ DON'T Go to the interview with NO CLUE how often you expect to
work or when you are able to
□ DON'T Put on a false show to impress the interviewer. If you get the
job, you will soon be found out!

Interviewing
□ Follow up notes, letters are critical
□Common courtesy
□Make a favorable impression
□Reiterate certain points that came up in the
interview

Interviewing
□ In closing
□ Review information packet for samples and
additional tips
□ Remember the four most important things in
preparing for an interview
□Know yourself and your career objective
□Know the company/school and the position/major
□Be ready to answer and ask questions
informatively
□ PRACTICE!

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