Build interest in your qualifications and desire for an interview
The second paragraph identifies the product – you and your skills – and begins to convince the company to hire you. Your purpose in paragraph 2 is to create interest in examining your background further.
The third and possibly the fourth, paragraph gives evidence of your potential value to the firm. Here is where you discuss the benefits the company would derive from hiring you. A reader-oriented approach is important in this part of the letter. In addition, some reference to your attached resume should appear here.
This section of the letter provides you with a chance to emphasize what you want to emphasize. Your goal is to convince the reader that you can satisfy the need that the company has for a new employee. Don’t go too far and outwardly boast about your skills and abilities. However, do present a businesslike and objective description of what you can do.
Example 1: My challenging education at The Ohio State University and my work experience will allow me to be effective and productive at Intercom, Inc. I can perform the required accounting functions as you expand operations to a new computerized system. My knowledge of hardware and software is compatible with your needs, as indicated on my enclosed resume.
Example 2: My education has already helped me to apply my skills and knowledge to a business setting. As a summer intern at a local accounting firm, I assisted in audits and handled numerous challenges that developed with cost procedures. I would like to put my skills to work for you. A more detailed description of my duties in this internship and my other work experience are shown on my attached resume.
Example 3: At this stage of my career, I want to put my accounting experience to work at a large, private accounting firm. My accounting background, shown on my enclosed resume, would make me a valuable asset to Summers and White. I could also put my knowledge of computers and software to work to enhance accounting procedures. I especially want to work for Summers and White because of its national reputation as a highly respected accounting firm.
Ask for action.
The final paragraph is where you ask for action. Remember, though, the action you request is for the employer to read the resume and to grant an interview. That initial interview can take place at the company’s local office or at the placement office of your college or university.
In your closing paragraph, be specific. Ask for an interview. Several examples of closing paragraphs follow that are specific. However, they still respect the reader’s right to make a decision about whether he or she wished to grant the interview :
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Example 1: May I have an interview? I will call your office next week to see if we can arrange a convenient time. If you wish to arrange a time before then, you can call me at 698-3457.
Example 2: After reading my resume and examining my qualifications, I hope that you will be interested in talking with me further about an opportunity to work in your organization. Before May 20, please call me at my campus number (417) 836-8475. After May 20, you can reach me at (502) 357-1278.
RESUME WRITING
1.You will have to answer the following questions before you can decide what kind of job you wish to apply for. Use the material of the previous exercises :
Who am I?
What do I like to do?
What skills do I have?
What kind of work have I done?
Complete the following self-assessment exercise. It will help you
Evaluate what kind of job you might pursue in the future.
1. My personality characteristics are:______________________________
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2. My skills are:______________________________________________
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2.My interests are: ___________________________________________
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3.My best subjects are: _______________________________________
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4.My work experience has given me the following skills: ____________
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5.My values include:_________________________________________
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ADDITIONAL WRITING TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR RESUME
1. Read the text :
Career Goal or Job Objective.
The individual’s career goal or job objective serves as a strong starting point for a resume. These are challenging to write because you must identify what you want to do for the firm but not exclude yourself from other possibilities.
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Arrange the format of the career objective to meet your unique background or wishes.
At the simplest level, state the career objective as a professional designation, and follow it with a specialty area in that field. For example, “electrical engineer - research and design,” or “public accountant – auditing and taxes,” or “sales representative – industrial hard-goods and equipment”.
The next level of sophistication in a career objective statement may simply state the applicant’s desire for an entry-level position. A comment on the functional area of work would follow. For example, “entry-level bank management trainee – loans,” or “entry-level store management trainee – merchandizing,” or “social service trainee – child welfare.”
Education
For job applicants who are just finishing college, education is probably their strongest qualification. If it is your strongest qualification, highlight it.
If you are applying before you complete your degree, include the date you expect to finish. If you have not finished a degree, do not deliberately deceive your reader, but you can explain positively what you have completed. Include the number of years and the subject areas you studied. Don’t go too far. Elementary schools are not of interest to most employers. Even high school work is irrelevant once you have progressed to the later stages of your bachelor’s degree. However, an exception could be if you return to your hometown for work after being away for a while. Showing facts about your high school work would indicate that your knowledge of the city is stronger than that of a non-local applicant.
However, while going to college you may not have other experiences to include on your resume. Therefore, using some of your significant activities during high school might be better than including nothing.
Include training that is not college related. Include company training programs, special seminars, and courses completed for certificates. These experience have contributed to your education as well. Also include that you have paid for all or most of your college expenses if you have done so.
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Work experience
If you choose to use a chronological resume. You will want to list your recent work experience first. Then work back in time. If you choose to use a functional approach, you may want to group your work experience by skill or by type. In other situations, you would mix the chronological order and functional approach (combination approach); therefore, you may want to list only the numbers of years or months of experience in each of these categories.
Be sure to include any volunteer or unpaid work activities.
Personal information
What personal details, if any, would be helpful in obtaining your desired job? The law does not require, nor are you expected to provide, any personal information except your name and citizenship. The law makes it illegal for employers to ask for personal information such as gender, age, marital status, health (unless it would affect performance on the job for which you are applying), ethnic background, religious orientation, number of dependents, and any physical challenges. By law, companies cannot make employment decisions based on this information. Certain “bona fide” (добросовестный, подлинный; сумлінний, справжній) exceptions exist, as when a job specifically requires a characteristics, on which job performance depends. Include other personal information that you think will be helpful or that relates to the job.
References
Many firms contact references to obtain more information about you. Therefore, carefully select three to five people as references who know how well you work. They should be people you have worked for or with in current or past, or they could also be former professors you’ve studied with in school. You want to choose people who can speak objectively about you.
Before listing people as references, ask them if they are willing to serve as references for you and where they want prospective employers to contact them.
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Who best knows your abilities?
ü List names, titles, addresses, and phone numbers.
ü Identify whether each person relates to your educational preparation or your work experience.
Once you’ve answered all the questions, identify those factors that are the most convincing elements you can include on your resume. Examine the resume formats and begin to develop a rough draft of your resume.
JOB INTERVIEW
1. Read and discuss the text :
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