Transcript Resumes - Georgia State University

Resumes (Print & Electronic)
and Web Portfolios
Electronic Writing & Publishing
By Dr. Jennifer L. Bowie
How many resumes do I need?
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Master resume: put everything you could ever use on this. Update
frequently. From this you will develop your other resumes as needed.
Can/Should be very long
Print resume: a short job-centric listing of your skills, experience, and
education. Keep to one page unless an expert. Print on nice light, high
quality paper with lots of white space
Email/ASCII resume: also job-centric listing of your skills, experience,
and education. Keep short if only humans are reading & go longer as
necessary if machines are reading it. Use only plain text and save as a
text file (.txt). Okay to use all caps for headings (only time!)
Scannable resume: may use your email/ASCII resume. Print it on
white paper. Do not use bold, italics, or underlining. Keep simple and
clean.
Web resume: a more detailed job-centric discussion of your skills,
experience, and education, divided into detailed sections (chunks) on
various pages (1 chunk per page, maybe 2-3 if chunks are small). This
resume allows you to go into the detail other resumes, especially the
print, don’t. Do include a print-friendly (and possibly shorter) unchunked
version of your resume available to print. Include navigation to all
sections of the resume on each page
What type of Resume should I
use?
Two main types:
 Chronological: most common. Information grouped
(education, work experiences,…) and items in each
group are in reverse chronological order (most recent
first). Good for the general candidate. Sample:
http://www.quintcareers.com/resume_sample_4.html
 Functional: less common (10%). Information also
grouped, but with a focus on skills and qualifications.
Items often listed in order of importance for the job.
Good for candidates with limited clear job experience,
gaps in time working, career changes. Sample:
http://www.quintcareers.com/resume_sample_2.html
What information should I include?
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Objective: 1st. Make it simple, clear, and directed to the
job. Example: “The web designer and usability tester
position at Starre Solutions”
Summary of Qualifications: Optional (2nd), include if
using a functional resume where the employer may not
easily see connections between your experience and
their needs
Skills: 2nd/3rd for functional. List skills by category (like
“writing,” “editing,” “managing,”) and then discuss 3-5
successes/examples of each skill. Example: Writing –
Composed a 50 page recommendation report for
Business Writing class
What information should I include?
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Con.
Experience: 3rd/4th for functional, 2nd/3rd
for chronological (place education before if
education is more relevant). List and
briefly discuss (2-5 bullets for
chronological) work and related
experience. Use action verbs
(collaborated, managed, directed…). If
limited work experience, consider
including relevant class experience
What information should I include?
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Con.
Education: Near end of funcitonal, 2nd/3rd for
chronological (before experience if more relevant).
Include:
 College work for the last 10 years. May skip or do more briefly if in
industry for more than 10 years.
 Do not include high school if college junior or higher or if more than
10 years ago (probably shouldn’t include when in college anyway).
Only include if clearly qualifies you
 Place of school, degree, major, minor, in major or regular GPA (if
over 3.0), date of graduation (or expected date of grad.), and list
relevant coursework (optional), related honors and awards
– Example:
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor: Psychology
GPA: 3.4, Dean’s list: Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Summer 2005
Expected Date of Graduation: May 2007
What information should I include?
Con.
Tools/Skills: Near end and optional. May include
computer skills and other skills and tools that
qualify you. Only include software or other skills
beyond the normal (for example most people
can use word and check email, so don’t include
these). Include any software required by the job
 Achievements/Honors: Near end and optional.
May be included in education as relevant. List
awards, achievements, and other honors.
Provide dates.
 References: Don’t include unless directly
requested.
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Web Portfolios
Web Portfolios: What are they?
Collection of your work
 Reflective discussion of your work
 Designed to get you a job
 Texts with defined readers
 Illustration of your concrete abilities: what
you have done and what you can do
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Web Portfolios: What do they include?
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Homepage/Main page:
– Introduce site
– Includes a series of links to rest of site, links
may be descriptive on the main page
Samples/Artifacts of your work with
reflections on the work
 Web Resume
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Web Portfolios: What about design?
Consistent & professional
 Clear and easy to use navigation
 Subtle non-distracting design
 Straightforward
 Legible and easy to read
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Web Portfolios: What should my
reflections do?
Convince the reader of your qualifications
 Explain context of work: what, where,
when, and why
 Explain process of creating and developing
work
 Provide honest and convincing selfassessment
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Good luck and have fun!
Web resumes & portfolios prevent this!