CLARK COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

(formerly Clark International College of Science & Technology)

SNS Bldg., Aurea St., SamsonvilleSubd., Dau, Mabalacat City, Pampanga
Telefax No.: (045) 624-0215

INSTRUCTOR Ross Carvel C. Ramirez

Name:
Grade /Section/ Strand:

DEFINING A RESUME

Unlike a curriculum vitae, a resume is more specific record of your background. It is basically a professional
employment-seeking document that presents a summary of your education, professional training, experience,
skills, abilities, achievements, and references.

RESUME DESIGN

There is no one right design for resume. The right design of a resume largely depends on a person’s
background, employment needs, and career goals. You must design a resume that reflects your personality.

RESUME LENGTH

There is no standard specification about the length of a resume as it largely depends on the time that recruiters
may spend looking at each resume during their initial screening.

PARTS OF A RESUME

The standard parts of a resume include the heading, position sought, career objective, professional summary,
education, work experience, specific skills, achievements, activities, interests and references.

HEADING

The heading of your resume includes your contact information, which contains your name, complete address,
contact number and email address. The heading includes your contact information.

POSITION SOUGHT

If you are applying for a solicited job position, you should mention the position sought so that the employer
is able to distinguish your application from those who might have applied for other positions available in the
company/organization. . However, there is no need to include this part in your resume if you are applying for
an unsolicited job position.

EDUCATION

Include the name and the location of the school/college/university/institute attended. Dates of attendance,
major areas of study, degrees/certificates received. You can also include relevant trainings, programmes,
special courses, seminars and workshops that you have completed or attended.
WORK EXPERIENCE

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This part of your resume should provide a brief and specific overview of your work and professional
experiences. As prior work experience is a vital part of any hiring decision, you must draft this part of your
resume very carefully. If you have impressive work experience relevant to the position you are seeking, it
makes more sense to mention it before you provide educational information. In the experience section, include
a brief and specific overview of your work and professional experience.

SPECIAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND APTITUDES

In this part of your resume, you should list your special skills, abilities and aptitudes that are of significance
and of direct relevance to the job applied for. Examples of learned skills include computer literacy, data
processing, foreign languages, machinery operation, technical writing and others. Be selective and specific.
Highlight only those skills and talents that are relevant to the targeted job.

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Mention your extra-curricular, co-curricular and professional activities, your hobbies and interests. These
activities must show you as a dynamic and enthusiastic person who can take and accept challenges.
Companies prefer such people.

ACHIEVEMENTS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS/HONOURS

Your achievements, accomplishments and awards distinguish you from the rest. They convince the employer
that you are an achiever and therefore worth hiring. This part should include scholarships, fellowships,
awards, distinctions, certificates o anything that shows achievement or rcognition.

CHARACTER REFERENCES

Some employers need references from persons who know your work or professional competence through
formal and professional interaction with you. Mention names of persons who can give letters of
recommendations and references for you.

Example

MR ROSS CARVEL C RAMIREZ

HEAD of ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
CLARK COLLEGE OF SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
ramirezrosscarvel@gmail.com / 09478038231

THE JOB INTERVIEW

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The job interview is a means of gathering relevant data about a candidate for a particular job position. It is a
structural mechanism for professional evaluation for employment. Although interviewing may be practiced
along with other screening methods such as group discussions and oral presentations.

Job interviews today are more challenging than they used to be a few years ago. Job interviews in the hig-tech
world are more challenging. As the selection committee faces the challenge of getting the righ person into the
job, the members of committee are interested in the correct evaluation of the candidates.

The job interviewing process has become more complex. Most of the organizations have their own
recruitment departments with highly competent people, who receive appropriate training so that they can
make valid selection decision.

The job interviewing process may differ from one organization to another.

QUESTION and ANSWER SESSION

A job interview is basically a question-answer session involving a job aspirant and the member/ of a selection
committee or employer/s or their representatives. It involves specific questions and appropriate answers. It
includes both listening and speaking.

TWO-WAY INTERACTION

A job interview is a two-way interaction that may take place between the candidates and one interviewer (one-
to-one interviews) or the candidates and more than one interviewer (panel interviews). In order to ensure
uniformity, one-to-one interviews are generally structured and each candidate may be asked exactly the same
questions in the same style.

PREPARING FOR A JOB INTERVIEW

Planned preparation for the job interview will help you to

 Enter your job interview with information and understanding
 Strongly support your candidature
 Deal with interview anxiety effectively
 Know your strengths and weaknesses
 Strike up positive interaction with your interviewers
 Know your job and the organization that you want to join
 Adapt your background, knowledge and skills to fit the job

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INTERVIEW STRATEGIES

 Look your best - Be Positive

 Dress formally - Be Logical
 Relax - Analysing expected questions
 Be Specific - Show good manners
 Speak carefully and confidently - Be polite
 Be flexible - Be tactful
 B interesting and be interested

Name:

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I. Answer the interview questions below:

1. Tell us something about yourself.

2. Tell us something about your interests and activities.
3. Why should we hire you?
4. Tell us something about your work experience?
5. What according to you would be an ideal company to join?
6. Tell us something about your academic achievements.
7. Where do you see yourself in five years?
8. What are your strength?
9. Tell us about a problem you have faced and the strategy you used to handle it?
10. What is your greatest weakness?
11. Are you a leader or follower?
12. Will you accept a lower position for the time being?
13. What is your career goal?
14. Describe the most difficult situation that you recently faced.
15. What is your greatest achievement so far?

II. Create your own resume.

Prepared by:

Ross C Ramirez
Instructor

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