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Creating a Resume
- Use headings that match the job you are applying for
- Analyze job descriptions to identify key words
- Prioritize the content of your resume
- Use action verbs
- Highlight your strengths
- Spell check
- Use a consistent format
Job Searching
- When filling out an application, take a written copy of your work history and references to use as a guide
- Take advantage of networking opportunities that exist at job fairs
- Be prepared to sell yourself
- Utilize job alerts
- Network with people you know
- Apply for jobs for which you clearly have the education, training, and knowledge
- Completeness and neatness when filling out an application
- Have both personal and professional references available
Interviewing
- Research the company before you walk into the interview
- Have specific job goals and state them clearly
- Use proper grammar and good diction
- Maintain eye contact
- Be enthusiastic, cooperative, and responsive to question
- Be well groomed and suitably dressed
- Know what you plan to say about your qualifications
- Show the employer you are interested in the job by asking questions
- Speak clearly and audibly so that you can be understood and heard
- Set a date and time to call the employer back for follow up
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