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If your application is prospecting, you can paste your traditional letter into your e-mail.
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It is appropriate for an applicant to call the employer after sending a solicited letter, but an applicant should wait to be called after a sending a prospecting letter.
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The last paragraph of a job application letter should suggest possible days and times for an interview.
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A job application letter will be more effective if it focuses on an applicant's accomplishments rather than the person's job responsibilities.
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You should impress the reader by presenting your knowledge of the company as though it were news to him.
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The second paragraph of a prospecting letter should focus on the applicant's skills and experience.
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The first paragraph of a prospecting letter should say something that intrigues the reader but does not yet reveal that the writer is seeking a job with the company.
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A solicited job application letter should be specific about what you've done and relate your achievements to the work you'd be doing in this new job.
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Application letters should be addressed to the company in general or the personnel office, not to a specific person by name.
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A solicited letter is written by a job seeker who is trying to tap into the hidden job market.
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Referral interviews work only for job candidates who know powerful people very well.
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An interview that starts out as an information interview can turn into a referral interview.
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An information interview can give you facts and insights about a specific type of work that you can use in an application letter.
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The hidden job market may actually include job openings that have been created with specific people in mind for them.
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Most job openings - particularly those that are higher up the ladder - are advertised extensively in order to reach the most qualified candidates.
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It is important to learn the name and correct job title of a specific individual in the company who will be receiving your job application letter.
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The rsum uses short, parallel phrases and sentence fragments whereas the letter uses complete sentences in well-written paragraphs.
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A rsum usually contains more in-depth details about your experience and activities than an application letter does.
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Job application letters are prepared and submitted in place of a rsum.
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Job letters can be seen as evidence of your written communication skills.
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A job application letter is not required if you apply electronically through a company's website.
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The purpose of a job application letter is to get an interview for a job rather than the job itself.
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Explain some of the areas where rsums are commonly inaccurate.
Some of the most frequent inaccuracies on rsums are inflated job titles and incorrect dates of employment. While these data are easy to fudge, they are also easy to catch in background checks. It is also possible that some of these particular inaccuracies come from careless records kept by job candidates. If employers do an employment history check, and many do, they will have a complete work history for you. They will be able to spot inaccurate company names and work dates. If you left a company off your rsum, they may wonder why; some may assume your performance at that company was not satisfactory.
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You are currently looking for a job in the field of media or journalism. You want to post your rsum online. How would you select the sites you want to post? What guidelines should you follow and what precautions would you take?
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Describe the etiquette of e-mail job-hunting etiquette.
The basic guidelines for sending an email rsum are:
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What can you do to improve your chances if you want to change fields?
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You've been out of the job market for a while after having been laid off. What do you need to do to prove to a potential employer that you're up-to-date and motivated?
In times of large layoffs, this is not an overwhelming obstacle. You do not need to point out the layoff in your application materials; the end date of your last employment will make the point for you. Instead, use your documents to highlight your strengths. Do be prepared to be asked about the layoff in an interview. Why were you laid off when other employees were retained? It helps if you can truthfully give a neutral explanation: the accounting work was outsourced; our entire lab was closed; the company laid off everyone who had worked fewer than five years. Be sure you do not express bitterness or self-pity; neither emotion will help you get your new job. On the other hand, do not be overly grateful for an interview; such excess shows a lack of self-confidence.
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Explain the two ways to set up the Experience section of a rsum.
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What sections do rsums commonly include?
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When should one use a chronological rsum and a skills rsum?
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What writing style should you use in rsums?
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What are the three criteria for determining which things you should emphasize on your rsum?
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Explain the different ways that employers use rsums.
Understanding how employers use rsums will help you create a rsum that works for you.
1. Employers use rsums to decide whom to interview. Since rsums are used to screen out applicants, omit anything that may create a negative impression.
2. Rsums are scanned or skimmed. At many companies, rsums are scanned electronically. Only rsums that match key words are skimmed by a human being. A human may give a rsum 10 to 30 seconds before deciding to keep or toss it. You must design your rsum to pass both the "scan test" and the "skim test" by emphasizing crucial qualifications.
3. Employers assume that your letter and rsum represent your best work. Neatness, accuracy, and freedom from typographical errors are essential. Spelling errors will probably cost you your chance at a job, so proofread carefully.
4. After an employer has chosen an applicant, he or she submits the applicant's rsum to people in the organization who must approve the appointment. These people may have different backgrounds and areas of expertise. Spell out acronyms. Explain awards, Greek-letter honor societies, unusual job titles, or organizations that may be unfamiliar to the reader.
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What precautions must one take if he/she has a personal blog, web page, or other electronic presence?
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Describe some of the tools used for personal branding.
The commonly used tools used for personal branding are:
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List out questions to ask yourself, that will help you evaluate your strengths and interests, as a step in helping you decide what you really want to do.
Personality and aptitude tests can tell you some of your strengths, but you should still answer for yourself questions like these:
What skills and strengths do you have?
What achievements have given you the most satisfaction? Why did you enjoy them? What jobs would offer these kinds of satisfactions?
