Resume versions to Prepare

Job search experts recommend you keep duplicates of your resume in each of these versions or formats.

1. A Print Version, designed with bulleted lists, italicized text, and other highlights, ready to print and mail or hand to potential con­tacts and interviews.

2. A Scannable Version, a less-designed version without the fancy design highlights. Bulleted lists are fine, but that's about the limit.

3. A Plain Text Version, a plain text file ready to copy and paste into online forms or post in online resume databases. This is al so referred to as an ASCII copy.

4. An E-mail Version, another plain text copy, but this one i specifically formatted for the length-of-line restrictions in e-mail This is also an ASCII copy.

This is the same document presented in four ways, each format­ted for a specific delivery purpose.

A Job-Seeker's Guide to Successfully Completing

Job Applications

by Randall S. Hansen, PhD.

New to job-hunting? This article is designed to provide you with the critical information you need to successfully complete a job ap­plication. Should filling out an application be a stressful event? No. If you have a resume, you should have just about all the information you need. If you don't have a resume, now might be the time to create one.

When are job applications used by employers? For many part-time, entry-level, and blue collar jobs, employers use applications to screen potential employees; they use the information from the appli­cations to determine who they are going to call for a job interview. For other types of jobs, applications are simply the paperwork the Human Resources department requires of all job applicants; employ­ers often ask you to complete an application after they have invited you for an interview.

Why do employers use job applications? Many employers use applications as a way of standardizing the information they obtain from all job-seekers, including some things that you would not nor­mally put on your resume. Your goal is to complete the application as completely and honestly as you can - all the time remembering that the application is a key marketing tool for you in the job-hunting process. Remember that some employers will use your application as a basis for deciding whether to call you for an interview.

UNIT THREE

Reputation

LEAD-IN

Famous People

Listen to the tape and identify the people being described. If

Possible provide some more biographical details.

Hints

1. She died of an overdose of sleeping pills in 1962. Her real name was Norrna Baker.

2. One of his wives was Anne Boleyn (1533).

3. In 1964 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for political offences against the South African government.

4. She was born in Great Britain in 1926.

5. He was born in Trier, Germany, he moved to Paris in 1845 and in 1849 settled with his family in London.

6. By 1906 he was painting in the Cubist style for which he be­came famous. Born in Malaga, Spain.

7. In 1950 she started her sisterhood, the Missionaries of Chari­ty. In 1979 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

8. She was born in 1960 in West Germany. She is believed to be the best female tennis player of the 80-ies.