COMM 202 TUTORIAL 6

SIT IN GROUPS OF 5! HAND IN ONE COPY OF YOUR RESUME & CL

AGENDA

Skills Matrix Feedback

Resume

Cover Letter

Homework

1. SKILLS MATRIX FEEDBACK

Well

• Great stories!

• Strong start, got lazy and not as strong of a finish

Improvement

• Grammar

• Specifics (results & tasks)

• Not relevant jobs

2. RESUMES!

HEADER/FORMATTING Margins equal (1.5 cm)

Aligned bullet points

Font size/type (size 10) (used throughout document) (max of 2)

Periods or no periods

Dashes/hyphens

Section spacing

Right aligned dates

Title consistency

Name (given/preferred)

Dates consistency (month and year or just year)

Numbers under 10 spelled out

White space – is it easy to read?

All written in 3rd person

Address

LinkedIn URL (Personalized)

Phone

PROFILE/KEY COMPETENCIES

No more then 5 lines for key competencies (4 for profile)

Languages

Skills/strengths/experiences

Branded to job posting

Is the profile linked with proof elsewhere in the resume

EDUCATIONBCom not BCOMM

Location of school

Start with degree

Key courses, but no grocery lists

GPA (cumulative or quantitative courses only)

Key/relevant projects – accomplishment statement form

Awards – accomplishment statement form

Transfer schools – how to list them

Exchange programs – how to list them

GPA (show the scale)/%/letter grades – based on how the school give grades

CSC/CFA, Level 1, Bloomberg Essentials, MDA

Case competitions (balance the real estate)

WORK EXPERIENCE/ EXTRA-CURRICULAR

Varied result verbs (no more than 2 the same)

Branded to job posting (skills relevant)

Reverse chronological order (by start date)

Explanation sentences of companies/experiences

Proof where possible – result verb based

One sentence (2 lines best)

Filler words

RAT statements (not in that order but need all parts of the RAT)

What qualifies as work vs. extra-curricular

Words from job description in the resume – clear connection

INTERESTS

Be able to speak extensively about the topics you put here…and be interested

Specifics draw them in

Differentiate

Well rounded (physical/creative/worldly-ness)

BE FUN!! But appropriate

3. COVER LETTERS

FORMATTING

Header same as resume

Font size the same throughout

Consistent margins

NOT justified

“Attached” for electronic copies (“Enclosed” for mail)

Proper title at end

Name/title of employer?

Order of beginning:

Date

Contact name

Their title

Company

Address 1

Address 2

City, Province Postal Code

Re: Position title

OPENING

HOOK!

Is there a link between them and the position?

Interest and passion

Matches skills

Shows research in company

NOT random fact-dropping!

Name dropping where applicable

SKILLS MATCHING

Are the skills in the job description?

Are they relevant to the position?

Are they in story-like format? (Easy to understand)

Every position in cover letter MUST BE IN RESUME

Must have link to company/position (explicit or

implied)

Bullet points or paragraph form are both

acceptable

2-3 skills

BRANDING

Incorporating industry jargon/terminology

CAN they do the job?

Do they WANT the job?

Are they a good FIT?

CONCLUSION

Reiterates skills in a different way

Expresses interest in the position

Call to action

Thank-you

Book-end the hook!

THE WOW FACTOR

Impressive? Hmm factor?

What was good about it?

What should they work on?

Would you have interviewed them?

QUESTIONS ??

4. HOMEWORK

Office hours, office hours, OFFICE HOURS

Lecture Next Week

Documents Due: March 27th, 2015 2:00pm

PST time