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Read pg#372-378 (You can select any of the 3 examples).

Instructions: Please create your resume using one of the three scenarios on page 376-378:

As with every type of business message, keep your audience, your goals, and your resources in mind. Don’t choose a style just because it seems trendy or flashy or different. For example, you can find some eye-catching infographic résumés online, but many of those are created by graphic designers applying for visually oriented jobs in advertising, fashion, web design, and other areas in which graphic design skills are a must. In other words, the intended audience expects an applicant to have design skills, and the résumé is a good opportunity to demonstrate those. In contrast, a colorful, graphically intense résumé might just look odd to recruiters in finance, engineering, or other professions. The sample résumés in Figures 13.4 through 13.6 use a classic, conservative design that will serve you well for most business opportunities. Notice how they feature simplic-ity, an easy-to-read layout, effective use of white space, and clear typefaces. Recruiters can pick out the key pieces of information in a matter of seconds. You can certainly enhance your résumé beyond this style, but do so carefully and always with an eye on what will help the reader and avoid confusing an applicant tracking system. Make subheadings easy to find and easy to read. Avoid dense blocks of text, and use lists to itemize your most important qualifications. Color is not necessary by any means, but if you add color, make it subtle and sophisticated. Above all, don’t make the reader work. Your résumé should be a high-efficiency information-delivery system, not a treasure hunt.

Note: You must include the following in your resume:

1. Introductory Statement: Career Objective or Qualifications Summary or Career Summary
2. Education
3. Work Experience, Skills, and Accomplishments
4. Activities and Achievements

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The ideal length of your résumé depends on the depth of your experience and the level of the positions for which you are applying.

To achieve good résumé design, make sure that you:

• • Focus on simplicity, order, plenty of white space, and an easy-to-read typeface.
  • Make your subheadings easy to find and easy to read.
  • Use lists to itemize your most important qualifications.
  • Leave plenty of white space.
  • Make any added color subtle and sophisticated; color is not necessary.

Most résumés are now subjected to keyword searches in an applicant tracking system or other database. Résumés that don’t closely match the requirements may never be seen by a human reader, so it is essential to use the words and phrases that a recruiter is most likely to search on.

• Use the specific terminology used in the job description.
• Integrate keywords naturally.
• Incorporate as many keywords in résumé and cover letter, without sounding awkward.
• Cover the full range of hard and soft skills.