The Job Search and Résumé

When you conduct a job campaign to obtain employment. After analyzing your qualifications and job preferences, you will _____

• Interview for a job

• Obtain information about employment opportunities 


• Email cover letter to potential companies

• Prepare good health and appearance for the job interview


When analyzing your qualifications and job preferences, you will look into your most positive attributes including

• Your achievements, background, professional skills, professional referees

• Your strengths, weaknesses, interests, skills

• Your accomplishments, education, experience, and personal traits

• Your awards, education, qualifications, hobbies

When analyzing job preferences, which of the following questions that you should not consider?

• Do you like working indoors, outside an office environment, or in varied work environments? 


• Do you want to work in a large company with a structured work environment, or do you prefer a small or less-structured company?

• Do you want to work alone, working with other people or being in charge?

• Do you want to work in a comfortable and open environment with people who share the same hobbies and personal life with you, or in a closed and strict environment?

Which of the following statement is true about networking?

• Networking is the process of developing relationships and alliances with people who can identify job leads and assist with the job search.

• Networking includes the group of people who can identify job leads and assist you with the job search.

• Networking is one of the resources of your job search but not the top importance.

• Networking does not save time for employers to find their potential staff.

Successful networking strategies do not include _______

• View networking as a communication exchange and relationship builder, and build it even before you actually need it. 


• Stay in touch with your contacts throughout the search. Even if they don’t know of an opening at the time of your initial contact, they may have one to share with you later.

• Take a copy of your résumé to the informational interview and leave a copy with your contact if he or she asks for it.

• Ask for a job! Your goal is to gather information on your target job and the requirements for that job, an industry, or a specific company; possible job leads; and names of others to include in your network.

Managers who regularly review resumes and make decisions on who will be invited for an interview generally prefer

• a chronological resume

• a combination resume

• a functional resume

• a “one size fits all” resume

An applicant tracking computer system in the human resources department

• accepts only online resumes

• does not allow for updating resume information

• is required by law in government offices

• scans a resume and places it in an electronic folder

For each job you have held, the most important information to list in a resume is your

• employer

• job accomplishments

• job responsibilities

• job title

For new college graduates with limited experience, the preferred number of pages for a resume is

• 1

• 2

• 3

• any number

The first step in your job campaign is to

• ask friends and acquaintances about available job openings.

• develop a resume that will generate an interview.

• inventory your qualifications, strengths, and interests to know yourself well.

• send letters of inquiry to prospective employers to locate job opportunities.