Building Your Resume or Curriculum Vitae

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Building Your Resume or Curriculum Vitae

• Heidi Lender
• Assistant Director
• Strommen Career and Internship Center

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What is a Resume?

• a document to market your skills, experience,
  education, and accomplishments to employers
• is meant to get you an interview
• is NOT your life history
• is very concise and easy to scan for information

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What is a Curriculum Vitae (CV)?

• a document that presents your qualifications for
  academic employment or graduate school
• addresses your education, research, teaching,
  publications, presentations, professional
  development, and academic accomplishments
• is rather lengthy and detailed
• is a guide to where you have been academically
  and professionally

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Basic Guidelines

• utilize a 10 to 12 point, plain font
• use consistency in your presentation
• one page is preferred, but two pages are used
  when you have enough relevant experience
• the most impressive related experience should be
  towards the top of the page
• use action words to start your statements
• include industry related buzz words
• target it to the career field you are
  entering/job description you are applying for

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Categories

• Both Resume and CV
• Education, Honors, Internships/Related
  Experience, Research, Additional Involvement,
  Activities, Volunteer/Community Service, Skills,
  Work Experience, Related Coursework, Technical
  Skills
• Resume
• Objective, Profile/Summary
• CV
• Publications, Presentations, Professional
  Development/Conferences, Teaching Experience

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Resume Statements

• use action verbs to describe what you did in each
  position or experience
• be descriptive and specific write a full
  statement
• action verb details results strong resume
  statement
• look at job postings to get ideas
• practice telling someone else what you did in
  each position or how you demonstrated each skill

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Personal Information

• LEAH M. HELPER
• 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454
• 612.330.3333, helper_at_augsburg.edu

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Profile/Summary of Qualifications

• PROFILE
• Motivated entry-level professional with a solid
  understanding of family systems and counseling
  psychology. Excellent interpersonal skills and
  ability to interact with people of diverse
  backgrounds and cultures. Experienced in
  developing and implementing youth programs.
• SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
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• Highly motivated entry level professional with a
  solid understanding of community issues
• Ability to interact with people of diverse
  backgrounds and cultures
• Proven effectiveness in developing and
  implementing programs for children and families
• Excellent communication, writing, and research
  skills

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Education

• EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Arts, Augsburg College, Minneapolis,
  MN May 20XX
• Major Psychology Minor Communication Studies
  GPA 3.7
• Honors Deans List, Psychology Honor Society,
  Augsburg Academic Scholarship
• Study Abroad University of Galway, Galway,
  Ireland Spring 20XX

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Research

• RESEARCH
• Statistics and Methods Research Project, Augsburg
  College, Minneapolis, MN Spring 20XX
• Examined the correlation between attachments
  styles and young adults from divorced families
• Hypothesized that individuals from divorced
  families would be more likely to have an insecure
  attachment style
• Discovered that there was no statistical
  correlation between attachment styles and
  divorced families

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Related Experience

• RELATED EXPERIENCE
• Intern, Crisis Nursery, Minneapolis, MN, Spring
  20XX
• Selected to demonstrate therapeutic interventions
  to volunteers at a newly developed parent-child
  educational and therapeutic group
• Consulted with another therapists regarding
  client case management
• Intern, Washburn Child Guidance Center,
  Minneapolis, MN, Fall 20XX
• Taught emotional regulation and social skills to
  preschoolers in a classroom setting
• Provided therapeutic interventions for children,
  ages two to ten, who were at risk of neglect and
  abuse
• Counseled children and parents with many
  emotional and mental difficulties to help create
  a safe home environment

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Work Experience

• WORK EXPERIENCE
• Student Worker, Augsburg Admissions Office,
  Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 20XX May 20XX
• Promoted the college to prospective students by
  giving campus tours and providing them with
  college information
• Provided administrative tasks including student
  mailings, filing, and data entry
• Server, Applebees, Minneapolis, MN, June 20XX
  May 20XX
• Trained new employees and evaluated their
  performance
• Succeeded in providing excellent customer
  service to six tables of people by multitasking
  and prioritizing orders

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Professional Development

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Student Member, American Psychological
  Association
• Student Member, American Counseling Association

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Publications and Presentations

• PUBLICATIONS
• Helper, L.M. (20XX). Stress, Culture, and
  Aggression A Review. Journal of Psychology,
  53(17), 945-957.
• PRESENTATIONS
• Helper, L.M. (20XX). Ace their first jobs
  tips for the millennial generation at work. A
  breakout session presented at the MCDA
  conference, Minneapolis, MN May 4, 20XX.

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Activities

• ACTIVITIES
• Student Orientation Leader Sept. 20XX May 20XX
• Student Senate Sept. 20XX May 20XX

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Community Service/Volunteer

• COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Volunteer, Meals on Wheels, Minneapolis, MN, Jan.
  20XX Aug. 20XX
• Sunday School Teacher, St. Edwards, Bloomington,
  MN, Oct. 20XX April 20XX

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Technical Skills

• TECHNICAL
• PC/Macintosh Vista, Excel, Power Point,
  JAVA, Internet, Email

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Final Tips

• include a cover letter with your resume
• print on good quality resume paper
• when emailing your resume, label your attachments
  with your name
• set up a professional email account
• after submitting your resume, follow up with an
  email, or phone call

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Application Questions

• do I need to fill out each section if I already
  have that information on my resume?
• what do I put down for my reason for leaving?
• what about the salary expectations section?
• who should I put down as references?

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Cover Letters

• http//cswl.pbworks.com/Presentations-and-Videos

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How do you capture their attention in 8 seconds?

• make each cover letter fit the job you are
  applying for
• use your experience and relate it to the job
• express passion for the kind of work you will be
  doing
• add something in the letter that states how what
  the organization does/mission fits with your
  values or interests

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HeadingJake Ryan Sample
2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55454 612-555-5555 sample_at_augsburg.eduOctobe
r 11, 2010Jan BelmoreDirectorKids n
Kinship14870 Granada AvenueApple Valley, MN
55124  Dear Ms Belmore
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First ParagraphDear Ms
Belmore I was excited to see your
advertisement for the Youth Coordinator position
on Augsburg Colleges Career and Internship
Center website. I have been looking for a
position that would allow me to work with youth
and make a positive impact in their lives.
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I recently graduated from
Augsburg College with a bachelor of arts in
psychology. During my senior year, I did an
internship at Family Services where I coordinated
and recruited volunteers for their Youth and
Family Mentoring Program. Within that position,
I was also able to do intakes, casework and
develop an at-risk youth awareness program. My
education, internship, work, and volunteer
experiences have increased my abilities in the
following areas ?Effectiveness in developing
and implementing programs for youth and
families?Excellent interpersonal and
intercultural communication skills?Ability to
recruit, interview, and retain volunteers?Effect
ive intake and assessment skills?Successfully
Supervised 20 first year students?Strong public
speaking and training skills
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Last ParagraphMy work,
education, and leadership experiences have
allowed me to grow both personally and
professionally. I am passionate about your
mission to help children grow and build
relationships and believe that I can make an
important contribution to the Kids n Kinship
organization. Enclosed is my resume for your
further consideration. I thank you in advance
and look forward to meeting with you
soon.  Sincerely,  Jake R. Sample Jake R.
Sample  Enclosure
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Reminders

• Strommen Career and Internship Center
• Anderson Hall, Room 23
• 612.330.1148
• Monday Thursday 830 a.m. to 500 p.m.
• Friday 830 a.m. to 400 p.m.
• www.augsburg.edu/cswl
• http//cswl.pbworks.com/