6. Incarnate Word is a
medium sized
school, having a little
over 5,000 students
Located just outside of
downtown San
Antonio, making for an
exciting atmosphere for
college.
43% of students
graduate within six years
7. Tuition and fees at UIW
total about $23,500
The usual financial aid
package, however, is
around $19,000.
90% of freshman
received financial
aid, and 29% of
students had their full
financial aid needs met
8. The University has over 93 Sister
schools around the world and its
study abroad program is
unmatched in the San Antonio area.
One of the more popular programs
is the John Cabot University study
abroad program in Rome, Italy
In recent years, the university has
made a great deal of efforts in
integrating emerging technology
with the student's learning. The
university was the first school that
introduced smart mobile
technology (iPad) to its students in
the state of Texas. The Management
Information Systems (MIS) program
will offer smart mobile app
development classes from Spring
2013 semester.
9.
10. Swarthmore is located about 11
miles outside of Philadelphia
Swarthmore is registered in the
three college consortium with
Haverford and Bryn Mawr.
Students are able to take classes
at all three institutions.
In its 2012 college ranking, U.S.
News & World Report ranked
Swarthmore as the #3 liberal
arts college, with an overall
score of 96/100,
behind Williams and Amherst,
respectively.
11. Swarthmore is a “need
blind”
college, meaning they
have an endowment
large enough to grant
significant financial aid
packages to students.
Swarthmore’s $1.5
billion endowment
makes this possible.
12. 70% of applicants have
scores within the 700-800
range, and 84% of
applicants are within the
top 10% of their class.
The student to faculty ratio
is 8:1, making Swarthmore
one of the more personal
schools for students in the
country.
Swarthmore is a liberal
arts college, meaning they
offer a variety of intensive
options
15. A resume is a one page summary of your
skills, education, and experience. The resume acts
much like an advertisement for a company trying
to sell something. The resume is your
advertisement.
16. Curriculum Vitae Résumé
"a brief biographical "a brief written account of
personal, educational, and
résumé of one's
professional qualifications
career and training, and experience, as that
as prepared by a prepared by an applicant
person applying for for a job."
a job.“
More common term in the
More common term USA
in the UK
17. Many employers will ask for one
Think of your CV as a brochure designed to
promote you
Take some time and effort and create a
really great CV - it will be worth the effort
In an application form you are limited in
what you can say about yourself - you can
only answer the questions that are asked
In your CV, you are in control. Take
advantage of this and show yourself in the
best possible light
18. Keep a master CV,
which is updated Each time you apply for a
cumulatively as you job, make a copy of your
progress in your career: master CV:
edit the copy to reflect
add to it only when you the specific requirements
have new experience or of the job you are
achievements to record applying for
delete from it only as
older items appear less keep careful records of
significant in the light what was submitted for
of new experience which vacancies
19. The past
how have you spent your life so far?
what have you achieved?
The present
what are you currently doing?
what have you learnt from what you have done in the past?
The Future
where do you want to end up?
how do you plan to get there?
It is good to have a career goal. It indicates that you are
ambitious and are taking your career seriously.
Your goal should be ambitious but achievable.
You should be knowledgeable about what your goal
entails, and be prepared to discuss it at interview.
You should have a realistic plan for achieving your goal
The job for which you are applying should be part of that
plan.
20. How have you spent your life so far?
schools and colleges attended (with dates)
qualifications attained (with dates and grades)
employers and job titles (with dates)
student/vacation work (with dates)
What have you achieved?
Do you have any sporting achievements?
Do you play a musical instrument? Do you play in a band or
orchestra?
Are/were you a member of any student clubs societies?
Have you undertaken any voluntary work?
Have you ever won any prizes or awards?
Have you taken a leadership role or position of responsibility with
respect
to any of the above?
21. Subject or industry specific skills:
For an IT professional you might list the programming
languages that you
have used - indicating your level of experience in each.
If you are a school teacher you might list the subjects and
levels at which you have taught.
Generic or transferable skills:
Can you write well?
Can you communicate effectively on the telephone?
Can you fit in to their team?
Are you reliable?
Can you be trusted with money?
Do you have any leadership ability?
22. Use bullet point - or short paragraphs - within each of these
sections.
Personal Details - simple, factual information.
Career Goal - this section is optional but if you decide to
include it, be prepared to discuss it at interview.
Educational History - bullet point your progress (with dates)
Employment History - bullet point your progress (with dates)
Skills and achievements - say when & how you have
demonstrated these
Referees - make sure you ask their permission first
Leisure Activities - this section should be kept fairly short
unless you have something very interesting to say.
Within each section, put more recent items above older ones
23. ... so use structure, layout and formatting to help him.
Keep the structure, formatting and layout
simple, logical and consistent.
Use layout such as white space, indentation and
bullet lists:
to emphasise important information such as dates
to enable the reader to scan quickly to the information he
is interested in.
Keep the text of each item brief but self contained.
Your CV should normally be no longer than two sides.
Do not use a font that is smaller than 11 point Times
New Roman (or equivalent) - 12 point is even better.
25. Creative Financial Sales Teaching
skills skills skills skills
advise
conceptualise administer
clarify
create allocate
coach
design analyse sell
elicit
fashion appraise convert
enable
form audit close
encourage
illustrate balance deal
explain
institute budget persuade
facilitate
integrate calculate highlight
guide
invent control satisfy
inform
originate compute win over
instruct
perform develop sign
persuade
revitalise forecast
stimulate
shape project
train
26. accurate enthusiastic logical self disciplined
active experienced loyal sense of humor
adaptable fair mature sensitive
adept firm methodical sincere
broad-minded genuine motivated successful
competent honest reliable tactful
conscientious innovative resourceful trustworthy
enterprising
27. Candidate 1: Candidate 2:
"I gained considerable "I am good at
experience in dealing with dealing with the
the public during my
summer job as receptionist public”
for the Ramada
Hotel, Portrush. This
involved responding to
enquiries on the telephone
and registering guests on
arrival. I feel much more
confident in dealing with
the public now."
28. Candidate 1: Candidate 2:
"I want to spend "I'm not really sure what I
want to do. I thought about
four years web design but then I
working in web didn't know if there would
design and be any jobs. Maybe I'm
more suited to
development to management."
get experience of
the technologies
and the business.
After that I intend
