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Summary & Resources

Critical-Thinking Questions

1. What is most important to you in a career? Is it having a job you enjoy? Balancing
work and personal life? Having job security? Having a flexible schedule that involves
telecommuting or staggered start times? Balancing work and personal time? Having
an easy commute? Some combination of these or other factors?
2. Have you used online résumé builder software or an online professional résumé
writing service to help you create your résumé? If so, what were the advantages and
disadvantages of this approach? If not, explain some concerns you might have about
this approach, so your classmates can respond.
3. What do you find to be the easiest and most difficult aspects of job interviews?
How would you suggest preparing for interviews to improve one’s confidence and
performance?
4. Have you or anyone you know obtained a job through networking (social networks
or professional networks such as LinkedIn)? How well did this type of job search
work for you? Explain.

Key Terms

career fair An event held by companies, font A specific size and style of type or
groups of employers, local communities, printed characters within a type or font
government agencies, school districts, and family.
other organizations to find qualified job
candidates. Also called job fair. job fair See career fair.

combination functional and reverse networking The process of meeting and
chronological résumé A document that talking with people to exchange informa-
focuses on your relevant skills and accom- tion, contacts, and experiences for common
plishments for a particular job, with each professional or social purposes.
section organized into skill areas, followed
by a summary of your work history. résumé A summary of your professional
background, talents, skills, job experience,
cover letter A document that accompanies education, and/or accomplishments.
a résumé or curriculum vitae that sum-
marizes your career objectives, explains reverse chronological résumé A docu-
what you can bring to the organization or ment that summarizes your professional
company, and should persuade the reader to background and education, with an empha-
invite you for an interview. sis on work history and postsecondary edu-
cation and each section organized in date
curriculum vitae (CV) A document used in order, with the most recent date first.
academia that summarizes your educational
achievements, academic qualifications, and
professional accomplishments.

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