Session 6 Resumes and Life Long Learning

Resumes

A resume, which can also be called a CV (curriculum vitae) is a summarisation of your employment history and/or experience, relevant skills and education.

It is also usually the first point of contact between you and your prospective employer so you need to ‘market’ or ‘sell’ yourself in your resume.


What should my Resume contain?

Read the following article from Seek about what a resume should contain.


Watch the short video Expert Resume Advice from CareerOne.com.au, CareerOne

Watch the short video How to write a resume when you have no experience, Jobactive

Resume Do's

  • Do make sure your resume is clear, concise  and easy to read
  • Do make sure the formatting is consistent throughout each page
  • Do make sure you tailor your resume to the employment position you are applying for
  • Do limit your resume to 2-3 pages, no more than 4
  • Do include a cover letter
  • Do research the company you are applying to
  • Do make sure you PROOF READ your resume before sending it!

Resume Don'ts

  • Don’t use coloured paper, images, cartoons etc
  • Don’t write lengthy wordy paragraphs
  • Don’t list personal information eg: marital status, age, religion - these do not need to go into your resume
  • Don’t lie. In this day and age and the presence of social media, it is too easy to be caught out in a lie
  • Don’t use your high school email address as your contact – sexy4u@email.com or iluvbunnies@email.com will most like see your resume in the discard pile straight away! Keep it simple and use your real name (or as close as you can if there are duplicates)

General Resume Hints

  • As a general rule, if your information is not relevant to the position you are applying for, don’t include it in your resume.
  • Your resume should change with each job that you apply for to reflect the selection criteria
  • Always seek permission from people who you would like to list as referees on your resume.
Watch the short video, Managing Your Referees, CareerOne  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STLRFWTISzc

More Resume Advice


5 Things Employers Wish They Could Say About Your Cover Letter

5 Key Times to Update Your Online Profile

Recruiters reveal: Top 5 in demand skills and why
Job Search Insights - Hays Specialist Recruitment

Seek.com.au – Advice & Tips 

Free Resume Evaluation through Careerone.com.au

Careerone – Free Resources

Free Resume Templates


More helpful links


Lifelong Learning - Professional Development

What is lifelong Learning?

the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfilment - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lifelong-learning

Where can you get it?

Lifelong learning can be skills and knowledge that are gained on the job or they can be more formal such as short courses or organised Professional Development activities.

Here are just a few ideas of where you can gain skills and knowledge outside of your employment:

Your local library - tools such as LinkedIn Learning and/or personal development programs are a valuable source of lifelong learning opportunities. Check your local public library website.


Other sources of Lifelong Learning

ALIA

ALIA PD

Library of Congress

WebJunction

Mooc – free online courses

MIT Open Courseware


Free Online Courses


There is an abundance of library and information services related courses – you just need to start searching!

And don't just limit yourself to library specific courses, there are also lots of courses where you can gain generic skills that will help in the library or any other career that you might choose.

Class Activity

Find 2 courses coming up in the next 6 months (obviously depending on Covid-19) that would relate to working in a library or skills that would be useful for working in a library. Share your courses with the class.






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