Next week I have an appointment with a student who wants to go over a cover letter and resume. I realized that I don't even have a nice looking resume so I should probably figure out what that would be before I try and help another student with theirs.
So I researched how tutors can help with resumes (also for my own benefit in writing mine) and I found a great article from: https://writinglabnewsletter.org/archives/v27/27.8.pdf
It's called, "To Whom it May Concern" and Beyond: Equipping Students to Write for Employers" by Angela Laflen.
This article was helpful by giving specific things to look for in a resume: the audience and the purpose (of cover letters and resumes). It describe 2 types of "Business Readers" in which the student would want to tailor their resumes to, skimmers and skeptics. It gave pointers on how to tailor to each type of reader.
The most important part of writing a resume is to make sure the student's claim is stated clearly (and the article gives good and bad examples of a claim).
The article also offers "tests" to use in making sure the resume is effective. There is the 35 second test and the assertion test. Each are described at the end of the article.
I hope this helps everyone else as much as it's helped me.
**Liz has awesome examples of good-looking resumes! I'm sure she'd be more than willing to show you if you asked :)
So I researched how tutors can help with resumes (also for my own benefit in writing mine) and I found a great article from: https://writinglabnewsletter.org/archives/v27/27.8.pdf
It's called, "To Whom it May Concern" and Beyond: Equipping Students to Write for Employers" by Angela Laflen.
This article was helpful by giving specific things to look for in a resume: the audience and the purpose (of cover letters and resumes). It describe 2 types of "Business Readers" in which the student would want to tailor their resumes to, skimmers and skeptics. It gave pointers on how to tailor to each type of reader.
The most important part of writing a resume is to make sure the student's claim is stated clearly (and the article gives good and bad examples of a claim).
The article also offers "tests" to use in making sure the resume is effective. There is the 35 second test and the assertion test. Each are described at the end of the article.
I hope this helps everyone else as much as it's helped me.
**Liz has awesome examples of good-looking resumes! I'm sure she'd be more than willing to show you if you asked :)
Yes, I'm happy to share my "awesome examples"--just ask.
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