Building Careers and Writing Résumés

The best time for college students to begin developing a job-search strategy is

• about six months prior to graduation.

• no earlier than the second semester of their first year.

• now — even if they are a year or more away from graduation.

• immediately after graduation.

By definition, a résumé is a

• structured summary of a person's education, employment background, and job qualifications.

• personal journal about a person's education, employment background, and job qualifications.

• random sample of a person's education, employment background, and job qualifications.

• comprehensive catalog of a person's education, employment background, and job qualifications.

Using networking to make informal connections with mutually beneficial business contacts is more important because

• having a social media profile looks good on your résumé.

• the vast majority of jobs are advertised on social networking sites.

• most employers prefer to ask current employees for recommendations first.

• networking is all about finding people who can help you.

To maximize your chances of finding employment, create a single, solid version of your résumé and send it to all prospective employers.

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The purpose of a résumé is to

• induce the reader to hire you.

• list all your skills and abilities.

• take the place of an application letter.

• get you an interview.

The best approach to preparing a résumé is to

• learn as much as you can about who may be reading it, and be sure to meet their needs.

• prepare it quickly.

• keep it general, brief, and nonspecific.

• spend a lot of time creating it, and then send the same version to all prospective employers.

The primary difference between a résumé and a CV is that the CV is likely to be ________ than the résumé.

• shorter

• less formal

• more detailed

• less detailed

If you are just graduating from college and have little or no professional experience,

• your chronological résumé should probably list educational qualifications first.

• your résumé can be written in a casual, informal tone.

• a functional résumé is your only option.

• a traditional chronological résumé is your only option.

If you are planning a career change and want to deemphasize lengthy unemployment or lack of career progress, the best organizational plan for your résumé would be

• chronological.

• functional.

• targeted.

• indirect.

A type of résumé that emphasizes a candidate's skills and accomplishments while also including a complete job history is termed

• an indirect résumé.

• a functional résumé.

• a chronological résumé.

• a combination résumé.