WorksheetsResumes and professionalism
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
A document that shows your education, job history, and experiences related to the job you want.
Cover Letter
Resume
Job Application
Employers use resumes to...
See who can do a job
Read about your past jobs
Decide which applicants to interview
How long should a resume be?
1 typed page
2 typed pages
3 typed pages
Which color paper is not appropriate to print your resume on?
White
Cream
Grey
Pink
What information should your resume include?
Contact info
Objective/Goal statement
Education
Work experience
Skills & qualifications
List your most recent job experience first on your resume.
True
False
Under this resume header is where you should list your phone number, mailing address and email address.
Contact Information
Objective
Education
Work History
Employers rate your professionalism based on how your resume looks.
True
False
Why should you have a resume ready to go right now?
To help you get a job after high school or college
To learn the process of writing a resume
It's not important to have a resume during high school.
Which of these do you NOT include on a resume?
education background
work experience
attitude
qualifications
Effective workers possess strong interpersonal skills.
True
False
Verbal messages a person conveys may come from a person’s tone of voice, facial expressions, and eye contact.
True
False
The way a person looks and dresses is a form of nonverbal communication.
True
False
Using slang or texting abbreviations is effective and appropriate in professional writing.
True
False
The first step of the decision-making process is to ____.
A. identify alternatives
B. consider each alternative
C. state the decision to be made
D. take action to follow through on the decision
A
B
C
D
What are the characteristics of professionalism?
Capable of being trusted
Fact or quality of being on time.
Engaging others while at work with respect
All of the above
Which of these is the correct format?
How many pages should your resume be?
As many as it takes to showcase your awesomeness
A hiring manager created this chart after analyzing the number of errors on the resumes of all the candidates who received offers from his firm. Analyze the chart and select the statement below that is TRUE.
You don't need to review your resume too closely since over 50% of offers went to candidates with more than 4 errors on their resume.
About 80% of offers went to candidates with one error or less on their resumes so you better review your resume for errors several times before sending it out for jobs
Some candidates were hired who had more than 10 errors on their resume
You should be more concerned about how you describe your skills on your resume compared to grammatical errors or typos.
