This document summarizes a career success workshop about researching jobs, resumes, and portfolios. It provides tips on using a network and online resources to find jobs. Resumes should be concise and highlight accomplishments, not just job descriptions. The workshop also discusses choosing resume formats, sections, and writing style, as well as common mistakes to avoid. Maintaining an online portfolio to showcase work was also covered, including free website building tools and best practices for design, navigation, and content.
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The Career Workshop will help attendees prepare for a job search. Attendees will share experiences and challenges that they have encountered, and will be provided with insights and guidance to help them navigate the often-challenging job-seeker landscape.
The workshop is divided into information-sharing sessions and activity-based sessions that help attendees get a combination of classroom-style learning mixed with hands-on interaction. In addition to discussions of cover letters, resumes, and portfolios, we will brainstorm approaches to common interview questions, including the behavioral-based questions that are being used by many companies today. We will also learn how to research and negotiate salaries for full-time and contract employees.
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The Career Workshop will help attendees prepare for a job search. Attendees will share experiences and challenges that they have encountered, and will be provided with insights and guidance to help them navigate the often-challenging job-seeker landscape.
The workshop is divided into information-sharing sessions and activity-based sessions that help attendees get a combination of classroom-style learning mixed with hands-on interaction. In addition to discussions of cover letters, resumes, and portfolios, we will brainstorm approaches to common interview questions, including the behavioral-based questions that are being used by many companies today. We will also learn how to research and negotiate salaries for full-time and contract employees.
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10. SocialMedia
• Searching Through Social Media
- LinkedIn
- Twitter
• Your Social Media Presence
- Complete your profile
- Become a fan
- Join groups
11. Recruiter
• Helps you stand out
• Established relationships
• Specialized knowledge
• Honest feedback
Having a buddy through the process
14. Resume
Your resume needs to be
concise, to the point and
targeted if you want to
make a positive impression
within those two minutes.
15. Resume
• Craft tailored resumes
• Think “at-a-glance” format
• You are a person... not a
job description
• Include “mini” case studies
• Don’t go overboard
16.
17. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
• Organizing your resume
• Writing your resume
• Avoiding resume mistakes
• Cover letter
18. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
- Chronological or Functional?
• Organizing your resume
• Writing your resume
• Avoiding resume mistakes
• Cover letter
19. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
- Chronological
• Easy-to-follow lists of work experience in reverse
chronological order
• Shows duties and accomplishments at each job,
with focus on current position
• Organizing your resume
• Writing your resume
• Avoiding resume mistakes
• Cover letter
20. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
- Functional
• Organized around skills, experiences and
accomplishments; omits or only broadly mentions
work history
• Use if:
- Entry-level job seeker
- Re-entering workforce
- No growth in responsibility in past jobs
• Organizing your resume
• Writing your resume
• Avoiding resume mistakes
• Cover letter
21. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
• Organizing your resume
- Profile Section
- Experience
- Technical Skills
- Personalize
• Writing your resume
• Avoiding resume mistakes
• Cover letter
22. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
• Organizing your resume
• Writing your resume
- Avoid “I”
- Keep sentences short
- Use bullet points
• Avoiding resume mistakes
• Cover letter
23. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
• Organizing your resume
• Writing your resume
• Avoiding resume mistakes
- What to leave out:
• Soft skills — people will believe you when they meet you
• Religious or political affiliations
• Personal information
• “References available upon request”
- Common Resume Pitfalls
• Cute/Clever language, typos/poor grammar,
misrepresentation, vagueness, overkill, overpersonalizing,
overdesign, photos, marital status or family situation.
• Listing 20+ years of experience
• Cover letter
24. Resume
• Choosing a resume format
• Organizing your resume
• Writing your resume
• Avoiding resume mistakes
• Cover letter
- Is it necessary? Sometimes...
• Is your first chance to make a good impression
• Is a way to direct attention to those aspects of the
resume that are likely to make the best impression
• Demonstrates your knowledge about the company and
industry
• Opportunity to explain aspects of your employment
history that might raise questions
29. Portfolio
Design Structure
- Clean design
- Categories/tabs, easy navigation
- Oraganize by medium
- Descriptions, what was your role
- Technical Skills/tools used
- Github (if developer)
- Resume
- Contact
- Password for proprietary work