Still a bit confused

Hi everyone, 

I feel like I am still a bit confused. I've clearly figured out how to post blogs, but how do we know what we are supposed to write our blogs on each week? Is there a schedule/syllabus somewhere? Are we supposed to wait for the leader to tell us? How long do the posts have to be? Please help me understand! 

Thanks,

Carissa

Ingrid

Hey guys,
I'm right with the post above, I haven't quite figured this out yet. If anyone has please contact me so you can teach me. I believe we were supposed to post a blog for the last week but I only see 1 post from our group. This week we also have to post our 2nd blog. What should that be about?

Thanks,
Ingrid

Bryan Scott Week 1 - Resume writing first blog post

Applying for a job usually a stressful event, wondering if you will get the job or not, preparing for the interview, and preparing a strong resume. My aim is to make this time just a little less stressful for you. On average the person reading your resume will spend 20 to 30 seconds reading your resume. So you have an extremely short amount of time to catch the readers eye and make them spend that extra second reading your resume that could make the difference between acceptance and rejection.
Follow the tips in the video above and start making your resume stand out from the rest.

Designing your resume layout

Designing your resume layout by Juan P. Arnez

As a graphic designer (by hobby), I pay close attention to document layouts. The topic for this week concentrates on different aspects of writing a resume. Lets face it, we will all have to write a resume at some point. In the business world it is a must to have one, and like anything else that you present to your future employer - you WANT to impress them. I decided to brainstorm about a few options when selecting a layout.

• Traditional, one-column resume layout
• Two-column resume layout
• Left-aligned resume layout
• Centered resume layout
• Indented resume layout

Many forget to think about such things. The end result could leave you with a well written resume that never made it past the first look - all because of a poorly designed layout.

Hi FirstBloggers! Great Contributions so far. I think we are off to a great start. Well I can't seem to figure out how to upload a youtube video, however when I do I will be sure to edit this post. In the mean time, if you click here, there is a video with some interesting resume related content that might be worth checking out. The presenter in this video had some suggestions that I thought were good and were beyond the scope of what was discussed in our text. For example she suggested mailing your resume in a large letter sized envelope that wouldn't require you to fold the resume. She also suggested that keeping the formatting, letter head, and page setup the same or a least cohesive on all resume documents, i.e. the cover letter, references, resume, etc. While some of these things might seem trivial or to be "nitpicking," I believe that making sure that your documents have a polished and professional appearance is extremely important and says a lot about you as a candidate for an employment position.

Hi everyone, I'm not exactly sure if everyone has figured this thing out. I am still very confused. I don't even know if what I'm typing will show up! Anyways, I hope we figure this out soon... 

I thought I would put this video up as an example of what NOT to do when submitting a resume. Although this is a "video resume", it is still important to have your own resume organized with a heading, job objective, qualifications summary, education, employment experience, related skills and abilities, honors and activities, references, and possibly portfolios. (p.547) The man in this video may in fact have included many or all of these categories, however he ran into a problem by not using the 5 C's. This video resume is hardly clear or concise. I personally could only make out a few words he was saying. If there is a serious speech or langauage barrier between you and your potential employer, it may be best to use a medium like writing in order to fully express your qualtifications for that employment. Although the video may be pretty funny, it still portrays the message of how important it is to be clear and concise about the position you are applying for and the reasons that you should be hired for that position.

Kevin Varnes Resume Comments

Hello all of my FirstTeam bloggers. I think we are on a roll now! This is a great place to share resume ideas and to check out some informing videos about how to properly compose an effective resume. I took a look at what youtube has to offer and their are plenty of ideas and examples that everyone should take a look at. I wanted to share some thoughts with everyone on creating a good and effective resume. I have a friend of the family who is a very successful and well established CPA in the Naples area. He started is own auditing firm and ran it successfully for over twenty years. Now I believe that everyone who is in the position to hire has their own method of reviewing a resume, and maybe professor you can comment on this, when he looked over the hundreds of resumes' the most important thing to him was that is was very short and concise. He explained to me that he never wanted to spend more than five seconds looking at it. He knew right where to look and what to look for. If it looked like a book to him or longer than one page, in the shredder. If you passed the first five seconds your resume would make it to the pile on his desk for a phone call and an interview to follow. As he told me, he had work to do and money to make. Oh, and always hire people smarter than you!

Brett Diamond Resume Writing Using Bullets.

Hello First Bloggers, I searched youtube and found a video that runs (2:25 mins) that teaches the viewers the importance of using bullets. Although this video is short is it very specific. It tells the viewers to use bullets as much as possible on a resume. Recruiters at a company spend very little time reviewing the resume, so make it possible for them to see the importance easily. We all wrote resumes in this class, and most of us have used them outside of school. It is said that using paragraphs in a resume is overwhelming for the reader and does not get to the point. The writer should include what the employer wants and needs to hear.