NOTE: Making up the Supply / Demand test MUST be completed during tutorial NO LATER THAN April 29th
Resumes and Getting a Job
You should have a resume or a list of work related experiences with you today.
We will be working on the graduation requirement of the Resume during this class. We will also explore hiring practices and discuss Affirmative Action.
To graduate you need to upload a resume that meets the following requirements to Naviance. You will need to have a hard copy evaluated according to this rubric by Mr. Zartler. Your Resume is due on Monday, 18 April at the start of class.
Quick write: What kind of environment would I like to spend 75,000 hours of my life in? Inside; outside; sitting; standing; moving; talking; quiet; with others; alone....... What kinds of activities are enjoyable for me? What kinds of activities are not? Would I rather be challenged (intellectually; emotionally; physically) in my career(s) or mostly left alone? What do I imagine myself doing over the next forty (40!) years?
After sharing the writing above, students will get a copy of:
Students should use the margin to write observations, comments, and reflections on the article.
Imagine you’re running for a political office. As you approach the podium to give your stump
speech to show your qualifications for the job you say with pride, “I can read, I can write, I will show
up to all meetings on time”. Will you get elected?
During this political season, spend some time watching how candidates talk about themselves. You’ll see they spend their time and energy telling you what makes them different from the other candidates. They share success stories of how their programs worked for one group and can work for larger groups. They discuss their unique skills that will result in an improved condition for their constituency.
As a job seeker, you need to take lessons from these professional politicians and always emphasize what makes you a unique job candidate. An active resume with accomplishment statements is no different and can dramatically improve your impression to the hiring manager.
Hiring managers understand the duties of most positions for which you apply. When your resume simply lists prior tasks or responsibilities that are obvious to the hiring manager and common to other applicants, you don’t stand out from the crowd. But, by focusing instead on your accomplishments, you illustrate what do you well, perhaps better than anyone else.
Why describe what you did when you can list your accomplishments and describe how well you did it?
Many professionals struggle thinking of their accomplishments and what makes them stand out. To assist with this difficult task, Princeton University recommends using the acronym APR (ACTION + PROJECT/PROBLEM + RESULT). Go through all of the projects, reports, team interactions, and company initiatives in which you’ve been involved. Consider any of the following as an area of accomplishment:
Next step, think of action verbs or strategies you used to accomplish the goal or outcome from your efforts. For every job, for every experience, you should have at least three accomplishments that highlight your skills.
Let’s try creating some accomplishment statements around the job title of a project manager. I researched some resumes on Indeed from Portland, Oregon. Here is one example where one resume reads:
During this political season, spend some time watching how candidates talk about themselves. You’ll see they spend their time and energy telling you what makes them different from the other candidates. They share success stories of how their programs worked for one group and can work for larger groups. They discuss their unique skills that will result in an improved condition for their constituency.
As a job seeker, you need to take lessons from these professional politicians and always emphasize what makes you a unique job candidate. An active resume with accomplishment statements is no different and can dramatically improve your impression to the hiring manager.
Hiring managers understand the duties of most positions for which you apply. When your resume simply lists prior tasks or responsibilities that are obvious to the hiring manager and common to other applicants, you don’t stand out from the crowd. But, by focusing instead on your accomplishments, you illustrate what do you well, perhaps better than anyone else.
Why describe what you did when you can list your accomplishments and describe how well you did it?
Many professionals struggle thinking of their accomplishments and what makes them stand out. To assist with this difficult task, Princeton University recommends using the acronym APR (ACTION + PROJECT/PROBLEM + RESULT). Go through all of the projects, reports, team interactions, and company initiatives in which you’ve been involved. Consider any of the following as an area of accomplishment:
- Recognition you’ve received in sports, school, or an organization to which you belong.
- Projects or assignments you’ve been involved with where you were ranked higher than average.
- Times you’ve been told: “You’re the best”
- Times when people have come to you for help
Next step, think of action verbs or strategies you used to accomplish the goal or outcome from your efforts. For every job, for every experience, you should have at least three accomplishments that highlight your skills.
Let’s try creating some accomplishment statements around the job title of a project manager. I researched some resumes on Indeed from Portland, Oregon. Here is one example where one resume reads:
- Accountable for overseeing all aspects of multiple client implementation projects Leveraged PBM experience, Government Programs expertise, & project management background
- Delivered technical, business, analytical, work performance, and strategic guidance
- This resume includes some sound experience but would likely not stand out from other applicants. Here are some sample accomplishment statements to replace the bullet points above:
- Supervised a client implementation project (ACTION) to improve the time it takes to develop their product and put it to market (PROBLEM/PROJECT) which resulted in a total savings of three weeks from their previous process (RESULT).
- Utilized my PBM experience (ACTION), I assisted our company in developing standards in the way we engage clients (PROBLEM/PROJECT) which resulted in a 20% improvement in client retention (RESULT).
- Delivered analytical guidance (ACTION) to a global education project (PROBLEM/PROJECT) which resulted in a 35% increase in knowledge gain from the participants (RESULT).
These accomplishment statements make a stronger case for why the applicant should be interviewed for a project manager position.
For every twenty resumes I review, only one has accomplishments that are clear and compelling. With the amount of competition for the best jobs, it’s critical to find every opportunity to stand out from the crowd. Using accomplishment statements shows your potential to the employer and illustrates how you can help improve their business.
Now take some time in your groups to create "Accomplishment Statements" based on your current resume or your list of experiences.
Here is another resource for what your resume should "Do":
Below is a list of strong "action" verbs. Use these in your resume to give people the strongest impressions of your experiences.
Here is one version of what to "do" in an interview; consider it before we continue talking about bias in hiring:
RACE TALKS (continued)
Listen to the following Planet Money report on the concept and practice of "Blind Hiring." Does this see like a good idea, or abad idea?
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