RESUME  The top of the page

-Advertisement selling a product….YOU!

-specifically your skills, experiences, and attributes  OBJECTIVE STATEMENT
-first meeting between you and the employer  Purpose
-communicate the position that you are interested in
Overall it’s your FIRST STEP towards employment  Example
Management trainee position with a specialty retailer
The average employer looks at a resume between 10-15 seconds. This is the time they decide to either KEEP IT or Technical skills with an energy related industry in the southwest. Long range goals of regional sales
TOSS IT management.
To obtain a position as field service representative with XYZ software corporation.
OBJECTIVE
To provide the skills and tools for creating and preparing your own resume.  EDUCATION
 Date or expected date of graduation
IQ- intelligence quotient Graduation date: May 2014
EQ- Emotional quotient Expected graduation date
AQ- Adversity quotient
 ACTIVITIES
STEP 1 in your packet  Everything you are involved in - clubs, sports, programs, activities like band, art, drama, journalism in school.
Step 1: Write a list of the biggest academic honors you’ve earned, starting with ninth grade. These include things You can put them in order of significance or most recent
like honor-roll recognition, essay-writing awards, freshman awards, science competitions, and the like  Under each activity, write at least one brief description of what you did. Start with a strong action verb and
follow it with specifics
STEP 2 in your packet
Step 2: list your extracurricular activities. This category includes clubs you’ve belonged to, class offices you’ve  VOLUNTEER (COMMUNITY) ECPERIENCE
held, sports, band, yearbook, and all the other non-academic activities you’ve done. don’t forget non-school-related  Include events you have participated either in or out of school. Describe what you did. Start with strong verbs.
items such as volunteering at a nursing home and jobs you’ve worked. Include special interest like photography, Be as specific as you can
hiking, writing, and so forth. If you speak more than one language, mention it. Detail you’re uniqueness. You’re
trying to paint a portrait of yourself; create an action inventory.  EXPERIENCE
 What is considered experience?
WHY DO YOU NEED A RESUME? Full-time and part time jobs
 A marketing tool Self-employment
 To obtain an interview, not a job Volunteer works
 Requirement of many organization Practicum,field, and cooperative education
 Information
Resume - hidden messages Job titles
Resume Dates of employment
 Neat Company name
 Well-organized City & state
 Error free  Work experience: Don’t forget non-traditional work, such as babysitting or helping out with the family
 Professional appearance business. For each item, include the job title, name of organization, location, dates, and description of
You responsibilities
 Neat
 Well-organized  LISTING RESPONSIBILITIES
 Attention to detail  Use bullet points
 Careful and competent  Start each line with an action verb
Present tense if currently employed
SECTIONS OF RESUME Past tense if no longer employed
 THE HEADER Very your choices pf verbs
 Name  Tailor skills and experiences to the position for which you are applying
 Permanent and present address  Be concise while providing enough detail
 E-mail address
 Telephone number  ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
 Where should contact information go?  Don’t limit yourself here
 This cant be laundry list or a detailed description 1. Subjective
 Order by date Formal or literary
Reverse chronological Usually found in newspaper articles where the information is informal for the reason that the audience can
 Rank order by importance to the career objective understand the language easily and enjoy having a brief overview or general idea about a particular subject without
 Do not say member of.. the need to emphasize.
 Emphasize your leadership roles
 Spell out the organizations name: 2. Objective
Do not use abbreviations or acronyms It is impersonal, this is serious, formal or literary objective
Mostly part of academic journals, academic books, and scholarly magazines that are written and presented
 RESUME DOS in a highly analytical tone.
 Use action verbs Example journal essay based on philosophy or any subject related to academic discipline that is written with
 Use shot, concise sentences the purpose of study and reflects subject matter contributing to scientific discussions and theories
 Keep resume easy to read Involved enumerating parts structure level stages
 Keep resume about one page
Mainly focuses on the objective point of view specially on academic or research paper
 RESUME DONTS
 Do not use pronouns such as I, me, my, etc. Common part of concept paper:
 Do not include references  Title page
 Do not clutter your resume with nonessential information  Background of the study
 Do not make any misrepresentations  Preliminary literature review
 Do not include personal information  Statement of the problem/objective
SSN, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, photograph, etc.  Methodology
 Timeline
 References
CONCEPT PAPER
It is an idea, a notion, a concept. FORMAL AND INFORMAL REPORTS
Clarifies concept dissecting or breaking ideas into parts to give a collective idea about a concept.
Conveys the essence of an idea and explains. REPOERT
Refers to an academic or research paper that is written with the primary purpose of identifying. A planned, organized, factual presentation of information prepared for a specific purpose and for a specific
Explaining an idea or concept related to a particular scholarly field or discipline before conducting a audience.
research.
Two types of report
It is an unbiased research written in the form of a theory of or a hypothesis  Formal report(long)
using relevant and impartial method of research  Complex projects
 Numerous parts
It unravels and explains the positive and negative aspects of a research study utilizing various opposing  Detailed research
theories to reveal gaps and criticism.  Formal language

