https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_2ZVEn4_c

Do Now: grab folder, pick a card,and sit in groups:A=group 12=group 23= group 34=group 45=group 5

1. list ways that a JOB is different than a CAREER.

2. Discuss what having a CAREER means to you?

● On average, each corporate job offer attracts 250 resumes. Of those candidates, 4 to 6 will get called for an interview, and only one will get the job.(Glassdoor)

● 1 in 6 candidates who applied for a job were asked for an interview.(Jobvite 2017 Recruiting Funnel Benchmark Report)

● Recruiters take an average of 6 seconds to scan a resume.(TheLadders)

● 87% of recruiters use LinkedIn to check candidates. (Jobvite Recruiter Nation Report 2016)

● How do you stand out and get the interview?

● How do you stand out and become the HIRE?

RESUMES & COVER LETTERS 101• RESUME

– written assembly of your education, work experience, credentials, and accomplishments

• used to apply for jobs.• COVER LETTER

– written letter sent with your resume to provide detailed information on why you are qualified for the job you are applying for.

– Effective cover letters explain the reasons for your interest in the specific organization and identify your most relevant skills or experiences.

Resume

• Keep it to 1 page• Use professional email

address, add contact information

• Put skills, education, certifications, volunteer and work experience

• Add any extra curricular, awards to it

• Keep it true, clean, to the point and up to date

• Have spelling, grammar errors

• Leave out contact information

• Have spacing, font issues

• Use a generic one each time

• Lie

Do Don’t

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gyM2ABTUT6Q2ygXrQ0DszGNMXK9UIXgE5nIzjyA5EcE/edit

Cover Letters

• Keep it to 1 page (3 or 4 paragraphs)

• Use same paper, header and font as resume

• Address it to the person• Close with sincerely, 4

spaces and then your name• Keep it true, clean, to the

point

• Have spelling, grammar errors

• Repeat your resume

• Show you didn’t do any research

• Use a generic one each time

• Lie

Do Don’t

The Society for Human Resources surveyed organizations on resumes, cover letters,

and interviews and found the top three things that must be included in a cover letter

are:

● How a candidate’s work experience meets job requirements.

● How a candidate’s skills meet job requirements.

● Why a candidate wants to work at the organization.

Your cover letter needs to provide this information and leave

the reader convinced that you are the right person for the job.

Read Job Description Carefully

• Write down/highlight key words, phrases and use that in your letter to state how you can HELP them, not how they can help you

• Take what they are looking for and put in sentences how you meet these needs

• Provide examples of how you have the skills they need

• Research Company– Google Search– LinkedIn– Company website– Find mission statement, values, interesting facts, people in charge– Use this in your cover letter

• https://www.jobscan.co/• https://builder.skillsengine.com/

Interviewing• Do your research on the company• Have 3-5 questions to ask them • Bring 3 copies of resume• Practice rehearsing answers• Dress for Success• Arrive Early• Firm Handshake• Listen, then answer –do not interrupt• Thank them for their time• Follow up with a thank you letter or email to the

interviewer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBytUesZHl8

Elevator Speechhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDpe9StfGTA

• clear, brief message or "commercial" about you– It communicates who you are, what you â��re

looking for and how you can benefit a company or organization.

– typically about 30 seconds, the time it takes people to ride from the top to the bottom of a building in an elevator.

– you are prepared to share this information with anyone, at anytime

• Present/Past/future format

Your Turn…write out your answer to

“tell me about yourself” and be prepared to give your elevator speech

to me as you enter the classroom tomorrow☺