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POSSIBLE
REASONS TO HAVE A RESUME
- To pass the employer's screening process (requisite educational
level, number years' experience, etc.), to give basic facts which
might favorably influence the employer (companies worked for,
political affiliations, racial minority, etc.). To provide contact
information: an up-to-date address and a telephone number (a telephone
number which will always be answered during business hours).
- To establish you as a professional person with high standards and
excellent writing skills, based on the fact that the resume is so well
done (clear, well-organized, well-written, well-designed, of the
highest professional grades of printing and paper). For persons in the
art, advertising, marketing, or writing professions, the resume can
serve as a sample of their skills.
- To have something to give to potential employers, your job-hunting
contacts and professional references, to provide background
information, to give out in "informational interviews" with the
request for a critique (a concrete creative way to cultivate the
support of this new person), to send a contact as an excuse for
follow-up contact, and to keep in your briefcase to give to people you
meet casually - as another form of "business card."
- To use as a covering piece or addendum to another form of job
application, as part of a grant or contract proposal, as an
accompaniment to graduate school or other application.
- To put in an employer's personnel files.
- To help you clarify your direction, qualifications, and strengths,
boost your confidence, or to start the process of commiting to a job
or career change.
POSSIBLE REASONS TO HAVE A RESUME
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