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    This document contains answers to 10 questions about business communication and resumes. Key points include: employers often look internally for candidates first; networking involves building mutually beneficial business connections; researching trends can help less experienced network members contribute meaningful information; contact information, education, and work experience should be included on all resumes; qualifications summaries highlight important skills while career summaries recap career progress; the order of education and work experience on a resume depends on which is more relevant for the position; online resumes can include links to expand on information; and writing the "story of you" helps target a job search and craft an effective resume.

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    This document contains answers to 10 questions about business communication and resumes. Key points include: employers often look internally for candidates first; networking involves building mutually beneficial business connections; researching trends can help less experienced network members contribute meaningful information; contact information, education, and work experience should be included on all resumes; qualifications summaries highlight important skills while career summaries recap career progress; the order of education and work experience on a resume depends on which is more relevant for the position; online resumes can include links to expand on information; and writing the "story of you" helps target a job search and craft an effective resume.

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    This document contains answers to 10 questions about business communication and resumes. Key points include: employers often look internally for candidates first; networking involves building mutually beneficial business connections; researching trends can help less experienced network members contribute meaningful information; contact information, education, and work experience should be included on all resumes; qualifications summaries highlight important skills while career summaries recap career progress; the order of education and work experience on a resume depends on which is more relevant for the position; online resumes can include links to expand on information; and writing the "story of you" helps target a job search and craft an effective resume.

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    Caressa Adelia 11170000339 TM14 Kombis

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    Caressa Adelia

    11170000339
    Bussiness Communication – TM 14

    1. What is the first step that employers usually take when they need to find candidates to
    interview for a job opening?
    Answer: B. They look inside the company for likely candidates.
    Explanation: They prefer look into the company to find candidates that fit the
    criteria the company needs.

    2. Which of the following best describes the process of networking as it applies to your
    career?
    Answer: B. Making connections with a broad sphere of mutually beneficial
    business contacts
    Explanation: It goes without saying that networking is incredibly important
    during a job search. Your chances of landing the job increase tenfold with the
    right employee referral. And, if you're looking to make a career change, your
    professional network can support you by helping you find connections in the
    industry you are trying to break into or helping you find leads for jobs at specific
    companies. Take the time to build meaningful relationships with those in your
    professional circle, so when the time comes to search for work, you can tap into
    those valuable connections for referrals, insights into job leads, and other valuable
    information.

    3. If you don’t yet have significant work experience but still want to become a valued
    network member, which of the following tactics should you consider?
    Answer: D. Research recent trends in the business world in order to have
    interesting and useful information at your finger- tips whenever you encounter
    people in your network.
    Explanation: This can help you to be more aware of the world of work and expand
    the network.

    4. Which of the following sections should be included in any résumé, regardless of the
    format you’ve chosen?
    Answer: A. Contact information, education, and work experience
    Explanation: When writing your resume, include the first and last name you use
    in professional contexts. Make it prominent and easy to read so that yout reader
    can commit your name to memory. Include your location, primary phone number,
    and email address below your name. The core of any resume, the work experience
    section will take up most of the page. Include the company name and location,
    your job tittle, and your tenure for each position.

    5. How does a qualifications summary differ from a career summary?


    Answer: B. A qualifications summary offers a brief view of your most important
    skills and attributes, whereas a career summary is a recap of your career progress.
    Explanation: A summary of qualifications is a brief list of your training and
    experience specific to a particular job, placed near the top of your resume, before
    your work history. This tells a potential employer what your core competencies
    are before he starts reading a resume that might contain information covering
    years of training, education, experience, awards and accomplishments. On most
    resumes, after your summary of qualifications, you list your work experience. The
    most common format consists of a list of the jobs you’ve held, with your employer
    name and the dates you held the position. The list is ordered in reverse chronology,
    with your current or most recent position first, then your previous jobs.

    6. Which should come first on your résumé, your education or your work experience?
    Answer: C. It depends on which is more meaningful to an employer, given where
    you are in your career at this moment.
    Explanation: People who list education first on their resumes typically have little
    to no work experience or are recent graduates, and this is usually the proper way
    to formulate your resume. Education will never hurt you on a resume, so if you’re
    applying for a job and have little to no work experience, it’s probably best that
    you include your education first. You can further boost your resume by including
    any educational awards you’ve received and you can also list courses you’ve
    completed that are relevant to the job you’re applying for. That's why you should
    pay a great attention while writing your internship resume.
    On the flip side, if your work experience far outweighs your education, it’s
    probably best to include this first, but it’s entirely up to you to decide. It’s
    important to keep the job you’re applying for in mind when deciding how to
    construct your resume.

    7. Which of the following best describes the level of quality you should achieve when
    producing your résumé?
    Answer: A. With the advent of email and social networking, most companies are
    much more relaxed about grammar, spelling, and other old-school concerns, so
    don’t sweat the details.
    Explanation: No matter how many media and formats you eventually choose for
    producing your résumé, a clean, professional-looking design is a must. Depending
    on the companies you apply to, you might want to produce your résumé in as many
    as six formats (all are explained in the following sections):
    - Printed traditional résumé
    - Printed scannable résumé
    - Electronic plain-text file
    - Microsoft Word file
    - Online résumé, also called a multimedia résumé or social media résumé
    - PDF file

    8. Which of these is a significant advantage of online, multimedia, or social media


    résumés?
    Answer: A. You can expand on the information contained in your ba- sic résumé
    with links to projects, publications, screencasts, online videos, course lists, social
    networking profiles, and other elements.
    Explanation: You can use social media as a platform to find jobs. Many companies
    post job openings on their social media profiles which users can browse through
    and apply. In addition, social media networks such as LinkedIn has a huge user
    base that allows anyone to connect with people from different companies and find
    their dream job. In most cases, you won’t even have to apply for any jobs. All you
    have to do is updating your profile with a robust resume. If it is attractive enough,
    chances are that someone is going to reach you out and ask if you are interested in
    any jobs.
    9. Why are many employers suspicious of the functional résumé?
    Answer: A. It allows applicants to hide or downplay lengthy periods of
    unemployment or a lack of career progress.
    Explanation: The functional resume format emphasizes on the summary and key
    skills section while not going into the details of the professional experience section.
    Many hiring managers are suspicious of candidates using Functional resumes
    since they are also often used to hide employment records. And also no focus on
    the trajectory across career till date.

    10. How does writing the “story of you” help you plan your job search and craft your
    résumé?
    Answer: B. It helps you think about where you want to go and how to present
    yourself to target employers.
    Explanation: It helpful to think about the “story of you”: the things you are
    passionate about, your skills, your ability to help an organization reach its goals,
    the path you’ve been on so far, and the path you want to follow in the future.

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