In technical terms concept paper provides an overview of the project.  Informal report(short)
 Uncomplicated projects
Helps us to have a detailed knowledge in what is the process of paperwork's, projects, business proposals,  Few parts
research paper and others.  Limited research
 Informal language
Very useful for both students during college or university projects and entrepreneurs working on a business
proposal. Report functions
An informational report
Not just for research, could be used for policy making project proposals. presents the facts but does not analyze the information, draw conclusions, or make recommendations.

Aim to capture the thoughts and ideas while the research proposal captures the ideas in a structured manner Annual report
for approval to research. summarizes an company’s accomplishment, finances, and significant events

Two types of point of view in a concept paper: Progress report

 updates status of a project. A research instrument is a tool used to gather data on a specific topic of interest. When conducting a
research, you need to prepare and implement the appropriate instrument to gather the data you need.
Travel or trip report
Summarizes travel agenda. When preparing an instrument, you must insure that it is valid and reliable. It ii valid when directly answers
or addresses you research questions. It is reliable when it provides you consistent and stable data over a
Minutes period of time.
Record of proceedings of a meeting.
Types of instrument survey
Analytical report A survey contains planned questions which are used to measure attitudes, perceptions, and opinions. It
Presents information, analyses the information, draws conclusions, and sometimes includes contains responses directly related to each specific research question. It can either be a form of an interview or
recommendations. questionnaire.

Feasibility report There are 3 types of question that you can use when conducting a survey:
Examines a proposed course of action.  Recall
 Recognition
Justification report  Open-ended
Explains or recommends an action.
RECAL
A formal report is prepared for a decision-making audience and typically requires in depth investigation and Type of question asks for specific information such as years of service, age, and address.
team collaboration.
RECOGNITION
A formal report include three parts Type of question on the other hand asks for a response to a specific question where options are given such
 Preliminary parts precede report body as in the case of multiple choice, dichotomous (yes/no), and rating scale format.
 Report body contains information and visuals to support the report objective
 Supplementary parts follow the report Open-ended
Type of question elicits brief explanation or impressions from the respondent.
Preliminary parys
 Title page - title authps affiliation date and reciever Interview
 Transmittal message official submission of report An interview is an instrument that allows the researcher to qualitatively gather data. Responses
 Table of contents page numbers of report parts during an interview are usually open-ended.
 List of illustrations - titles and page numbers of visuals
 Executive summary - summary of key points

Report body
 Introduction - statement of authorization, purpose, background, scope, limitations, research sources, order of
presentation.

Supplementary parts
 References (APA) or work cited (MLA) - alphabetical list of sources cited
 Appendix - supplementary information not necessary to understand the report or too lengthy to include in the
body

An informal report relays information about a routine, short term, or uncomplicated situations.

Types of informal reports

 Memos
 Letters
 Fill-in report forms
 Agendas and minutes of meetings

PREPAIRING AND IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS