Chapter 5: Write Your Resume

CAREER ACTION WORKSHEET

5-2 Revise Your Qualifications List

1. Copy into a new file the Career Action Worksheet 4-3 table with your qualifications.
Finalize your Qualifications list for use in your resume by using the following
checklist:
 Have you selected the most important, eye-catching strengths and
capabilities?
 Have you been purposeful and only included the top 8 to 10 strengths?
 Have you described your top strengths in no more than three to five
words?
 Have you ordered your Qualifications list from most important and relevant
to least important and relevant?
 Have you used industry-relevant keywords?
2. Considering the two different job targets that you selected in Career Action
Worksheet 5-1, customize your Qualifications as needed for these different Job
Objectives.

5-2 Edited Qualification List:

1.Strong written/oral communication
2.Communicate and lead effectively
3.Display creative imagination and ideas
4.Marketing and advertising skill
5.Self-motivation, confidence
6.Maximize organizational productivity
7.Great work ethic
8.Positive voice, relaxed demeanor
9.Empathetic, quick decision making

5-3 Strengthen Your Work Experiences

3. Copy into a new file your Career Action Worksheet 4-4, Work Experiences. Finalize your
Work Experiences for use in your resume by using the following checklist:
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a. Order your Work Experiences chronologically, starting with the most recent
experience first.
b. Follow the correct format: Job Title, Dates of Employment, Company Title, two-
sentence job description, bullet points of achievements.
c. Strengthen your WHI-formatted achievements with quantifiable results.
d. Eliminate unnecessary words and acronyms.
e. Use industry-relevant keywords as appropriate.
f. Choose action verbs that are relevant to your Work Experience, using the reference
list in Figure 5-1 on page 114 as a starting point. Also, refer to Appendix B, Phase 2:
Create Your Resume on pages 388-390 at the end of the book.
g. If your work experience is limited, have you included relevant paid and nonpaid
internships and volunteer or other pertinent activities?
h. Include any significant school projects, organization work, or other related
experiences in this section. Significant projects would include ones where you had
significant results, spent a large amount of time, and/or can demonstrate multiple
skills using more than one bullet point. If you need only a single bullet point to
describe the work, it is probably better to include in an Optional section such as
Related Experiences or Organizations.
i. Use your notes from the sample resumes you reviewed to ensure your resume
makes the best possible impression.

Ensure that these updates are in the “About Jobs” section of your Career Builder Files.
5-3 Edited Work Experience:
Work Experience #1:

Job Title: Office Assistant

Dates of Employment: 05/2018-01/2019

Company Title: ISU Card Office

Completed everyday office tasks, assisted students and staff with specific needs, and used
programs to obtain identification cards

• Established speed and accuracy for students and staff by confidently and
effectively using the computer program and systems

• Trained two new assistants on daily tasks by demonstrating productive

management of the desk and customer satisfaction

• Cooperated with students and staff effectively by always keeping a calm

demeanor and understanding circumstances.

Work Experience #2:

Job Title: Student Worker

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Dates of Employment: 08/2017-05/2019

Company Title: ISU Dining

Prepared and served food, assisted people in dining center and preformed daily
assigned tasks
• Provided a healthy and positive environment for students, staff, and co-workers,
by successfully communicating and completing daily tasks of cleaning and
preparing

• Guided students on quality work ethic by teaching expectations

• Represented a valuable worked for the dining center by being promoted to

supervisor

Work Experience #3:

Job Title: Assistant Director of Operations

Dates of Employment: 08/2014-08/2017

Company Title: Orchard Hill Church

Managed group and prepared assigned duties, organized and cleaned church,
communicated electronically and verbally with staff
• Boosted morale by creating a friendly and strong bond between coworkers and
staff.

• Shaped a clean and welcoming religious environment by cleaning and organizing

to maintain and nice church

• Promoted to Assistant Director of Operations by continuously providing great

work and strong communication skills