WorksheetsResume Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Your resume should at least contain
Your contact information, work experiences, education, relevant certifications and job skills, and your geographic preference and work availability
Your contact information, work experiences, education, plenty of professional references about your personal hobbies
Your contact information, work experiences, education, relevant certifications and all social media profiles that you use on a regular basis
Your contact information and your "dream job" requirements
If you have employment gaps in your resume, you should:
Be prepared to explain them further in an interview
Fill gaps in with job experience and skills even if you don't have them, to make yourself more marketable
Talk about each gap with a lot of detail and explanation
All of the above
When listing a reference on your resume, you should:
Use a fancy font and eye-catching color
Not list references on your resume - you should only mention that references are available to your potential employer if they should need them
Use more personal than professional references, as they will probably know you better
Use only family members as references
In your resume, you should avoid:
Using nicknames for yourself
Any discussion of time off or pay
Unnecessary information about yourself (Zodiac sign, religious affiliation, information about personal hobbies unrelated to work, etc.)
All of the above
Information about volunteer work you've done should be included on your resume because it speaks to your reliability.
True
False
When including information about previous job experience, you should:
Start with your most recent or current employer
Include any relevant military experience
List specific job duties you have had in the past
All of the above
Some people recommend that you should use your name as your email address (e.g., JohnSmith@email.com), but it's best to use a creative nickname, like Coolguy@email.com to make yourself stand out more.
True
False
If you are still enrolled in school, but are looking for a job, on your resume you should highlight:
Your favorite extracurricular activities
How well your school is doing in sports this season
Classes you are taking, especially those relevant to the job you are trying to get
Your favorite teachers' names
Your resume will be most effective if it:
is clean and professional, free of spelling and grammar errors
Contains accurate and up-to-date information about you
Helps the potential employer know enough about how you would be a good fit for the position you are applying for
All of the above
Because of the large number of resumes that a hiring manager may have to review, you want your resume to:
Stand out by using colorful and interesting fonts
Have as much information as possible, including plenty of information about your personal life
Be easy to read, and contain the information necessary for the hiring manager to make an informed decision about you
Show that you would be a fun employee
