SAP Komunikasi Bisnis

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Komunikasi

Kepegaw aian

Oleh I do Priyono Hadi

Materi kuliah Program Studi Manajemen Perhotelan UK Petra 2000/ 2001

Definition of Résumé

A persuasive summary of your qualifications

Preliminary Steps

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Assess your qualifications. Focus on

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Communication skills

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Interpersonal skills

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Technical skills

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Team experience

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Leadership experience

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Computer literacy

Preliminary steps, continued

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Research Company and Position

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On-Line Sources

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Employees in Company

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Annual Report/Directories

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Newspapers, magazines, trade journals

How Employers Use Résumés

1. Employers use résumés to decide whom to interview. 2. The search committee skims résumés.

3. Employers assume that your letter and résumé represent your best work.

How Employers Use Résumés, continued

4 Interviewers usually reread your résumé before the interview to refresh their memories.

5 After the search committee has chosen an applicant, it submits the applicant’s résumé to people in the organization who must approve the appointment.

A Resume

Must

Contain

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Name, address, and phone

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Education

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A Résumé

May

Contain

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Career Objective

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Summary of Qualifications

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Special Skills

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Honors

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Activities

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Volunteer Work

A Résumé May Contain, continued

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Presentations/ papers delivered

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Publications

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Certifications and Licenses

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References

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Any other category you need!

Guidelines for Résumés

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Fill at least one page.

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Longer is OK if you have a diverse background or have worked for several years.

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Always put the most important information on the first page.

Guidelines for Résumés, continued

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Emphasize information that

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Is relevant to the job you want

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Is recent (last three years)

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Shows your superiority to other applicants

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Stress key points by

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Putting them in headings

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Listing them vertically

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Providing details

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Using emphatic order

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Use concise, dynamic language:

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Use sentence fragments punctuated like sentences

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Use “action verbs”

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Types of Résumés

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Chronological Résumé:

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Emphasizes what you did, in reverse chronological order

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Emphasizes

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Degrees

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Job Titles

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Dates

Chronological Résumés, continued

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Use when

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Your education and experience are a logical preparation for the position.

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Your work history is continuous.

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You have impressive job titles, offices, honors.

Skills Résumé

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Emphasizes the skills you have used, rather than your job titles or employment history.

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Use when

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Your education and experience are not the usual route to the position.

When to Use Skills Résumés, continued

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You want to combine experience from paid jobs, activities, courses, etc.

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Your recent work history may create the wrong impression.

How to Avoid Common Problems

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Create good visual impact

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Condense long sections

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Eliminate complete sentences

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Consider using lists

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Change format to maximize use of white space

How to Avoid Common Problems, continued

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Make “Career Objective” specific, or delete

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Emphasize transferable skills, whatever type of resume you do

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Emphasize achievements

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Quantify whenever possible

How to Avoid Common Problems, continued

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Use hyphenation, abbreviations, and punctuation consistently

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Edit to ensure parallelism in lists and descriptions of job responsibilities

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Creating a Web Résumé

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Include an e-mail link at the top of the résumé under your name.

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Omit your street addresses and phone numbers.

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Consider having links under your name and e-mail address to the various parts of your résumé.

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Consider having links to other pages that provide more information about you.

Creating a Web Résumé, continued

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Put your strongest qualifications immediately after your name and e-mail address.

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Specify the job you want.

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Specify city and state for educational institutions and employers.

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Use lists, indentations, and white space to create visual variety.

Tips for Writing Scannable Résumés

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Use keywords appropriate for your field

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Use industry buzzwords

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Be specific and quantifiable

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Use as many pages as necessary

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Avoid unusual typefaces, underlining, and graphics

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Use 10- to 14-point type; avoid fonts that have touching letters

Tips for Scannable Résumés, continued

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Use smooth white paper Put your name on the first line of page one

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Use plenty of white space

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Avoid double columns

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Avoid folding or stapling

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Use abbreviations carefully

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