Exam 13: Building Careers and Writing Résumés

Brad, a student in his last semester, will start hunting for jobs soon. For that, he should start thinking like a networker now and start with ________. They could turn out to be some of his most important business contacts.

When applying to foreign companies, your résumé should include personal data such as age, marital status, and Social Insurance number.

Kirndeep needs to immediately hire two copy editors for her organization. As with most companies that try to avoid the time and expense of sifting through thousands of applications, she decides to first ________.

Experienced recruiters will spend no more than ________ minutes deciding who they want to see for further prescreening.

Which among these is a fallacy regarding résumés?

If you've already been hired, you cannot be fired for falsifying information in your résumé.

A variety of terms are used to describe ________, including personal webpage, e-portfolio, social media résumé, and multimedia résumé.

Ruth is actively involved in her church. She goes to great lengths to organize events for charity. In her community, Ruth is known for her leadership and organization skills. If she wants to mention these activities in her résumé as part of an application at a local bank she should ________.

Experts debate the value of including this particular piece of information. What is it?

The chronological résumé is the most common approach and generally favoured by newer job seekers.

Write skills and accomplishments using ________ statements that show results.

Producing and distributing a résumé used to be fairly straightforward; you printed it on quality paper and mailed or faxed it to employers. However, the advent of databases that let managers sort through incoming applications to find the most promising candidates, called ________, and social media has dramatically changed the nature of résumé production and distribution.

A ________ offers a brief recap of your career and is particularly useful for upper-level managers.

Rebecca is contemplating setting up an e-portfolio. Which of these media is suitable for her résumé?

Your résumé will probably get tossed aside if it doesn't speak to audience needs, even if it doesn't contain mistakes.

Include relevant ________ in your introductory statement, work history, and education sections to increase the chances that your résumé will match the searches conducted by employers looking for requirements of a particular job.

Before you upload your résumé to any site, however, learn about its ________ policies.

Which delivery method do many employers prefer nowadays?

What does an effective online profile include?

When it comes to finding the right job opportunities for you, the easiest ways are not always the most productive ways.