COMMUNICATION FOR

EMPLOYMENT
 7th Cluster Lecture: Communication for
Employment

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Writing Resume Writing Cover Letter Building Interview
Skills
Job Application
When you are applying for a job, you are actually entering into
business.
 You are the applicant and you are the seller. You sell your
skills, your time, your talent, your qualification.
 Your prospective employer is the buyer. He will buy your
skills, time, talent, etc.
 Your resume and your cover letter are advertising materials
which will show to the prospective employer your
qualifications.
1. WRITING RESUME
 Resume content

Name and Resume Work Education Skills

Contact Summary Experience
Information
Types of Resume

1.Chronological Resume. It focuses heavily on your work history. Its

key feature is that it lists your work history in order of when you
held each position (in chronological order), with your most recent
job listed at the top of the section.
2.Functional Resume. It is designed to focus on your relevant
professional skills rather than your chronological work history.
3.Combination of Chronological and Functional Resumes. This
mixes the most useful elements of the chronological and functional
resume formats. It focuses on your skills, as a functional resume
does, but also provides ample space for you to detail your work
history — usually in chronological order.
Resume Objective
■ Attentive, analytical, hard-working professional looking for an opportunity to
deliver exceptional customer service in a retail environment.

■ As a teacher my best days happened when students were able to accomplish long-
standing goals they set for themselves. I want to use my communication skills
and my ability to quickly learn new concepts to deliver that same enlightening
experience to other people.

■ To be employed in an organization that will enhance my skills and at the same

time help achieve the organization’s goals and objectives.
2. Writing the Cover Letter

A cover letter is your application letter. It is a document sent

with your resume to provide additional information about your
skills and experiences to your hiring employer. The application
letter is intended to provide detailed information on why you
are a qualified candidate for the job.

Like any business letter that people write, the application or

cover letter contains the basic and important parts of a letter.
Parts of the Cover Letter
1. Heading. Contains the date, your address
2. Inside Address. Contains the Name, position, company name
and address of the hiring manager. (Solicited letters of
application)
3. Greeting. Conventional and Formal “Hello” of the applicant
 Take Note: Use the appropriate greeting.
It’s always formal to write:
Dear Sir
Dear Madam
4. Body of the Letter Contains:
■ Your name, the college degree you finished, your age
■ What position you are applying for
■ Where you learned of the job vacancy
■ A statement of your interest about the job
■ Your personal characteristics that make you fit for the job
■ How can you add value to the company
■ What other details of personal experiences you can share to emphasize that you fit
the company’s need
■ Assurance that you can be an asset to the company
■ If you want to write your references (though their names are already written in the
resume)
■ Your references’ names should be accurately written together with their positions
and company addresses.
■ Willingness for an interview not at your convenient time but the hiring employer’s
 3. Building Interview Skills

Interviewing is a skill in and of itself, one in which your

ability to interact with the hiring manager and
to articulate your thoughts are factors that are just as
important in getting the job, as are the qualifications
listed on your resume.
 Tips in Preparing for a Job Interview
3. Practice Makes Perfect.
2. Know the Company.
The more confident you
Research and be
1. Know the Job. What am are to answer questions, the
knowledgeable about the
I entering into? more positively you
company and the job you
represent yourself to the
are applying for.
prospective employer.

4. The Clothes Make the 5. Etiquette Matters.

Man/Woman. A neat Maintain a polite and
appearance and personal pleasant demeanor with
grooming is more preferred everyone you meet from the
over an elaborate business security guard to the office
get up. receptionist.
 No
No
Guts,
Pain,
No
No Gain
Glory
Thank You!