Show the emp!oyer that you have the “right stu盲f,,

Every occupation has certain requi「ements“ Carpenters must know how to read bu脚ng

Pians. SaIes people must know how to cIose a saIe" Custome「service peopIe must know

how to work with difficuIt people" Managers must know how to motivate people to get the

job done・ What’s the right stufffor your occupation? Don,t guess“ Find out, Show that you

have the specific s剛s emp10yerS Want, Here,s how-

○○t’s take i章from the begiming。

冊Sure yOu know what a portrait photogra-

Pher does. So’let,s use that occupation in the

foIIowing example.

1" Name thejob you want

> Por拓a/t photographer

2“ List the requirements of the job

> Capture紡e spirit of酌e s叫ect

> Set up the eq所)ment for励e photo shoot

> Estab/is屈he sett噂to get納e best shot

> Position and coach the s吻ect

> ScheduIe appointments fo se// photo

pa ckages

3" Select a requirement from you○ ○ist

> Capture the sp碗of励e su切ect

4. Give an exampie of when or how

you perf○○med it

> Used questions and answers pIus phofo-

posing samples to /dent砂and capture the

Sp腔of肋e su切ect

5. Add a few detaiis

> Used O&As p/us a caねIog of200+ photo-

posing samp/es fo妃en雄y and cap如re掘e

Spihでofnearty 700 peop/e

6〃 Repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 for

each additional job requi「ement on

your Iist

〇〇〇●O●●〇〇〇〇〇●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

“Lack oftechnicai s剛Is,’’is the number-One reaSOn

emp10yerS have troubIe f冊ngjob openings

-Manpower

10

Q。録Where Can菓置ind the

job reqIIilements fol my

Occupat雪on?掃

A= you need to do is visit柚deed, Career-

bu冊er, and Monster. Then, read a dozen help-

Wanted adve「tisements for you「 occup∂tio[.

In each ad, look for a statemen川ke言`The ideal

Candidate w冊be abie to …’’or ‘Job duties

include ∴’That’s where the hiring manager

teiis you exactly what she’s Iooking for.

Now, Pick outthe 5 0r6 commonjob

「equirements that a= of the ads seem to want.

That’s the stuff today’s hiring managers are

looking for. That’s the stuff you want to inciude

in your resume,

Q, `What kind of exampies

shouid l give?購

Think about the prqjects you worked on,

Specifica時Wh∂t W∂S aCCOmP“Shed and the

SPeCial role you played. That’s where your

best exampIes w冊come from.

ifyou have no experience with a certain

Sk町think aboutthe projects you worked on

in schooi, m冊ary, SPOrtS, VO両teering, Or

=fe experiences. Use those experiences as

Substitute ski=s (See reSume eXamPles on

PageS 14 a[d 15).

Q。置晴ow much detail $hould l

in○○ude?舞

Mentio[ the important facts。 Keep it simpIe.

Whenever possible言nclude numbers to

describe the voiume, Size, mOney, time′

effort, O「 reSult ofwhat you did, Numbers

inlPreSS PeOPle. They a=ow us to visualize

What was accomplished.

Oh-don’t get into the why or how of each

PrOject. That’s the back-StOry. Save those

interesting deta=s for yourjob血erview.

◎ COPYRIGHT, HARRY DAHLSTROM

Now’yOu tly it。

1. Name thejob you want

2.しist the job requirements

a.

b.

C.

d,

e.

3. Se音ect a job requirement from

your list above

4。 Give an exampIe ofwhen or how

you performed it

5。 Add detaiis

Continue on勅e nexf p∂ge-

㊧帥駐S了附凹耳目S挽回易しS

lfyou don’t have one ofthe

needed job requlrementS,

Offer a substltute. A

Substltute Shows that you

have slmllar knowledge.

Slmllar knowledge shows

thatyou can leam the

requlrement qulcker than

lfyou had no knowledge of

the requlrement.

For exampIe, lfyou don“t

have the sales experlenCe

「eq馴red for a giVen」Ob,

you mlght talk about your

Charitable fund-ralSing

accomplishments mStead.

FundralSlng lS Simllarto

Se冊g.

ifyou don’t have the lnterlOr

decoratIng eXPerienCe

needed for a」Ob, Show

PiCtureS Of the decoratlng

PrO」eCtS yOu Created ln yOur

OWn home.

1fyou don’t have the pubilC

SPeakIng eXPerlenCe

needed for another」Ob,

taIk about the Powe「Polnt

PreSentatlOnS yOU Created

and presented in hlgh

SChooI or college.

