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- All students this week must complete a hardcopy resume before continuing on with additional assignment objectives. The hardcopy resume will not be submitted for a grade. This hardcopy is a resource needed to complete the required assignment. Please review the following workbook along with, the textbook chapter for resume development.
- E-Recruitment, Resume and Online Portfolios
Numerous e-recruitment tools are available for companies to use in screening prospective employees. Organizations are rapidly discovering the feasibility and efficiency of Internet recruitment methods. E-recruitment allows employers to search for a bigger and better scope of applicants. Employment success today, because of e-recruitment, means job seekers must have resumes and all other employment documents in both hardcopy, as well as, electronic formats. Imperative for college graduates! Electronic employment documents increase marketability. Electronic pages give applicants a positive digital identity and digital presence. Preparing a Web-based resume along with an electronic employment portfolio are today’s cutting-edge essentials for a tech-savvy job search. Web-based employment documents are dynamic and have the ability to bring backgrounds and experience to life, vividly.
By way of e-processes, prospective employers have at their fingertips, the ability to learn much more about an individual, because these employment resources link to and present many forms of supplemental materials. A full picture of the applicant is available. Preparing electronic employment resources takes time, a lot of time, and also a lot of knowledge. Plenty of knowledge! Web-based writing, especially when it comes to presenting YOU, electronically, requires advanced skills.
A few tips to remember when writing for the Web…
Reading any e-document off of a computer monitor causes comprehension to decrease. Recruiters, applicants, students, employees, in fact, all those individuals that read content off of a computer monitor, do not read the electronic document from start to finish. Web readers always scan a page looking for relevant information, and if the information is found, they will print a hardcopy. Only when reading from a hardcopy is the information given a thorough review. Why is this?
Our minds warn us in advance that reading from digital formats tire both our eyes and cognitive senses. This fatigue is resolution (pixel) related. All computer monitors contain pixels (little dots that create an image). To exemplify, in this course, it is necessary to read the assigned textbook chapters along with the weekly instructor provided, electronic topic overviews. If all this course information was read from just a computer monitor, student comprehension levels would be low. Many students would not pass this course.
Online communication is a “two-way street” and so is employment seeking. The elements that constitute good web writing become more important to remember when preparing employment documents. Participating in the infamous, job search processes help students get started on learning GOOD Web-writing techniques.
- Supplement a Traditional Resume
Employment competition is fierce. Written communication on a Web-based format is therefore, a must to master. Web-writing techniques include graphic highlighting techniques and are listed below. Whenever utilized, these techniques help guide readers to important page facts. To exemplify, colored backgrounds and text enhance the document appearance. When writing in an online format, consider using the concepts below to grab the reader’s attention.
Condense the most important point to a headline.
Each page on a Web site should be written to stand-alone.
Use sub-headings frequently/
Feel free to use headings alone or as lead-in lines to sentences.
Bold, highlight, italicize, or color text to emphasize.
Use white-space generously (it improves readability).
Electronic formats for documents must have keywords inserted into the text:
Find industry terminology by browsing job postings and industry publications.
Weave keywords through the online resume and site in the PROPER CONTEXT.
Don’t overuse words; place them strategically; scanning mechanisms pickup words once.
Place the five most appropriate keywords on the homepage along with within the resume.
Color is a form of nonverbal communication and also creates 65 percent of any visual impression:
Never use blue for text colors (unless the page has no hyperlinks).
Use color with reserve and caution; too many colors cause confusion.
Never use gray as a background color (gray backgrounds depress readers).
Difficult, complex information should appear in a basic black on white format.
Maintain a color template of no more than five colors.
Use warm colors (yellow, red, and orange) to highlight text elements only.
Never use warm colors as a background on your documents.
Use pale, cool colors (blue, green, earth tones) to express reserved thoughts.
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Due to the global use of the Internet, writing a resume is now an online endeavor. To really impress in today’s technological realms, the time has come to turn that traditional employment document into an online job recruitment resource.There’s not enough time this week to complete a whole portfolio; nonetheless, starting this portfolio with an online resume site provides the first-step to career advancement.
Have fun with this week’s assignment. For those who have never posted a document to the Web, the thrill of public recognition is about to be bestowed. Give this week’s assignments your best. If you’re going to make employment correspondence mistakes, make them this week in class. Making employment errors out in the “real-world” might cause you to lose out on an opportunity of a lifetime (the job of your dreams). The only thing you will have to lose by not completing this week’s assignments, uh… getting a jump on your future career search. Design your resume site to be a good personal reflection of you. Give this project the old, “Management 306 Spirit.”
Assignment: Read Chapter 12
Part 1: Resume
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The above sites listed have provided past students success. Do not, however, feel any one of these sites is a must to use. Develop and post requirements for this week’s assignment as each student sees fit.
