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- Click on one of the following that best defines the resume:
A selective record of your
education background--your major, GPA, important projects, special
courses, academic awards, instructor references, and so on.
A selective record of your
education, work background, military experience, certifications,
abilities, and anything else relevant to your job search.
A listing of the specific
aspects of your background that relate to the specific employment
for which you are applying.
A document that identifies
the employment position that you are seeking, indicates a desire to
have an interview, and lists the dates and times you are available
for interview.
- If your resume had a section listing your work experience (in reverse
chronological order) and a separate section listing your education
(in reverse chronological order), which type of organization would you
be using?
Functional organization
Thematic organization
Objective organization
Highlight organization
- If your resume had a section where you listed all education and work
experience related to your technical abilities; another section for
everything related to your project-management abilities; and another
section for everything related to your supervisory abilities, which type of
organization would you be using?
Functional organization
Thematic organization
Objective organization
Highlight organization
- Click on each of the elements that can be (but not necessarily have to
be) used in the heading portion of a resume:
Name and address(es)
Phone number(s)
Work experience
References
Occupation or title
Goals or objectives
Memberships in professional
associations
- Which of the following best describes the most advantageous
circumstances in which to use the thematic design in a resume?
When you are just beginning
your career and don't have a lot to fill up a resume with.
When you have been in your
career for 4 or 5 years and have accumulated experience in several
specific areas.
- Click on the answer that best defines the objective-type resume
and that indicates whether you should write one like it for the related
assignment in this course:
The objective-type resume
lists names, dates, addresses, and job titles and does not describe your
responsibilities or provide qualitative information. You should not
write this type for this course.
The objective-type resume
provides details about your work duties and the quality of your work as
well as names, dates, addresses, and other such facts. You should not
write this type for this course.
The objective-type resume
lists names, dates, addresses, and job titles and does not describe your
responsibilities or provide qualitative information. You should
write this type for this course.
The objective-type resume
provides details about your work duties and the quality of your work as
well as names, dates, addresses, and other such facts. You should
write this type for this course.
- Which of the following statements about resume design and format is
true, according to this textbook?
You should not use lengthy paragraphs
over six lines; they make it difficult for the prospective employer
to quickly scan your resume.
Paragraphs over six lines are
actually advantageous because they enable you to work in more detail
and consequently make your resume both more compact and more professional
looking.
- According to the textbook, a popular section in resumes is one in
which you list your key qualifications, both from your education as well
as your work experience. Occurring just below the heading portion of the
resume, this section acts as an overview of your best qualifications.
What is this section called in this textbook?
Highlights section
Amplifications section
Objectives section
Functional section
- The chapter refers to a format called "hanging head." Which of the
following best defines that format?
The headings (such as
"Education" or "Experience") are flush left and all body text is indented
an inch or an inch and a half.
The headings (such as
"Education" or "Experience") are centered on the page and use a large
bold type style.
The headings (such as "Education"
or "Experience") are flush left as well as all body text.
- Which of the following is true concerning required design for resumes
both in "real life" and in this course, according to this textbook?
There is no "required" design:
you design your resume according to your individual background and the
characteristics of the employment you are seeking.
Every profession or field
has its own required format that you must adhere to, or otherwise
your resume will never even be looked at.
- Concerning abbreviations and acronyms, which of the following is
true, according to the textbook?
You should define every
abbreviation and acronym because you just cannot assume all potential
employers will know what they mean.
You need not bother with defining
any of the abbreviations or acronyms in your resume because doing so
just takes up more valuable space in your resume.
- Is the following statement true or false according to the textbook:
Try to limit your resume to two margins (for example, the far-left
margin and another margin for indented paragraphs).
Too many interior margins in a resume make it
cluttered, disorganized, and harder to read or scan.
True!
False!