Week 7

1. Welcome to COMM 202
T26 & T33
Tutorial 5
Week 7: Resume/Peer Review
Austin Smith Disconnect from technology please

2. Breathing Exercise

3. Opening Lesson
“To allow ourselves to be truly in
touch with where we already
are, no matter where that is, we
have got to pause in our
experience long enough to let
the present moment sink in;
long enough to actually feel the
present moment, to see it in its
fullness, to hold it in awareness
and thereby come to know and
understand it better.”
Jon Kabatt-Zinn

4. Today’s Key Learning's
Agenda
TA Feedback
Resume Peer Review
Action Items

5. TA Feedback!

6. Resume Peer Review!

7. 1. Put your documents in a pile in the middle of the table
2. Get out your marking utensils
Each new slide section,
PASS DOCUMENT TO THE RIGHT
Peer Review - Instructions

8. Header/Formatting
 Margins equal (1 inch)
 Aligned bullet points
 Font size/type (size 10) (used
throughout document) (max of
2)
 Periods or no periods
 Dashes (-)/hyphens(–)
 Section spacing
 Right aligned dates
 Title consistency
 Name (given/preferred)
 Dates consistency (month
and year or just year)
 Numbers are spelled out
(i.e. two vs. 2)
 White space – is it easy to
read?
 All written in 3rd person
 Address
 LinkedIn URL
(Personalized)
 Phone

9. Profile/Key Competencies
 No more then 5 lines for key competencies (4 for profile)
 Languages
 Skills/strengths/experiences
 Branded to job posting
 Is the profile linked with proof elsewhere in the resume

10. Education
 BCom not BCOMM
 Location of school
 Start with degree
 Key courses, but no grocery
lists
 GPA (cumulative or
quantitative courses only)
 Key/relevant projects –
accomplishment statement
form
 Awards – accomplishment
statement form
 Transfer schools – how to list
them
 Exchange programs – how to
list them
 GPA (show the scale)/%/letter
grades – based on how the
school give grades
 CSC/CFA, Level 1,
Bloomberg Essentials, MDA
 Case competitions (balance
the real estate)

11. Work Experience/Extra-Curricular
 Varied result verbs (no more
than 2 the same)
 Branded to job posting (skills
relevant)
 Reverse chronological order
(by start date)
 Explanation sentences of
companies/experiences
 Proof where possible – result
verb based
 One sentence (2 lines best)
 Filler words
 RAT statements (not in that
order but need all parts of the
RAT)
 What qualifies as work vs.
extra-curricular
 Words from job description in
the resume – clear connection

12. Work Experience Examples

13. Interests
 Be able to speak extensively about the topics
you put here…and be interested
 Specifics draw them in
 Differentiate
 Well rounded (physical/creative/worldly-ness)
 BE FUN!! But appropriate

14. Branding
 Personal qualifications are well tailored to requirements of job
(clear 60-70% match)
 Multiple words from job description are included in resume (5+)
 Interests section show personality and relevant specific interests
 There is strong evidence of CAN-WANT-FIT match made

15. Integration
 Personal style is consistent across both Resume & Cover Letter

16. The Wow Factor
 Impressive? Hmm factor?
 What was good about it?
 What should they work on?
 Would you have interviewed them?

17. BCC News 202 Reminders
 Resume and Cover
Letter is due on
Tuesday, March 8th @
1:59 PM via Turnitin
 LinkedIn Profile is due
before next tutorial
 Networking Event on
March 10th 2016
 Sign up for Office
Hours!
 Full list of eligible
workshops on Connect!
 TD Bank Info Session
February 25 12:30 –
1:50 pm
 EY Emerging Leaders
Program March 23 5:00
PM – 6:30 PM

18. Closing Lesson
“Through it all, we attempt
to bring balance to the
present moment,
understanding that in
patience lies wisdom,
knowing that what will
come next will be
determined in large
measure by how we are
now.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn

19. Be present