Communication
for Employment
•Preparing Resumes and Application Messages
•Planning Targeted resume
•Preparing Resume
•Supplementing a Resume
•Composing Application Messages
Preparing Resumes and Application Messages
•Applying for jobs start with the
process of preparing a good resume or Curriculum Vitae or CV.
•After identifying the potential employers and job openings,
applicant must prepare their CV with an
application letter or a cover letter.
•This will subsequently be followed
by an invitation to an interview and/or group discussion
•It is always important and crucial
to adopt good communication skills throughout the process.
CV’s and Resumes
•What is a CV and what is a Resume?
•Are there any difference?
Resume:
•A resume provides a summary of your
education, work history, credentials, and other
accomplishments and
skills.
•Resumes are the most common
document requested of applicants in job applications.
•A resume should be as concise as possible
usually
a page or two at the most.
Curriculum
vitae (CV)
CV
provides a
summary of your experience and skills.
•CVs are
longer than resumes – at least two or three pages.
•CVs include information on
your academic background, including teaching experience, degrees,
research, awards, publications, presentations, and other achievements.
•CVs are
thus much longer than resumes, and include more information, particularly
details related to
one’s academic background.
Source https://www.thebalancecareers.com/cv-vs-resume-2058495
What Is the difference between a
resume and a CV?
•The primary
differences between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV) is
the length.
•What is
included
in a CV and resume might be different.
•The purpose for what
each is used for
• While
both are used in job applications, a resume and a CV are not always
interchangeable.
•CVs are used almost exclusively in
countries outside of the United States.
• In
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, employers may expect to receive a
curriculum vitae
rather than a resume.
•Within the
United States, people in academia and medicine tend to use CVs rather than
resumes.
Difference between Resume and CV
Resume
1.Emphasizes skills
2.Used when applying for
position in Industry, non- profit and
public sector
3.No longer than two pages if highly
relevant to the job
4.After 1 year of experience, start
with experience
CV
1.Emphasizes Academic accomplishments
2.Used when applying for positions in
academia, fellowships and grants
3.Length depends on the experience
includes complete lists of experience.
4.Always begins with education, also
tenure, leave, merit all is included.
Points to keep in mind
•When writing a CV, it should be
written specifically keeping in mind the job requirements for the
organization
•The basic question it should
attempt to address is, what are the required qualifications, experience or
achievements that can be highlighted for a particular position
•The CV should strengthen the
author’s strengths and cover the
background, achievements,
experiences.
Relationship between Resume and
Application/Cover letter
•The Resume and Application letter
performs two separate functions
•Resume communicates all relevant
and important biographical information about an applicant.
•The application letter interprets
the information
•For the application letter the
applicant chooses the best information suited to the opening/position
and
discuss it in reference to the job requirements
•The resume and application letter
cannot be combined in one document.
Structure of a Resume for a recent
graduate
•The lists may vary depending on
exposure and experience
•Usually a new college graduate’s
resume is just one page long
•Generally the following list should be borne in mind
1.Personal/biographical details
2.His/Her
educational background
3.Details of his/her work experiences
4.References
Personal/biographical details
•Usually your personal information
like
•Name
•Parent’s name/Spouse’s name
•Address
permanent/correspondence/present
•Skype/email/pager
•Marital Status
•Citizenship
•Mobile number/
Educational background
•The educational background should
begin from school level to the present .
•The chronological order may not be
very impressive, the highest qualification is the most important
and
relevant so it is best to place the most
relevant one in the beginning
•School certificates are not
important but any short term training or
special certificate can be
mentioned.
•Even additional coursework if
relevant can add to the CV.
•Overall grades with grades points
can be added if required similarly
majors/specializations/honors
or subject taken can be added.
•Names of Universities, schools,
degrees should be mentioned.
Details of
work
experiences
•Relevant work experiences can be
mentioned in the reverse chronological order
•It includes all experiences,
part-time as well as full-time if there is no experiences extensively
•If somebody has a good working
experience part-time positions need not be listed
•Each Work experience must be
accompanied by position, and responsibilities, duration of
employment in years
are sufficient.
References
•Under references, an applicant
should list the names of two or three people who know they are being
listed
•Their full name, business address,
email address, telephone
•Referees are expected to give a
sincere opinion of the applicant to the employer confidentially.
•They are familiar with the work of
the applicant, usually professors, or previous employers
•Sometimes, under references, one
can write “references available on request”
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