What work conditions do you like? Would you rather have firm deadlines or a flexible schedule? Do you prefer working independently or with other people? Do you prefer specific instructions and standards for evaluation or freedom and uncertainty? How comfortable are you with pressure? How much challenge do you want?
What kind of work/life balance do you want? Are you willing to take work home? To work weekends? To travel? How important is money to you? Prestige? Time to spend with family and friends?
How fast do you want to move up? Are you willing to pay your dues for several years before you are promoted?
Where do you want to live? What features in terms of weather, geography, cultural, and social life do you see as ideal?
Is it important to you that your work achieve certain purposes or values, or do you see work as just a way to make a living? Are an organization's culture and ethical standards important to you? If so, what values will you look for?
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How and when should you start preparing yourself for job hunting?
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Which of the following is considered ethical when submitting a rsum to a potential employer?
A. Omitting your low GPA score
B. Inflating your GPA score
C. Including a mailing address of a friend in the local area when you live out of town
D. listing your degree from Hogwarts University, a nonexistent school
E. listing fake Mensa memberships
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Posting your rsum widely on the web is known as _____.
A. P2P rsum sharing
B. rsum blasting
C. rsum diversifying
D. rsum waging
E. open source rsums
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If you are sending your rsum in the text of an e-mail:
A. start all lines at the right margin.
B. underline and bold the text.
C. do not put any of the headings in capital letters.
D. do not use keys such as asterisks.
E. shorten line lengths to 65 characters and spaces.
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Which of the following is a good practice when e-mailing your rsum to a prospective employer?
A. Send several rsums if there are several job openings at the same organization.
B. Use your current employer's e-mail system so that you can immediately see any responses, while you are at work.
C. Write a simple subject line that includes your name and the word "rsum."
D. Write a subject line that includes the position you are applying.
E. Send your rsum from your e-mail address:[email protected].
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Which of the following is the best way to handle the situation when all your work experience is in your family's business?
A. List your family members as references, but in your letter of application stress that they were just as hard on you as they would have been if you had not been related.
B. Do not list the name of the company if it contains your family name.
C. List the company you worked for on the rsum; name as a reference a supervisor, client, or vendor who can talk knowledgeably about your work; and be prepared to answer questions about why you are now leaving the company.
D. Proceed as you would even if you were not related since it does not matter that you worked with relatives.
E. Do not mention that the company you worked for was a family business.
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Which of the following is inappropriate to mention on a rsum?
A. Sex
B. Self-employment
C. Entry-level positions
D. Marital status
E. Educational background
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Which of the following statements is true of references included on rsums?
A. Rsums no longer include references but mention that they are available on request.
B. At least five, but never more than ten, references are required.
C. Include personal and character references to elaborate on your behavioral traits.
D. Permission is not required to use a person as a reference.
E. Relatives and friends, even if you've worked for them, should not be given as references.
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Which of the following statements is true of formatting the Experience section of your rsum?
A. Block format shouldn't be used if your work history has gaps.
B. In block format, items that are logically equivalent begin at the same space.
C. Indented format does not emphasize job titles.
D. Indented format can be used to emphasize when you worked, if you've held only low-level jobs.
E. Block format provides work information in the order of job title, name of organization, city, state, and dates.
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Identify the error in the following list of job duties: "Recruited seventeen volunteers, designing of brochures, and spoke to five community groups."
A. The list lacks proper emphatic order.
B. The list lacks details.
C. The list lacks parallel structure.
D. The list uses a complete sentence.
E. The list uses nouns instead of gerunds.
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You are helping your friend Catherine create a rsum for a law-related position. She has many qualifications in both her work history and her education. She has been working for three years part time and worked for two years before that full time. Which one of the following five things should Catherine omit from her rsum?
A. Law clerk two summers ago
B. Crowned homecoming queen in junior year
C. Regional winner of a math contest in high school
D. Passed the CPA exam four years ago
E. National finalist of the North American Debating Championship
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You create a rsum and fill only three-fourths of the page. Your best alternative is to:
A. move the text to the middle of the page, so there is not a huge bottom margin.
B. leave it as is; it is what appears on the page that counts, not what is missing.
C. list several relevant courses you have taken and your references to fill the page.
D. put your picture at the top right-hand corner of the rsum to fill space.
E. increase the font size to make it seem like a full page.
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Which of the following shows proper punctuation when presenting degrees on a rsum?
A. B S in Marketing
B. B S. in Marketing
C. B.S in Marketing
D. BS. in Marketing
E. BS in Marketing
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A. To use my education and experience to cleverly manage a group of adolescents
B. To use my four-year degree, education courses, and experience to teach adolescents in a classroom
C. To use my four-year degree, education courses, and experience to enlighten and edify the students
D. High school teaching position for a four-year college graduate with education courses and experience in the classroom who can improve classroom management techniques
E. High school teaching position requiring a four-year degree, certification, and experience
The best career objectives are targeted to a specific job at a specific company. If you talk about entry-level work, you won't sound ambitious; if you talk about where you hope to be in 5 or 10 years, you won't sound as though you're willing to do entry-level work. When you're applying for a job that is a natural outgrowth of your education and experience, you may omit this category and specify the job you want in your cover letter.
