Hello Everyone, here are the Minutes for March. We had Katie Olson give us an outstanding talk about resumes and job interviews. She graduated from NDSU with a degree in Business Administration and an emphasis in HR and Marketing. She currently works for EideBailly (Technology Consulting). She is an HR specialist that does the technical hiring for the firm. Here is what she talked about.

 

• Initial Communication with potential employess
  • Cover letter and Resume
  • Email
    • Treat like professional correspondent
  • Telephone
    • Communicate excitement
    • Clean
    • Be aware of the works you use
  • Answering machine / voicemail
    • Professional
    • Clean
    • appropiate
• Cover letter – things to mention
  • State position interested in
  • Briefly identify specific skills you possess that match the job description
  • Provide contact info
  • Be professional and grammatically correct        
• Resume – things to mention
  • Initiative
  • Ability to multitask
  • Responsibility
  • Communication skills
  • Technical skills
  • Dedication and discipline
  • Team focus
  • Understanding diverse backgrounds
  • Leadership
    • Experience
    • Internships
    • Volunteer activities
  • Participation in extracurricular activities
    • Organizations
    • Volunteer work
    • Highlight the quantity, quality and role
  • Responsibility / Maturity
    • Employment while in school
    • Organized events
  • Communication Skills
    • Cooperation
      •  Show you can work w a team
      •  Include any group effort
    • Eloquence
      • Unique verbiage can set your resume apart
      • Use verbiage to communicate your skills
      • Use correct tense
      • Communicate to appropriate audience
    • Comprehension
      • Be clean and concise
    • Ability to work in a diverse workforce
    • Others
      • Awards, honors, achievements
      • Balancing work and school
  • Professionally formatted
    • Heading
      •  name, current address, telephone number, and APPROPIATE email address
    • Objective (optional)
      • quickly informs reader of your specific interests
  • 2 types of Resumes
    • Chronological
      • Present to Past
    • Functional
      • Segments
        • Work accomplishments
        • Responsibilities
        • Duties
        • List your employers at the end and position titles
  • Education
    • List highest level first, degree, school name, school location and year of graduation.
    • GPA / Honors
  • List other professional developments other than school achievements
  • Associations
• Goal of Resumes
  • Flawless grammatically
  • Current and accurate
  • Limited to one page if applicable
  • Usually appealing
  • Maintains consistent form
•  Things to avoid in a resume
  • Inaccurate contact or work history info
  • Clip art
  • Lengthy descriptions
  • Misspellings
  • Irrelevant info
  • Incorrect objective
• Preparation for Interview
  • Review job description
  • Research info on company
  • Drive by interview location so you are familiar with where you are going
  • Review your skill set
  • Practice interviewing
    • Answer questions aloud
  • Prepare questions to ask interviewer
  • Get a good nights rest
• Dress Appropriately
• Bring a portfolio
  • Extra resumes
  • School records
  • Examples of work
  • Pen and note pad
  • List of questions
  • Reference name and contact info
    • Three business or advisors
• Preparation Tips
  • Be on time
  • Be friendly
  • Be positive
  • Shake hands
  • Eye contact
  • Be aware of body language
  • Be a good listener
  • Be yourself
  • Don’t criticize
  • Be assertive and confident
  • Avoid personal issues
• Make a good first impression
  • Have a good attitude
  • Have good body language
  • Ask questions to show interest

 

 

I’ll see everyone on March 22^nd at Concordia for Jodee Bock’s presentation on leadership at Concordia, Old Main, room 202 at 7pm.

 

Neil Schmitt