Chapter 15 Test

make subheadings easy to find and easy to read

use a variety of typefaces in various colors

have it prepared by a professional résumé service.

use colored paper.

functionally

alphabetically

chronologically

geographically

a combination résumé.

an indirect résumé.

a chronological résumé.

a comprehensive résumé

job titles.

business and technical terms.

names or types of products or systems

industry-specific jargon.

all of the above.

True

False

evidence of your attention to quality and detail

little more than an employment-related document.

unrelated to your workplace qualifications

your opportunity to channel your creative spirit

forget everything you've been told about how to get a job; the market is tougher than ever

come to terms with the fact that you will have little to no control over where you end up.

write the story of you, including what you're passionate about, your abilities, and so forth.

call some potential employers and ask for interviews.

expecting others in your network to help you.

broadcasting other people's contact information

asking others to provide information that you can find yourself.

emailing your résumé to everyone you meet.

none of the above

choose strong verbs and colorful adjectives

place all of them in a keyword summary at the end of the résumé.

never use more than three of them at a time

work them into your introductory statement and other résumé sections.

True

False

keep it general, brief, and nonspecific.

spend a lot of time creating it, and then send the same version to all prospective employers.

use a hard-sell approach.

learn as much as you can about who may be reading it, and be sure to meet their needs

cute and clever.

trendy and fashion forward.

elaborate and congested

clean and professional.

a free personal address from one of the many services that offer them.

none - that way employers will be forced to call you

one that includes numbers only, since this will help protect your privacy.

one that creatively includes the name of the company to which you are applying

identifying the companies you want to work for and focusing your efforts on them

looking for them in the newspaper's classified ads.

searching online job boards such as Monster.

to send a form letter to as many companies as possible, asking that they call you when they have openings

structured summary of a person's education, employment background, and job qualifications

written account of someone's musings about the job-search process.

detailed account of a jobseeker's personal journey through life.

catalog of a person's education, employment background, and job qualifications.

using the wrong type of paper.

using excessive and distracting design elements.

using too much white space.

failing to include at least one graphic.

lets jobseekers use multimedia to expand on the information in a basic résumé.

will not be well received outside of technology-related fields.

consists of a PDF version of a traditional chronological résumé and a cover letter

is usually not helpful since it is cumbersome and time consuming to update