{"id":16472,"date":"2024-03-20T00:36:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/discussion-topic-for-week-5-resume-and-cover-letter-tips-from-umgcs-career-services-unit\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T00:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:36:44","slug":"discussion-topic-for-week-5-resume-and-cover-letter-tips-from-umgcs-career-services-unit","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/discussion-topic-for-week-5-resume-and-cover-letter-tips-from-umgcs-career-services-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Topic for Week 5: Resume and Cover Letter Tips from UMGC’s Career Services Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"

This discussion topic is designed to help you get started on writing assignment #5, the resume\/cover letter\/PARC summary.<\/em><\/p>\n

In week 4, we examined a video tutorial from Candid Career on resume writing.<\/p>\n

For this discussion topic, please peruse the following websites from UMGC\u2019s Career Services unit:<\/p>\n

Tips from UMGC\u2019s Career Services Unit on writing resumes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Resumes | UMGC <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Link:  https:\/\/www.umgc.edu\/current-students\/career-services\/job-and-internship-search\/resumes-and-cover-letters\/resumes<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Tips from UMGC\u2019s Career Services Unit on writing cover letters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cover Letters | UMGC<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Link: https:\/\/www.umgc.edu\/current-students\/career-services\/job-and-internship-search\/resumes-and-cover-letters\/cover-letters<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Then answer the following questions:<\/p>\n

For these questions, refer to the <\/span>Resumes<\/strong> <\/span>page:<\/p>\n

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  1. What approach might you take for your resume — the chronological approach or the functional approach? Why?

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  2. Using two of the action verbs given, write two accomplishments you have experienced from a previous job.

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  3. In the Technical Skills section, the UMGC website gives an example: <\/span>Proficient in Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, and PeopleSoft<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    However, Lindsay Kolowich Cox does not recommend this type of statement. In her article, <\/span>“21 Things Recruiters Absolutely Hate About Your Resume<\/b>,” (Link: https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/resume-tips-things-recruiters-hate)<\/a> <\/span>in point #8, she discourages general statements of this nature. <\/span>Please see her advice on this point.<\/i><\/p>\n

    What do you think? What types of technical skills should be listed in a resume?<\/p>\n

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    1. The following advice is given in the <\/span>Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts<\/em> <\/span>page: Don\u2019t use the word “I” or other first or third-person pronouns.<\/strong>
      <\/b>What does this mean? If you need to look this grammar concept up, please do.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


      For these questions, refer to the <\/span>Cover letters<\/strong> <\/span>page:<\/p>\n

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      1. How long would you suggest a typical cover letter should be?

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      2. See the two attached sample cover letter files<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        How is the career changer sample different from the experienced sample? Using this sample as an example, what advice would you give to a person who is writing a cover letter for a position in a new field, one that is different from their current field?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        This discussion topic is designed to help you get started on writing assignment #5, the resume\/cover letter\/PARC summary. In week 4, we examined a video tutorial from Candid Career on resume writing. For this discussion topic, please peruse the following websites from UMGC\u2019s Career Services unit: Tips from UMGC\u2019s Career Services Unit on writing resumes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[3],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=16472"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=16472"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=16472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}