Tutorial 5 - Ali Jatoi

1. COMM 202Tutorial 5: Resume Peer Edits
LAPTOPS & PHONES AWAY! NAME TENTS OUT!
T15 + T17

2. AGENDA For today
TA Feedback
Resume Peer Editing
Action Items

3. Course Timeline
Week 9Week 8Week 7
• LinkedIn /
networking
• Event
networking /
informational
interviews
• Cover letter &
resume due
Tuesday,
November 1st
@ 2:00PM
• Networking
event on
November 3rd
• Resume peer
review
• Resume drafts
due
LinkedIn profiles for next week!

4. Feedback time!
Start. Stop. Continue.

5. Time to
Peer edit

6. The room setup
Ali

7. Instructions
• Write your table number on ALL documents
• Put all Resumes in a pile in the middle of the table
• Get out your marking utensils!
EACH NEW SLIDE SECTION:
PASS Resumes TO THE next table!

8. Let’s learn about
FORMATTING

9. Formatting
• name is preferred name with given
name in brackets
• phone and address included
• linkedin url is personalized
header
• no personal pronouns (I, we, he, she)
• white space
• experiences in reverse chronological
order
general
consistency
• Titles formatted the same
• Spacing is consistent
• Margins are reasonable (≥1.5cm)
• Phrases either ALL endin periodor not
• Dates
• Usually right-aligned
• All have month and year, or just year
• All months are abbreviated to same # of letters
• Uses hyphens (–) OR dashes (-)
• Font:
• Size is ≥ 10
• Generally no more than two types of font
• Numbers under 10 spelled out (i.e. two vs. 2)
• Bullets: same size/style, aligned

10. The Header

11. Profile/Key Competencies
• No more then 5 lines for key competencies (4 for profile)
• Can include languages
• Does it clearly and convincingly summarize strengths/experiences/skills?
• Does it match the job posting (multiple references)?
• Does it provide a clear, convincing link to the rest of the resume (i.e. is
there PROOF elsewhere in the document?)

12. Let’s look at
Education

13. Education Section
• Does it clearly summarizeeducation experiences (i.e. including
academic projects / relevant courses / grades / awards)?
• Is there any ambiguity with respect to the info provided?
• Does it match thejob description?

14. Education Section
• BCom not BCOMM
• Start with the degree
• List expected date of completion (either as “Completion: …” or “Expected
Completion: ...”)
• No laundry lists of courses: only specific, relevant courses
• GPA –score/%/letter grade, indicating the school scale
• Key/relevant projects and awards: write in accomplishment statement form

15. And now
Work experience

16. How to write
Accomplishment
Statements

17. RATS Format
• from star à rats statements
Result
Action
Task
Situation

18. Results
ATTAINED
EXCEEDED
ELIMINATED
INCREASED
DECREASED
MAXIMIZED
MINIMIZED
REDUCED
SAVED
SURPASSED
IMPROVED
CREATED
GENERATED
ENHANCED
OPTIMIZED
ESTABLISHED

19. Results
qualitative
• ***Be Descriptive
• Positive Feedback
• Promotion/Increase in
Responsibilities
• Implementation
• Awards
quantitative
• How much?
• How many?
• Numbers / Percentages

20. actions
do your results match up with your actions?
are those skills relevant to the job?
what skills did you see?

21. Situation and Task
What was the challenge?
Paint the setting (Who, What, Where?)
Describe the context

22. The 2 types of statements
duty-based
responsible for contacting
corporate clients and
organizing a tournament
accomplishment
achieved 85% client retention
rate by establishing
relationships with key
corporate clients and providing
a well organized, personally
tailored tournament experience
vs.
✔✖

23. Accomplishment Examples
achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing
relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well
organized, personally tailored tournament experience
result

24. Accomplishment Examples
achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing
relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well
organized, personally tailored tournament experience
Action & Task

25. Accomplishment Examples
Situation
achieved 85% client retention rate by establishing
relationships with key corporate clients and providing a well
organized, personally tailored tournament experience

26. Another Example
Led Varsity Volleyball team to the PacWest BC
Provincial Championship gold medal by exemplifying
camaraderie and teamwork in both practices and
high-pressure games

27. Experiences
• Are experiences achievement based?
• Do numbers clearly quantify achievements where appropriate?
• Do statements have Accomplishment, Proof, Transferrable skills, and Scope
of Action?
• Are the result verbs varied and strong?
• Does language indicate familiarity with industry/company? Does it match the
job description?

28. Experiences Cont.
• Reverse chronological order by start date
• You can include explanation sentences of companies/experiences if necessary
• Eliminate filler words
• Written in third person
• Keep it to one sentence (2 lines is best)
• The elements of the RATS statement should be apparent (but not necessarily in
RATS order)

29. Onto their
Interests

30. interests
• Do the interests show personality? Are they specific? Are
they relevant to the job (not always necessary)?
• Do they differentiate the candidate? Are they memorable?
• Be fun! And appropriate
*NOTE for the candidate: Be able to speak about these interests
extensively!

31. Look for a
Branding

32. 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

33. A note about
Marking

34. Errors
if you have 2 or more errors per document, we will deduct 40%
TYPOS FORMATTINGSPELLING
MISSING INFO
Grammatical
Mistakes
CONSISTENCY

35. One last
thing

36. Linkedin Profile for Next Tutorial
• Due before next tutorial
• Include:
– A professional Headshot
– A personalized URL (You can google how to do this)
– An outline of your education, work and extra curriculars
– Connect to me on Linkedin so I Know you’ve done it!
– Send a personalized invite to 5 other contacts
• You should have 6 connections when I check!

37. Action items
1. Resume & Cover Letter due tUesday November 1st @ 2PM on TURNITIN
2. Linkedin Profile due before next tutorial!
3. Networking event on november 3rd 6-8pm!
4. Office hours!
5. Sign up for extreme makeover & BCC sessions for extra help!
6. Have an awesome weekend