how to create great resumes

HOW TO CREATE GREAT RESUMES CAREERS SERVICES

OVERVIEW

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

RESUMES PRINCIPLES 2. 3.

HOWTOCREATEGREATRESUMESANDCOVERLETTERS

CANDIDATE 1.

KNOW YOURSELF

Knowledge

Abili<esSkills

KSAs

Know yourself KNOWLEDGE: Theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. You could have learned at school, from training or from experience

SKILLS: It is doing something well. Rooted in knowledge and ability, the result of repeated application (Requires practice) Ex: Communication skills, analytical skills

ABILITIES: The power or capacity to perform an activity or task. Could be based on personality or physical capability. Innate potential to perform certain mental and physical actions or tasks.

Knowledge

Abili<esSkills

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION

INTERESTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

RESUME COMPOSITION

SAMPLE RESUME TEMPLATE

Makeiteasytoread.

ThisisasampleofwhataresumecanlooklikeinCanada.

Keeptheformatconsistentthroughouttheresume.

SAMPLE ADVICES

Bullets

Font

Alignment

Dates

Periods

Sec6ons

Arial/Helve<ca/CalibriSize:11-12point

UsesametypeofbulletSameshape,color,size

ThebulletsshouldbeallthealignedDatesshouldbealigned

IncludethemonthandyearChronologicalorder

Makesureitisthesamethoughouttheresume

Theycanbeboldandcapitalizedtomakethemstandout

RESUME ADVICES

1.

2.

3. 4.

Arranged in reverse chronological (start with the most recent experience first and then the oldest) do not include the day just the month and year

January 2015 –Present May 2014-January 2015

Do not use superla?ves such as:

Excellent, strong, outstanding, amazing

Do not use personal pronouns: My, I , mine

The verbs should be in present or past tense (do not use “ing”)

Analyze (if you are still working there) Analyzed (if you worked there in the past)

Analyzing (do not use “ing”)

RESUME ADVICES

CONTACT INFORMATION

Do not include gender, date of birth, picture, ci?zenship, passport number

Include your name, phone number and a professional email address

Your name can be a bigger size and bold

RESUME ADVICES

SKILLS

It’s op?onal, but recommended

You can also call it: q  Relevant skills q  Summary of skills q  Profile q  Professional highlights q  Accomplishments q  Competences

RESUME ADVICES

Analyze the job descrip?on q  Currently enrolled as a third or fourth year undergraduate/ graduate student in an

accredited post-secondary engineering program, specializing in chemical engineering q  Ability to work well in teams q  Strong computer skills including MicrosoT Office Excel

Skills q  Acts as an intro to the en?re resume q  Can be from 3 –5 bullets, no more! q  Highlight Experience, Knowledge, technical, and transferable skills related to the job

Teamwork: Worked with a team of 6 and raised $1,500 within a month for the 2014 Run the Cure campaign

For non technical skills try to provide evidence

Technical: MicrosoT Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Adobe Suit

Include approximately 5 skills based on the job descrip?ons

RESUME ADVICES

EDUCATION

It’s about your academic and training background.

Educa?on subheadings: q  Addi?onal educa?on q  Awards q  Awards and Scholarship

RESUME ADVICES

Analyze the job descrip?on q  Currently enrolled as a third or fourth year undergraduate/ graduate student in an

accredited post-secondary engineering program, specializing in chemical engineering q  Strong computer skills including MicrosoT Office Excel q  Knowledge of Fluid proper?es.

Educa?on

You can include relevant coursework for the posi?on you are applying for

the under this sec?on

Master of Science, Chemical Engineering (June 2016) Sept 2012 – Present University of Calgary

Cumula?ve GPA 3.6/4.0 (last ten course) Entrance Scholarship, 2015 Relevant courses:

Process Fluid Dynamics: Fluid proper?es; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; Fluid sta?cs; Bernoulli equa?on; deriva?on and applica?ons;

RESUME ADVICES

EXPERIENCE

Could be paid or volunteer

If it is volunteer, write (Volunteer) by job ?mle

Include Accomplishments Statements

RESUME ADVICES

Experience

Engineering Internship May 2013 – Sept 2015 Husky §  Communicated with up to 30 clients a day and achieved sales goals of up to $

10,000 a month §  Accomplishment statement§  Accomplishment statement §  Accomplishment statement

Job ?mle Company name

Include dates

Do not start with Responsible for or Du7es included…

Include maximumfivebullets

RESUME ADVICES

Wri?ng accomplishment statements:

ACTION verb

WHAT you did and HOW

Result, outcome or

purpose

# % QUANTIFY

RESUME ADVICES

Wri?ng accomplishment statements:

ACTION verb

WHAT you did and HOW

Result, outcome or

purpose

# % QUANTIFY

Communica?on skills q  Addressed q  Wrote q  Joined q  Interacted q  Communicated q  Spoke q  Lectured q  Interviewed

Leadership skills q  Administrated q  Delegated q  Directed q  Managed q  Led q  Planned q  Organized q  Supervised

Sample of ACTION verbs:

RESUME ADVICES

Wri?ng accomplishment statements:

ACTION verb

WHAT you did and HOW

Result, outcome or

purpose

# % QUANTIFY

I helped sell products to customers

Received nomina?on for employee of the year amongst 1500 employees and achieved yearly sales quota of $50,000 a month

RESUME ADVICES

Wri?ng accomplishment statements:

ACTION verb

WHAT you did and HOW

Result, outcome or

purpose

# % QUANTIFY

Responsible for adver?sing events

Created detailed adver?sing campaigns using MicrosoT Excel for 5 events resul?ng in sales of up to $2,000

RESUME ADVICES

Wri?ng accomplishment statements:

ACTION verb

WHAT you did and HOW

Result, outcome or

purpose

# % QUANTIFY

Conduc?ng research on supply chain policies to make them more efficient

•  Evaluated supply chain replenishment policies, developed a policy to efficiently manage inventory which resulted in reduced inventory costs by 49%

•  Published findings in 2 interna?onal journals and 6 interna?onal conference proceedings

RESUME ADVICES

INTERESTS

It’s an op?onal sec?on §  Can add significant accomplishment/languages

Hobbies, sports and special accomplishment §  Three maximum

Make it interes?ng!

Black belt Taekwondo, gold medal at provincial championships Rock Climbing: Cer?fied level 1 Climbing Gym Instructor through the Associa?on of Canadian Mountain Guides.

COVER LETTER

Purpose

COVER LETTER

One page letter attached to a resume or curriculum vitae

§  Writing ability

§  Express passion and personality

§  Summarize your strengths as they relate to the position

§  Explains why you are interested in the company

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LUIZ FERNANDO LIZARDO RODRIGUES

luizlizardo@gmail.com / luiz.lizardo@pmsolutionconsulting.com

Calgary, AB, Canada

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