Reach lntO those other

areas ofyour旧e to find

those substitute sk用S-

mllltary, SChool, SPOrtS,

VOluntee「lng, hobbleS, and

home pro」eCtS.

士1

Use the “r雪ght stu情,, to bu胴a powe面容がes曲me

Looking for a job? Then, yOu need a resume. Your resume is your ca旧ng card, yOur

advertisement, yOu「 brochure′ yOur fIyer・ it’s a one-Page handout that shows what a great

CatCh you a「e,

Q.録What can l do wi章h a resume?購

Ma旧t, Ema旧t. Post it o佃ne. Ask friends to

give itto their managers, Hand it out atjob

fairs, Give it to empIoyment agencies,

The idea isto get it而Othe hands ofas

many輔ng managers as you can, If a hiring

manage川kes what she sees in your resume,

you could get invited to a job interview.

Q。 “What if I,m not a g○○d writel?購

Th∂t’s okay" Writing your resume is easy. You

COmPleted ai冊e heavy thinking in the last

Chapter。 A旧hat’s leftto do is type it up.

Q,録8s the獲e $ome O惰iciai fo獲mat

○○ des雪gn fo営a reslIme?掃

No. There is no official format for writing your

resume" You can set up your resume a[y

Way yO両ke, Fee廿ree to ch∂nge, mOdify,

expand言gnore, Or Simplify any of the fo=owing

SuggeStions. But, mOSt PeOPle do inciude the

fo=owing topics in their resumes-

1。 Your contact informat害on

7alI emp/ayers励o you ∂re and面ere拓ey

Can reaCh you,

Atthe top ofthe page, tyPe yOurfuil name,

mai冊g add「ess, teIephone number with a「ea

COde, PlllS yOur teXt Or email address.

2。 Yburgoal

/n one short sentence, te/I what kind of wo面

yOu Want○

○ “Seekingfu帖time position as a dragon

Slayer.”

・ lfyou have胴e orno experience, Saythat

you are: “Seeki噂a fu岨ime, entry」eveI

POSition as a dragon slayer.’’

Seventyイive percent of hiring manage「s said

they prefer a chronoIogjcal resume that lists your

most recent job first○

○Career 」ournal

3。 Your education

Sねrt w励your most recent schoo/ or program・

. On thefirs川ne inthissection, n∂methe

award, Certification, Or degree earned

Plus the date ofthe award, lfyou haven’t

graduated, Simpiy give the number of

Credits eamed toward the award (36 credits

eamed toward a BS degree in magic),

. Onthesecond line, givetheschool’s name

a[d cit〃state address.

. On thethi「d =ne, =stany classes or

activities you participated in that would

heip you in thejob you want"

. Repeatfo「 additional schooIs.

4a。 Work expe「ience

Sねrt with your most recent emplQye手

・ Onthefirstline in this section, give your

job titie pius your begiming and ending

dates of empIoyment. If you are st帥

emp10yed there, give your starting date

訓d the word `撃resent’’to show that you

Sti冊OId thatjob,

"　On the next冊e, givethe emp10yer’s n∂me

and cit〃state address〇

・ On the nextfew =nes, iistthe five orsixjob

requirements with exampIes from your past

(See yOu川OteS On PageS ll-13),

・ Repeatfor addition∂i emp10yerS"

4b, No wol.k exper冒ence

Instead ofa “肋而Expe府nce’’section, Create

a sectio両it/ed, `AccompIishments. 〃

. Onthefirs川ne in thissection, name One

Of the job requlrementS.

t Underthatjob requirement, Offe「two or

three substitute examples from school,

SPOrtS, VOiuntee「ing, Or Othe川fe projects

to show whatyou achieved in that area

(See Substitute S剛s o叩age ll)"

. Repeat for each additio[a=ob

requl「ement.

5。 Your skii音s list

Cre∂te a SeCt’ion caI/ed ′′Ski/ls.〃

Then, Simply listthe names of any important

tooIs, devices, PrOgramS, PrOCedures, S畑S,

=censes, and systems that you can ope融e or

P〔而o「m ,

6. Add冒tional information

Create a section caI/ed ‘AddiでionaI

Information, ’’

You don’t have to include this section in your

「esume, it’s optiona上But, it is a great pIace to

mention any special taients, S剛S, ab=ities or

awards that might interest an empioyer.

On the next few pages, you,18 find

thr○○ resu軸es that you can lIse

to modeI youl l.esume On。

Notice how simple and cIean they 100k. BoId

headings, Short sentences, a[d pienty of white

SPaCe help the requirements jump off the

Page. Plus, eaCh job requirement is phrased

as an accomp=shment with an example of

whatthe writer did and numbers to show the

Size of the prQjects.

