Resumes Series

Annual Subscription
Total Items: 4
Total Time: 11 hour(s)

$62.00

Summary:

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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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:

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:

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