This week you will be completing the Reverse Chronological Résumé for a Targeted Audience. Please view the Résumé content item located under Week 1 for the details of this assignment.

The Reverse Chronological Resume will be graded using the Week 1 Resume rubric.

 

 

1. You may conduct a job search within My Compass to My Career by clicking in the top right corner of the screen and then select Search Jobs from the drop down menu. You may also go directly into HireDeVry from the link toward the bottom of the drop down menu to search for jobs. Other job search sites that may be helpful include Indeed or CareerBuilder (See table 18.1 on p 507 of our etext for job search websites). 
3. For students new to a specific field or industry, please search O*Net Online at http://onetonline.org (Links to an external site.)
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6.  for job titles/descriptions for a wide range of career fields. Conduct a job search as directed above using job titles you find.
7. Draft a reverse chronological resumé targeted to the job posting you selected using the Resumé Evaluation Checklist, Resumé Wizard, and information you find inside My Compass to My Career. Upload your resumé into the O*Net-Soc AutoCoder (Links to an external site.)
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10.  to confirm that it earns a score of 70 or above for your title/industry.
11. Submit the targeted resumé, copy of the actual job description (not a link), and a screenshot of your O*Net Score to the dropbox by the due date.

NOTE: Your resumé should be original. Although you may use a sample for layout/design, do not copy wording from any source. If you are using a previous version of your resumé, please revise it to make it stronger.

A successful resumé will:

• Be written for a targeted audience (job posting selected).
• Include an introductory section with a Target Job Title and Qualification/Professional Summary that reflects the student's skills and experiences relative to the job description.
• List employment and education history presented in reverse chronological order.
• Summarize the student's work experience in four to five points under each position held, focusing on concrete, measurable accomplishments.
• Present work experience, skills, and achievements in original terminology.
• Use parallel active verbs (see page 515 in e-text for suggestions).
• Not use first person singular.
• Use appropriate headings and appropriate design elements (e.g., white space, bold, underline, italics, varying font sizes***) to improve readability. ***Note: Students should not attempt to use all of these elements in one document.
• Make efforts to limit the resumé to one - two pages.
• Demonstrate proper writing conventions, including correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.

 

Points%Description1518.75The resumé is tailored to the industry/company/position addressing a targeted audience. Copy of job posting is submitted.1012.5The resumé includes an introductory section such as Career Profile or Qualification/Professional Summary. Section is written clearly and appropriate to writer's degree and field. 

1012.5Education section includes name of degree, name of university, and expected graduation date. Reverse chronological format is used.1518.75Employment Experience section has each position listed in reverse chronological order providing position, company, city, state, dates. Each position is fully developed with skills/duties/responsibilities/accomplishments1518.75The writer has written the document in a correct resume format. Uses good layout and design features. 1518.75The writer has written the resumé in his or her own words and is free of grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. The resume is written in parallel form, uses action verbs, and avoids personal pronouns.80100A quality resume will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.