This document outlines the agenda and materials for a tutorial on resumes and cover letters. It includes the course timeline with due dates for assignments, an overview of resume and cover letter components, information on formatting and consistency, resume and cover letter checklists, examples of accomplishment statements, and tips for cover letters and addressing them properly. Students are reminded to sign up for office hours and bring draft resumes and cover letters to the next tutorial for peer review and feedback. The final resume and cover letter are due on November 6th.

1. Career Fundamentals
T06 & T13 – Ingrid Bakke
Tutorial 4: Resume & Cover Letter

2. AGENDA
1. Course Timeline
2. Resumes and Cover Letters
3. Peer Review
4. TA Feedback
5. Action Items

3. TUTORIAL: Resume &
Cover Letter
WHAT’S DUE:
LinkedIn Assignment
@ Oct 23rd 11:59pm
TUTORIAL: Resume
and Cover Letter Peer
Review & Networking
WHAT’S DUE: Resume
& CL Draft on Turnitin
before tutorial time &
Hard Copy brought to
class
TUTORIAL:
Informational
Interview
WHAT’S DUE: Final
Draft of Resume & CL
@ Nov 6th 11:59 pm
on Turnitin
NETWORKING EVENT:
Nov 13th (6-8pm)
WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10

4. TOOLS & RESOURCES

5. ONE PERCENT BONUS MARK
www.vmock.com/sauder

7. Sauder: Business Career Centre (BCC)
https://mybcom.sauder.ubc.ca/career-roadmap

9. Office Hours
Dates & Times:
Tuesday, October 23rd → 11:30am - 1pm
Wednesday, October 31st → 4 - 5:30pm
Friday, November 2nd → 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Monday, November 5th → 4 - 6pm
How to sign up:
Log into COOL
Under Workshops/Events, select Workshops/Other Events
Search up COMM 202 in the Search Bar and COMM 202 Office Hours should appear.
Hit RSVP and you're good to go

10. Formatting & Consistency

11. be consistent
font size, font style,
spacing, bullet points,
alignment, punctuation,
date & abbreviation
format, hyphens vs
dashes
first impression
pick a colour scheme
(if you don’t want black-
and-white, which is also
fine) and use white space
wisely; be concise with
your resume page count
third person
always speak in third
person and maintain a
professional tone; no
slang or personal
pronouns (he, she, we, I)
proofread
no grammar mistakes,
typos, spelling errors -
proofread then
proofread again
Formatting

12. Consistency .. What counts as an
error?
Spelling &
Grammar
InconsistencyIncorrect order of
Information
Improper
Formatting
Incorrect
Information
Missing
Information
*Each error on your resume will be penalized 5% up until the third error,
which will result in an automatic 40% off the entire assignment

13. RESUMES

14. Resume Checklist

15. The “Header”
It should include the following:
1. Preferred name with (given name) in brackets
2. Phone number and address
3. LinkedIn URL is personalized
4. Your current address
5. Professional email address

16. The “Profile”
Your profile is the first thing an employer will read when looking at your resume. It’s
the summary of your resume, a brief introduction, and a preview of what’s to come.

17. • Bachelor of Commerce not BCOMM or
B.Comm
• 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
• Include key/relevant projects and awards
Education

18. • Achievement based (qualitative or
quantitative results)
• Use industry language/jargon
• 2-3 statements per job experience
• Reverse chronological order
• Use RATS or STAR statements
Work Experience

19. Accomplishment Statements
“Reduced expected
deployment time by 10% by
performing quality assurance
on five email campaigns,
reviewing test emails for
strategic misalignment, and
working closely with the
director of production.”

20. Results (Skill Verbs)
ATTAINED
EXCEEDED
ELIMINATED
INCREASED
DECREASE
MAXIMIZED
MINIMIZED
REDUCED
SAVED
SURPASSED
IMPROVED
CREATED
GENERATED
ENHANCED
OPTIMIZED
ESTABLISHED

21. 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!

22. Cover Letters

23. Cover Letter & Content
transferable

24. Opening

25. Body

26. Closing

27. Addressing the Cover Letter
Date
Contact Name
Title
Company
Address 1
City, Province Postal Code
Re: Position Title (reference number if
given)
Dear [First name Last name],
or Dear Hiring Manager/Committee,

28. Addressing the Cover Letter
Sincerely, / Regards, / Best,
(Written signature if you want)
Your name
BCom Candidate 20XX
Sauder School of Business
Enclosed or Attached*: Resume
* Enclosed: physical copy
* Attached: electronic copy

29. Please give me some
feedback!
What should I STOP/
CONTINUE/ START?
FEEDBACK TIME

30. Action Items
1. Office Hours: sign-up on COOL
2. Resume & CL Drafts: Bring
TWO hard copies of your Resume
and Cover Letter to your Tutorial
next week (worth 2%)
3. Resume & CL Final Copy: Due
Nov 6th @ 11:59PM on Turnitin
4. Networking Event: Tuesday,
Nov 13th from 6-8pm

31. Questions?