WRITING A RESUME & LETTER

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PART 2

SELF EVALUATION & SETTING PROFESSIONAL GOAL

WRITING RESUME &LETTER

ATTENDING JOB INTERVIEW

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

1) WRITING A RESUME

CONTENT OF PART 2

2) WRITING A LETTER

IS WRITING A RESUME THE SAME THING THAN WRITING A REPORT ?

They have similarities, a Report & a Resume are professional documents,

so they must be :

To make your resume professional, it must have the correct STRUCTURE, the correct CONTENT and the correct FORMAT.

STRUCTURED PROFESSIONALY

WRITEN PROFESSIONALY

LOOKPROFESSIONAL

1) WRITING A RESUME

A Resume is a Professional document to show and reveal various information about you to a potential employer:

WHAT IS A RESUME ?

STRUCTURED PROFESSIONALY

- Find the family of information that should appear in a Resume

LET’S READ & THINK

With the documents given to you, you must :

WRITEN PROFESSIONALY

-Find for each family the type of information and details that must be given

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- Find the classic mistake that must not be done in each family

LOOK PROFESSIONAL

-Find the Format a resume should follow

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- Find the classic mistake that must not be done for a resume to look professional

A resume must have :

- Personal details

In Personal Details you must write :

-Full name-Address

Classic Mistake: - Never write your weight, size etc

Format of Resume:

-A resume must be in portrait format

Classic Mistake:

-A resume should not exceed 4 pages

Example :

Personal Information

Brief Introduction

Affiliation & Contribution

Education Experience

Generic Skills

Passion

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF A RESUME ?

A traditional Resume must have the following 7 sections (parts) :

What IS THE CORRECT CONTENT FOR EACH SECTIONS ?

PERSONALINFORMATION

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

- Name - Birth Date and Age- Status (single etc)- Phone Number- Email- Address- ID Picture

- No Private Information (ID number etc)- No information on physical attribute (weight..)- No information on health condition- No funky email (ex: coconut@gmail.com)- No funky ID picture

- The type of job you are looking for.- Why are you passionate (motivated by this type of job?- What is you professional goal?

- Never write you are looking for a specific position- Do not explain your passion for the type of job in an over sweet way.- Write a goal that is reasonable and achievable

AFFILIATIONCONTRIBUTIO

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EDUCATION

- Month/Year of graduation - Name of qualification- Field of study- Place of study

- Never write about your results- Never write the duration of study, only the graduation time (except if you did not graduate)- Write the qualification from the latest to the oldest

EXPERIENCE

- Duration of work- Position- Department- Main Duties/Tasks- Achievements- Name of company -Location of company

- Never forget to write about any working experience- The Duties/Tasks must be written in a “sexy” way.

- Name of Association you are a member- Achievements for this association (if any)

- Remove this section if you are not member of any association- This section is for professional membership only

GENERIC SKILLS

- List the language you can speak or write or read- Indicate your level for each language- List all the software you can use- Indicate your level for each software

- Be very carefully when indicating your level. You must give your true level and make sure you can prove your level during the interview.

PASSION

- List your hobbies- List association your are member or any social activities

- Select hobbies that sound “sexy”- Be careful when indicating your hobbies, you must be able to talk about them during the interview.

2) WRITING A LETTER

IS A LETTER A PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENT ?

Yes a letter can be a professional document if sent for work reason (letter to supplier, letter to inform employee etc. Like Report and

Resume, a professional letter must be :

STRUCTURED PROFESSIONALY

WRITEN PROFESSIONALY

LOOKPROFESSIONAL

HOW DOES A PROFESSIONAL LETTER LOOK LIKE?

Name of sender:

Address:

Topic of the letter

Opening Greetings

Date

Explanation of the situation

Reason for the situation to take place

Formal apologies

Formal ending

Closing Greetings

To :

Why:

LET’S TRY WRITING A LETTER

In group, you must write a letter to :