Exam 15: The Job Search and Résumés in the Digital Age

Because a résumé is expected to showcase your strengths, you should puff up your résumé with some inflated work history or educational experience.

In addition to your résumé, reference letters, and work samples, your career e-portfolio may also contain such items as photographs, multimedia files, and blog entries.

The first line of the main heading of your résumé should always be your name.

If you do not know whether a position is open and you are prospecting for a job, write an ____________ cover message using the indirect pattern of organization.

Which statement in a cover message best refers the reader to your résumé? 

Position in public relations that requires creativity, time management skills, and excellent communication to create press releases, answer constituent inquiries, and represent the organization at charitable functions is an example of a career ____________________.

Today's technologies have made traditional print-based résumés obsolete.

When preparing your customized résumé, 

Which of the following job duty statements will be most effective on a résumé? 

Which of the following is the best advice for a cover message that accompanies a résumé sent via e-mail? 

Proofread your résumé carefully, but realize that it's okay to have one or two spelling or grammatical errors.

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the opening in a cover message for an unsolicited job? 

Personal ____________ involves deciding what makes you special and desirable in the job market, coming up with a tagline, preparing a professional-looking business card, developing an elevator speech, and building a powerful online presence.

Select the statement that best describes the main heading portion of a résumé.

Simin knows that her résumé will be read by an applicant tracking system (ATS). What should she do to maximize "hits" as her résumé is scanned?