Creating your easy-tO-SCan reSume lS eVen

easierthan you think. 」ust use the f旧n-the-

bla[k worksheet o[ Page 19,

WHY YOU NE岳D A

SK音LLS 」IS† 1N YoUR

R巨SU軸に

Having a ski‖s sectlOn

In yOurreSume Can be

lmPOrtant. Many large

empIoyers download the

resumes they recelVe lntO a

database. A database lS a

COmPuter fiIe that can hold

m用iOnS Of resumes and」Ob

appllCations.

Databases are searchable.

That means言f a hi「ing

manager searches her

database for `.Final Cut’’

Or ‘IAvid’’the computer w川

Pull up oniythe resumes

Of peopie who have that

f=m-editing software in their

reSumeS.

So, lfyou wantthe hiring

manager’s computerto pu=

up your resume, heip lt find

you by lnCludlngthe names

Of a= the importanttooIs,

PrOgramS, and systems you

Can OPerate Or Perform.

A sample resume showing no wo「k experience

」ames B. 」obless

I Herejcome Highway, Ourtown, JS OOOOO

Ceil/Text: 111/222-3333　Ema時b@SC68.com

GoAし

Seeking an entry」evei positjon in reta= sales at a hardware store

EDUcÅT音ON

High SchooI Dip看oma, O6/2O16

Hometown High SchooI, Ourtow中りS OOOOO

.　Enjoyed classes in pubiic speaking, math, Shop, and computers

AccOMPし1SHMたNTS

Aithough川ave no prior experience両eta= sales, l believe the fo=0Wing accomplishments show

that l couid leam thejob quickly-

Math SkiIIs

Maintained 3-year “B’’average in algebra and geometry

Managed $1,000 jnvestment that ear[ed 4.2% APR

Peopie Ski○○s

Played checkers most Sunday afternoons with se[iors at a nursing home

Formed study group with 4 peopIe to boost grades in French

Product Knowledge

Automotive: My father is a mechanic and we rebu亜my `99 Voivo inciudingthe e噂ine, brakes,

and suspension

Electronics: Programmed fam=y’s TV, BiueRay, and Cabie Box to run on one remote

Construction: HeIped my aunt rebu柄d a lOO sq/ft screened-i[ POrCh on her home,

Se=ing

Sold my ’99 VoIvo and eamed a $120 profit

Sold m∂gaZines door-tO-door for charity, raised $300

ADDI丁音ONAL INFORMA椅ION

Rehable-Missed o両y two days of schoo冊is year

Honest-Ret胴ed $20 check-CaShing erro「 to the bank

A sample resume show日ng only c`assl'OOm eXPe「ience

Lindsay上Need旬ob

2 1candoit Drjve, Ourtown, JS OOOOO

Ce=/鴫xt: 111/222-3333

Seeking a f冊me positio画public re-ations with a no岬Ofit organjzatio[

曇りUcl晴IO軸

BS !れcOmmunlcat書ons, O6/2O16

Beatrjce Hart Co=ege, Ourtown, JS OOOOO

‘　Enjoyed ciasses in SocioIogy, 」ou「軸Sm, Economics

AccoM P」書S軸M各NTS

W「ltIng Skl11s

. Wrote 2’000 word featurestory o=, “Howto Buy a Good Used Ca「′・

Wrote 500 word sho申ece on, “Why Lotte「y Winners Go Bankrupt After Win「血g

M冊ons Of Do胎「s~,

Pub11c Speaking

. Presented a lO-PO岨echnica- ta岨on howto “Recover Data afuerYourHard Drive Crashes・′

. Appeared in a 30-m両e, On-CamPuSTVtalk謝ow’Thwto Live on the Money

怖uHave′′

Research

. Polled 86 Iice=Sed drivers on出VAy Peop-eThrowTrash outofTheir CarWindows

Wh=e Driving."

A[a)yzed su「vey data on朝一I There be a Good 」ob fo「 Me After Graduatjon?,′

Press ReIat!ons

. Persuaded loca同ewspaper editortojoj= a SymPOSium on言・Who,s Writjng the Rules of

Grammar for丁さxting?,,

Microso…ord′ Exce廿OWerPoin帥S FileMaker, Quark, Photoshop, Acrobat, WordPress

Note: A// wo函rgivcts c棚in踊s resume were co〃ege-COurse aSS軌ments.

鮪/ng samp/es are ava伽Ie on request.

USE ACT看ON WORDS

Certaln WOrds evoke

COnf-de=Ce and authority.