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Which of the following is recommended when including a career objective on the rsum of a recent college graduate?
A. Career objectives should be elaborate - six lines at most.
B. Career objectives should be clarified at the top of the rsum rather than in the cover letter.
C. Make it clear that an entry-level position is unacceptable.
D. Tailor the career objective to a specific job.
E. Write the career objective statement by putting the job title or field under your name.
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Which of the following should NOT be included as part of the contact information in a rsum?
A. More than one address
B. E-mail address
C. The applicant's nickname
D. State abbreviations
E. Phone number
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Which of the following should always stand as separate categories, even if you have only one item under each head?
A. Honors and Awards
B. Education and Experience
C. Name and Contact Information
D. Campus Activities and Community Service
E. Activities and Achievements
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A _____ must be used when you want to combine experience gained in paid jobs, course work, activities, and volunteer work.
A. Chronological rsum
B. Skills rsum
C. Key word
D. Noun
E. Gerund
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A chronological rsum is more appropriate than a skills rsum when:
A. you have significant periods of unemployment throughout your career.
B. you want to combine experience from paid jobs, activities or volunteer work, and courses to show the extent of your experience in a particular field.
C. you have humble, unimpressive job titles, offices, or honors.
D. your education and experience are a logical preparation for the position for which you are applying.
E. your education and experience are not the usual route to the position for which you're applying.
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Which of the following should not be included in a rsum?
A. The word "I"
B. Gerunds
C. Verbs
D. Details in numbers
E. Key words
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Angie has written the following description of her work as a receptionist: "drafted letters, reorganized filing system, reordered office supplies, interviewed new clients, and answered phones." On Angie's rsum, the phrase, "answered phones" should be:
A. kept precisely where it is to emphasize it.
B. put first in the series to emphasize it.
C. put in the middle of the paragraph to deemphasize it.
D. omitted to deemphasize it.
E. put in the end to deemphasize it.
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Which is an appropriate length for a rsum of a recent college graduate?
A. 1-2 pages
B. 2-3 pages
C. 3-4 pages
D. Not more than 5 pages
E. Less than 1 page
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Which of the following is a way that employers typically use rsums?
A. Employers read each line of a rsum carefully and completely to ensure they get all of the facts about a candidate.
B. Employers are aware that a rsum is a very short document that does not necessarily represent a candidate's best work.
C. A single individual within an organization is typically the only one who sees a candidate's rsum.
D. Employers use rsums to screen applicants in order to eliminate some candidates from further consideration.
E. Only rsums that match key words are further scanned electronically.
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Which of the following is true of networking?
A. Successful networks are used solely for finding jobs.
B. Good networkers work for a "one-way" reputation.
C. Good networkers look for ways to reciprocate.
D. Good networkers network just for themselves.
E. A "two-way" reputation hurts further networking.
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Which of the following is one of the most popular tools for personal branding?
A. IMDB
B. Wikipedia
C. Gmail
D. Windows Messenger
E. Twitter
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_____ are ploys from identity thieves seeking your personal information.
A. Virus
B. Phishing ads
C. Trojans
D. Pop-ups
E. Ponzi schemes
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_____ is the first step in producing a good rsum.
A. Personal branding
B. A self-assessment
C. Networking
D. Internship
E. Phishing
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You have one full year to go before you graduate and begin interviewing. Which of the following is the most important step for you to take right row?
A. Select course projects and paper topics that will help you prepare for a job.
B. Attend job seminars and job fairs.
C. Join extracurricular organizations on campus and in the community.
D. Get a job or co-op or internship in your field of interest.
E. Check out the services of your college placement and advising offices.
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Informal preparation for job hunting should begin:
A. a full year before you begin interviewing.
B. the year you interview.
C. before you get the degree.
D. once you have selected a major.
E. as soon as you arrive on campus.
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Omitting a low GPA score on a rsum is allowed and is not a cause for termination even if a company does find out after hiring.
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It is best to post your rsum on as many Web sites as possible to get the maximum exposure to different employers.
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If you are sending your rsum in the text of an e-mail, start all lines at the right margin.
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If you have been fired from your previous job, you should be prepared to show during an interview that you've learned from the experience.
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In case you were laid off from your previous job, you need to point out the layoff in your application materials.
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If all your work experience is in your family business, for reference, you can use a family member who can talk about your work.
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You will need a minimum of six references for the job search process.
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A person who has an advanced degree, such as an MBA or JD, may use the headings "Professional Affiliations" and "Community Service" instead of "Activities."
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It is acceptable to mention on your rsum that summer employment and scholarships paid for a substantial portion of your undergraduate college expenses.
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Use all present tense verbs in your rsum, when describing all the jobs and positions you have held.
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You should not include study abroad experience on a rsum if you did not earn college credit for it.
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If you use a separate heading for a career objective, put it immediately after your address, before the first major heading.
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"SLC, Utah" is an example of the proper way to present the city and state as part of your address in a rsum.
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"Education" and "Experience" always stand as separate categories on a rsum, even if you only have one item under each of the headings.
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The information included on a chronological and skills rsum is the same; how that information is organized is different.