This document provides a seven-step career planning process and advice for resume building. It discusses exploring yourself and opportunities, setting goals, gaining experience, and knowing how to survive economic changes. Six steps for career success are identified: goals, networking, skills, requirements, entry points, and timing. Effective resumes are targeted marketing tools that highlight an applicant's skills, qualities, experiences and competence within 30 seconds. Common resume myths are addressed and steps for building an effective resume are outlined, including assessing qualifications, formatting, using action verbs, and ensuring brevity, readability and truthfulness.

1. Career Planning and Resume Building

2. Believe Belong Become

3. Seven Step ProcessExplore self

4. Explore the work

5. Make decisions and set goals

6. Plan Education

7. Obtain career experience

8. Conduct jobsearch or Plan for further study

9. Know how to survive in a changing economySix easy to help u navigate for career success:Why--- Identify your goals

10. Who--- network with people

11. How--- Learn the skills necessary

12. What--- Understand requirements

13. Where--- Find out points of entry

14. When--- Know when to start lookingBeing in a position to seize the opportunitySelf AwarenessOpportunityAwarenessTaking ActionDecision Making

15. Where does the time go?

16. Choosing a career

17. What do you offer?Skills

18. Qualities

19. Experience

20. Process and outcomes

21. Competence and capabilityOpportunity awarenessEvents

22. ChancePurpose of a ResumeA Marketing Tool:To convince an employerTo call youFor an interviewYou’ve got 30 seconds!!!Select Me

23. Resume Myths“I don’t need one until I’m ready to look for a job.”

24. “I can use one standard resume for the rest of my life.”

25. “I’m too young, there’s nothing to put on a resume.”

26. “My resume will get the job for me.”

27. Steps toBuildinga ResumeLaying the foundation.

28. Building the resume.

29. Finishing the resume.Laying the FoundationAssess Yourself on Paper

30. What are your Objectives?

31. Kind of job you are looking for and when you are available

32. What have you accomplished?

33. Skills, Abilities, Work Experience, and Extracurricular Activities/LeadershipConti…What Makes a Good Employee?? 1. Integrity

34. Ability to work with people

35. Responsibility

36. Judgment

37. Motivation to succeed

38. Work ethic

39. Intelligence

40. Creativity/enthusiasm

41. Communications skills

42. 10. Technical competenceThe ResumeHeadingObjectiveEducationReferencesRelated SkillsActivitiesExperience

43. Building the ResumePersonal Data SectionObjective (Optional)Education SectionWork ExperienceActivities and HonorsDo Not List References

44. Personal Data SectionThe HeadingPreferably at the top in the center or right side

45. Name, address and phone number

46. Email

47. accessible after graduation.

48. Professional addressNOT: beerbongking@hotmail.comNOT: Slacker_35@sbcglobal.comNOT: needz_da_muney@zetzero.com

49. Personal Data Section ExamplesExample #1 Ima T. Aggie1234 High St. 4321 West WayCollege Station, TX 77840 Houston, TX 77444Home: (979) xxx-xxxx (281) xxx-xxxxCell : (979) xxx-xxxx ita@tamu.eduExample #2Ima T. Aggie1234 High St.College Station, TX 77840Home: (979) xxx-xxxx Cell : (979) xxx-xxxx ita@tamu.edu

50. Heading ExamplesDODON’T

51. ObjectiveAlways include an objective

52. Apply to a specific position if possible

53. Stay off the soap box

54. Be conciseEg:CO-OP, Intern, Full-time? Operations, Business, Sales, Design, R&D, Consulting?CO-OPs and Interns – start date

55. Education SectionInclude the following: •Institution of study(s) • Degree(s) and Major(s) • HonorsDo I have to include my GPA? • If absent, employers will assume GPA < 2.8 • If present, designate a scale i.e. 3.2/4.0 Do not use GPA in a major alone

56. Work ExperienceJob Title, Company Name, Location, Dates of employment

57. Job Description – Statements (not sentences)Using action words and showing resultsBe Positive, Be Concise, Be Persuasive

58. List all work experience…within reason

59. Include accomplishments not just responsibilities

60. Have you been in the working world?

61. Hands up if you’ve professional experienceActivities and HonorsList them all and have a balance

62. Student/Professional organizations

63. Foreign languages, international experiencesLeadership positions

64. Scholarships,Dean’s List, etc.

65. Athletic groups

66. Hobbies ReferencesKeep it to three (Unless you choose RAUR)

67. One personal, scholastic and professional

68. Be sure they’re still there and reachable

69. Are they a good reference?Finishing the ResumeBe Concise

70. Avoid Personal Pronouns

71. Use action words

72. Show results

73. Reader Friendly

74. Avoiding common mistakes

75. Spelling and grammatical errors.

76. Formatting, fonts, length, paper quality.

77. Translate “Aggie speak” to business English

78. LIES

79. Too long

80. Be ready to back up anything on the resume

81. Don’t include referencesContn…Use white or off-white paper (checkout resume paper at area copy centers, i.e. Kinkos, Copy Corner, or Graphics Center on campus)

82. Use 8 ½ x11-inch paper

83. Use a font size of 10 to 14 points

84. Black ink only

85. Use non-decorative typefaces

86. Choose one typeface and stick to it

87. Avoid italics, script, and underlined words

88. No horizontal or vertical lines, graphics, or shading

89. Do not fold or staple your resume

90. If you must mail your resume, put it in a large envelopeDifferent types of resumes for different uses There are four basic types of resumes: chronological, functional, combination, and curricula vitae (CVs). Choose a format that best fits your experiences and industry or one that you are comfortable with. Ultimately, the choice of resume format is up to you.Chronological resumes present information in a time line approach. Typically, the most recent work or educational experience is listed first, followed by the next most recent. It illustrates how you have made progress towards your career objective through your employment history.Functional resumes group work experience and skills by skill area or job function. Use functional resumes to point out your skills over your specific employment history. It highlights more relevant skills instead of position titles.Combination resumes merge the chronological and functional styles. They present the knowledge, skills and abilities gained from work in a reverse-chronological order.Curricula vitae (CVs) are very different from resumes and are only used in certain positions and industries. Curricula vitae provide a detailed statement of your qualifications. CV's are more biographical in nature and are often used in higher education, science, and medicine

91. In Conclusion….Your goal is to get an interview

92. A resume is a window

93. It’s a brochure about you

94. The 8 second test

95. Brevity and readabilityCongratulations! You Did It!

96. Activities and HonorsStudent/Professional organizationsLeadership positionsScholarships,Dean’s List, etc.Foreign languages, international experiencesReferencesDo not list on resumeBring separate page when you are interviewedPresent most marketable information firstUse brief, descriptive phrasesNo personal pronounsUse action verbs to describe experiences and accomplishments Be PositiveBe TruthfulYou Have the Right to Remain Silent