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(507) 222-42 Guide to Writing Effective and Professional Resumes and Cover Lett

(507) 222-42 Guide to Writing Effective and Professional Resumes and Cover Letters Career Center Carleton College Sayles-Hill 050 (507) 222-4293 go.carleton.edu/career RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS 2 93 go.carleton.edu/c Table of Contents Overview of Resume/Cover Letter Writing ....................................................................................... 3 Resumes (and a bit about CV’s) ...................................................................................................... 4 Quick Guide to Writing a Resume ............................................................................................... 5-6 Skills Vocabulary List ........................................................................................................................ 7 What to Avoid in a Resume ............................................................................................................ 8 Assessing Your Resume Checklist ...................................................................................................... 9 The Cover Letter ........................................................................................................................ 10-11 Sending the Resume and Cover Letter .......................................................................................... 12 Recommendations and Letters of Reference .................................................................................. 13 Sample Cover Letters ................................................................................................................. 14-22 Sample Resumes ......................................................................................................................... 23-35 3 When you’re applying for a job or internship, your resume will be looked at quickly (most likely within 20 seconds!) and critically. This guide is intended to help Carleton students write compelling and effective resumes and cover letters. • Your resume must impress employers the first time they skim through it. This means that your resume should 1) look professional, 2) be completely free of spelling errors, 3 ) have consistent formatting and style, 4) be easy to read, and 5) draw attention to relevant experiences. • You will have to write resumes again and again and again, so don’t write just one and forget about it! At the very least, you should update your resume(s) after every term with new work experiences, new dates of activities, and new achievements. Even better, write several versions of your resume tailored for certain employers or types of positions - a resume for a job teaching middle school students at a summer camp should look different from a resume for an assistant position at a nonprofit in the arts or for a geology research internship. • Just like resumes, cover letters (also known as letters of interest) should be different for every job to which you apply. A good cover letter will use the strong communication skills you developed through your liberal arts education to make your case to employers that you have the skills they are seeking. Cover letters take a good deal of thought and time to achieve the right mix of professionalism and confidence that will appeal to hiring managers. And How to Get Help Overview of Resume/Cover Letter Writing Note: Along with this guide, the Career Center Counselors and Career Advisors (CAs) are available to help you with your questions about resumes and cover letters. Additionally, the Career Center has dozens of books for checkout that can help you write effective resumes and cover letters. ( your resume(s) 4 A resume is a one-page summary for potential employers highlighting relevant aspects of your education, experience, and other qualifications. A curriculum vitae, or a CV, is a more extensive document than a resume and is typically requested for research or educational positions. For more information about writing a CV, come check out the Career Center library or set up an appointment with one of our counselors. Resumes (and a bit about CV’s) What to include in your resume Contact Details  Your name, permanent address, school address, phone number, and a professional email Educational Background  College(s) attended, date, location  Pursuing or received Bachelor of Arts degree, plus your major(s) and concentration(s)  GPA (Overall and/or in major if 3.20 and higher)  Relevant coursework to the position for which you’re applying  Comps or any other large projects completed in college  Off-campus study programs and dates, plus any culminating research projects Experience  Can be organized into several different categories, including o Work Experience o Relevant Experience o Teaching Experience o Research Experience o Leadership Experience o Additional Activities and Interests  Include paid, summer, part-time and unpaid related work or extracurricular activities  Each position is often listed with the following info: job title, employer name, location and date  Include bullet-pointed, concise descriptions of responsibilities, using strong, active, skill verbs for all positions, for example o Supervised 15-20 campers… o Designed and implemented new programming…. o Planned and coordinated activities for… o Analyzed data sets… o Researched and wrote summaries… Other information as needed (or as applies to the desired position)  Skills section o Language skills: Advanced in Chinese, Fluent in Arabic. o Computer Skills: Proficient in Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop.  Awards and honors  Publications you have authored or co-authored  Interests and hobbies (these can serve as interview icebreakers)  Conferences attended or presentations/posters presented  International experience 5 Your Quick Guide to Writing a Resume Brainstorming • List all your academic, employment, extracurricular, and volunteer activities - everything is potentially useful. Don’t worry about length – list everything! • Think of the specific skills these experiences can convey to an employer. • The more detailed and result-oriented you can be, the easier it will be to transfer this information to your resume effectively. • Make a list of your skills and experiences such as strong oral and written skills, foreign languages, particular computer programs, analytical ability, or research techniques. Drafting Your Resume • Don’t try to edit and write simultaneously. Just get everything you need or plan to include on your resume in the order that you want. Rule of thumb: Use the most recent four years for your resume, unless you have older relevant and significant experience for that job (note: on a CV this is not always the case). • Organize the relevant information from your list in an order that makes sense given your work experiences (chronological, functional or a combination) o Chronological: This format is most effect when your degree and work experience relate directly to the jobs for which you are applying. o Functional: Organize skills and knowledge in relation to jobs for which you are applying with the most relevant at the top. o Combination: Stress relevant skill areas along with the work history. • List your job title, the name of employer, city, state, and dates where/when you were employed, and a concise description of the outcomes of your work. More important than passive descriptions of the work or projects you carried out, are the results you achieved by working on them. Focus on accomplishments. 6 Targeting and Formatting • Tailor your resume to the specific job/internship for which you are applying. • Use strong action verbs to indicate your accomplishments and avoid passive phrases like “Responsibilities included” or “Duties were.” (You’ll find the list of some useful action verbs on the next page.) • Be succinct and non-repetitive. • Use numbers! How many students did you supervise? How many programs do you implement per term? How much data did you analyze? How long was the paper? • Put yourself in the shoes of the employer: what does their job posting, literature, or website say they look for? Use the employer’s language where appropriate to make it clear that you meet their specifications. • Select a professional-looking font that is sized from 10 to 12 point. Use multiple fonts only if they look good together and don’t overwhelm the reader’s eye. o Generally, serif fonts (such as Times New Roman, Garamond, Palatino, and Bookman) are considered to be more readable than sans serif fonts (such as Arial, Helvetica, and Verdana) • Organize and focus the reader’s attention using headlines, a change in font size, italics, bold print, spacing, bullets, and indentation for emphasis and impact, but don’t overdo it! • Be consistent. • Your formatting should make your strengths stand out clearly and be appealing to the eye. Final Steps • Proofread, proofread, proofread! Have another pair of eyes take a look at your resume. Use a friend, the Write Place, or the Career Center. Don’t rely on automatic spelling and grammar checkers. A single misspelling can eliminate you from hiring consideration! Really. • Involve Others. Drop by CA office hours or make an appointment to review your resume with a Career Center counselor. • Looks Matter. 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