When offerlng eXamP「es of

PaSt」Ob requirementS, be

Sure tO Start eaCh sentence

Wlth an action word川ke:

Achieved...

Assembled,.,

Assisted…

Built…

Cleaned...

Completed‥,

Convinced…

Created…

Delivered‥.

Designed‥.

Developed…

Equipped.‥

EstabllShed…

ExperlenCed,..

Guided…

Handled.‥

Learned…

Led...

Malntained…

Managed‥.

Operated. ‥

OrganlZed…

Performed. ‥

Planned…

Produced,..

Programmed‥.

Reduced...

Repalred…

Served…

Set up…

SoId…

Supervised‥.

鴫ught…

Trained...

Wrote …

1了

A sampIe resume showing wo「k experience

Chris E. Hiremenow

3 Gimmeachance Road, Ourtown, US OOOOO

1 1 1/222-3333

GoAし

Seeking a position as a f面Sh ca「Penter

岳DUcA椅10N

cert9flcate ln F!ne Carpent「y, Oey2012

Tiger MapIe lnstitute, Ourtown, JS OOOOO

・　CIasses i[ arChitectur∂1 styles, teChnicaI drawi[g, fu面ture making, Cabinet ma畑g

Diploma, 06/2OIO

Oakhurst VocationaI School, Ourtow[, JS OOOOO

"　　Classes活const「uctio[ teChniques, hand tooIs, Shop tooIs

WORK EXP各R帽Nc各

F軸Sh Carpenter, O6/2O12 to Present

Hugh’s High-End Homes, Ourtow[, JS OOOOO

.　Dup"cated existing Engiish-StyIe, Oal{-Paneled wa=s fo「 350 sq/ft "brary expansiOn

.　Designed and built 6,x9' 「epIica Greek Reviva冊eplace mantIe with hand-CarVed appliques

"　　Restored 10Wer half of an Art-Deco staircase damaged by fIoodwaters

Remodeled 20,x15, kitche[ in the Nantucket style with deep coffered ce=i[gS, bead-board

Cabinets, and wide pine fioors

.　Resto「ed 12, high, Saivaged antique Victorian doo「Way tO Originai spec師eations

Ass害stant円nlsh Ca,Penter, Oey2OIO to OV2O12

ArIene’s Average Abodes, Ourtown, JS OOOOO

. 1nsta=ed windows, doors, trim, kitchen boxcabinets, Stairways, mantles on 15 homes

lntern, Ol/2OIO to O6/2010

SIap,em Jp Houses, Ourtown’JS OOOOO

'　HeIped i=Sta= windows, doors, trirn’and hardwoo掴OOrSO[ 3 new homes

S職i臆しS

Replication, reStOratien, rePiacement, mO柵eatio両esig両面Id, CAD, hand toois, POWer tOOis,

Shop toois including laser cutters, Shapers, Pianers

ADDl丁toNAし

Deta= oriented, Organized, neat, gOOd sense of humo「

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Worksheet

Yburfull name

Your address, City, State, Zip code

Your phone, Ce=/text, ema=

GoAし

Give the job you are seeking

書DUcA掃ioN

Give you「 dip10ma Or degree and the date of award

Give the school’s name a[d city/State address

List severaI courses you took

Repeat for additionaI schooIs or training

WoRK HiS丁ORY

Give yourjob titIe with begin両g and ending dates

Give your empIoyer’s name and cit〃state add「ess

. Give ajob requirement, With an exampIe

. Give anotherjob requi「eme吋With an example

Give anotherjob requi「ement, With an example

Give anotherjob an example

Give a[Othe「job requirement, With an example

Repeat for additiona/ emplQyers

S輸iししS

Name the importa血tooIs, devices′ PrOCedures, PrOgramS, SyStemS, an帥CenSeS yOu

Can OPerate O「 Perform

ADDI丁iONAし

Mention any special talents, ab胴es, Or aWards

甘ASlc RESUM格

WRITING †1PS

〕se standard 8.5’’by ll’’

White PaPer

Keep a one-inch margin

On all foursides ofthe

Page

Avoid fancy fonts like

Outline, SCript, Or Other

dIfficuIt-tOイead styies

Keep sentences short

andtothe point

Boid or CAPITALiZE

lmPOrtant headilneS SO

they stand out

Single space within

SeCtions

DoubIe space between

SeCtions

Use buiiets (.) atthe

begInnIng Ofa list

Wheneve「 possible, uSe

numbers to showthe

SiZe, VOlume, time, mOney,

effort, Or reSult of the

Prdyects you worked on

Proofread for spe用ng and

factual errors