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Resume Writing

Resume Writing
This series is designed to help users create a powerful resume that gets results in a job search. Different resume formats are described, along with the functions of a resume and the fundamentals of writing a strong resume. Specifics on the components of a resume - the heading, objectives, summary of qualifications, and work history - are examined. Strategies for emphasizing achievements and skills, highlighting education, and circulating a resume are also provided.
Audience:
This series is for anyone who wants to create a potent resume that gets results in a job search.
Features:
  • Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
  • Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
  • Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
  • Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
  • Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
  • A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
  • A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
  • Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.
  • A file containing the text of the exercises.
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Circulating Your Resume

Summary:

This course illustrates how to use networking and other methods of distributing a resume, including how to use online resumes and prepare a resume for computer scanning.

Objectives:

  • Print and distribute a resume
  • Network among friends and acquaintances with networking cards
  • Create and distribute online resumes
  • Create a resume that will be easily scanned by employers' resume scanning products

Topics:

  • Formatting and Distributing
  • Creating and Using Networking Cards
  • Preparing for Computer Scanning
  • Distributing Your Resume Online

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.
Packing a Powerful Resume

Summary:

This course illustrates how to build the skill headings, achievements, education, and interests sections of a resume.

Objectives:

  • List intriguing and useful skills and skill headings
  • Choose the most powerful achievements for an achievements list
  • Build an education section of the most important and pertinent information
  • Fill in any additional sections or information that will help demonstrate the user’s qualifications

Topics:

  • Choosing Marketable Skill Headings
  • Writing an Impressive Achievements List
  • Building an Education Section
  • Including Other Relevant Information

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.
Resume Writing

Summary:

Choosing a Resume Format

Objectives:

  • List the functions of a resume
  • Explain the fundamental rules of writing a resume
  • Describe and differentiate between chronological, functional, achievement, hybrid chronological, and hybrid functional resumes

Topics:

  • The Many Uses of Resumes
  • Resume Commandments and Formats
  • Chronological and Functional Formats
  • Achievement and Hybrid Formats

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.
Starting Out with a Bang

Summary:

This course illustrates how to build the heading, job objectives, summary of qualifications, and work history sections of a resume.

Objectives:

  • Build a resume heading that gives all the necessary contact information
  • Write accurate and relevant job objectives
  • Design a work history listing that shows off the user's experience
  • Create a summary of qualifications that makes the resume stand out from the crowd

Topics:

  • Designing the Heading
  • Writing Meaningful Objectives
  • Developing a Summary of Qualifications
  • Making the Most of Work History

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.

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