Monday, February 1, 2010

CH 6 Resumes

Concept and Brief Description

Every time a person wants to apply for a job, he or she prepares a resume. As we all know, a resume contains the necessary information such as education, work experience, and any other important skills. Many of the resumes are prepared carefully to make sure it stands out to the employee and get an advantage for an interview. One of the negative sides of a resume is that the applicant controls the information provided and the way it is presented. If the resume is unclear and has many mistakes, then that applicant will be on the no pile. The positive side is that a resume can show any accomplishments you have done where the employment application cannot say that. Also for the employee, it is a starting point who to look for potential employees.

Emotional Hook

It takes approximately 15-30 seconds for a human resource person to see a resume and decide if he or she is a potential employee. That is not a long time, even when you have worked hard on that resume.

Key Points to Elicit in Discussion

To think that it does not take long for a Human Resource staff to look at a resume seems kind of harsh. With years of experience, and HR staff do have the ability to eliminate resumes in seconds. To make your resume stand out, we must make careful changes, or add something that can be valuable for that company. It takes multiple drafts to get a good resume.

Facilitative Questions

What can you do to have a good resume?

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