Letter for the job

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Getting Started What are the qualities your prospective employers want to see in you and how will you convince them that you possess these qualities. Qualities Reliability, Positive attitude, Pride in work, Effective team worker, trustworthiness, willingness to learn, enthusiasm, initiative, friendliness, ability to handle problems, people skills, etc. If you have any work experience, put it down. It doesn’t matter if your work experience is irrelevant. How do Prove to your prospective employers that you have these qualities? Show any activity that you have participated in, or relevant work experience that demonstrates the above mentioned qualities. Job Applications

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Open the letter with a clear statement of why you are writing it. Briefly describe your qualifications. Pick out the ones that are the most relevant for this job. Describe any work experience that you feel demonstrates your on the job ability. Show your willingness to learn. Use key words such as self-motivated and driven, etc. Close the letter giving details of your availability for an interview. You could also say that you will call them to determine a suitable time for an interview. How to actually write the job search letter

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A curriculum vitae (singular), meaning "course of one's life, is a document that gives much more detail than does a resume about your academic and professional accomplishments. Curricula vitae (plural) are most often used for academic or research positions, whereas resumes are the preferred documents in business and industry. Curricula vitae are commonly used in applying for the following: Admission to graduate school or as part of an application packet for a graduate assistantship or scholarship. Grant proposals. Teaching, research, and upper-level administrative positions in higher education. Academic departmental and tenure reviews. College or university service appointments. Professional association leadership positions. Speaking engagements. Publishing and editorial review boards. Research and consulting positions in a variety of settings. Curriculum Vitae

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While your resume - even for most graduate students - should be kept to one page, vitae are usually two pages at the shortest, and can be many pages in length. Common lengths for curricula vitae are one to three pages for bachelor's and master's degree candidates; two to five pages for doctoral candidates; and five or more pages for an experienced academician or researcher. Even though it's a longer document, write it concisely and give it a clean, easy-to-read layout. A curriculum vitae includes information about professional publications, presentations, committee work, grants received, and other details based on each person's experience. You can include: Education Master's thesis or project Dissertation title or topic Course highlights or areas of concentration in graduate study Teaching experience and interests What to include in a Curriculum Vitae

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You can include: Research experience and interests Consulting experience Internships or graduate practica Fieldwork Publications Professional papers and presentations Grants received Professional association and committee leadership positions and activities Certificates and licensure Special training Academic awards, scholarships, and fellowships Foreign study and travel abroad Language competencies Technical and computer skills What to include in a Curriculum Vitae

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A resume is a brief, concise document that presents, and effectively sells, your most relevant and positive credentials for employment, admission to graduate school, consideration for a scholarship or fellowship, or other professional purpose. An effective resume gets you an interview, not a job. An employer will usually spend 15 to 20 seconds reviewing your resume, so the content of your resume must be clear, concise, and targeted to the type of job for which you are applying.If your resume has a typo or grammatical error, it will probably jump off the page to an employer, and this is a way to weed you out of a candidate pool. Your resume may be the only chance you get to make an impression, so make it a good one. Purpose of a Resume

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Mistake: Inventing a new name for the university Correct:Use the full name, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, or use the official shortened name, Virginia Tech. Or use the full name with the shortened name in parentheses for future reference. Mistake: Using really small fonts Correct:Employers are typically reading many resumes, and are taking less than half a minute to read one. Really small fonts are hard to read and don't photocopy as well. (That applies to your address block as well.) What's too small? Generally don't go smaller than a 10 point, but notice that all font styles aren't sized equally. For example, a 10 point Arial font is smaller than a 10 point Antique Olive. Mistake: Really wide margins with content squeezed in the middle. Correct:Your margins should be at least one half inch. You really don't need more than one inch. Lots of students ask if their resumes have "enough white space." An employer isn't reading white space.  Employers are reading your content, and you want it to be easy to see. Most Frequent Mistakes in a Resume

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Mistake: Long wordy descriptions in your objective and elsewhere. Correct:You don't need complete sentences in your resume. Concise, understandable phrases are sufficient. Look at the examples in resume formats and samples. Ask for a Career Services advisor's assistance in editing your resume through walk-in advising. Mistake: Typos. Correct:You have one chance to make a first impression. In many cases, your resume, or your resume plus a cover letter, are the only things an employer has to base an impression of you. The resume is a critical document for presenting yourself. The view is that if you would make a mistake on your resume, you'll probably make a lot more mistakes on the job. It's easy to miss your own typos. Use spellcheck, but remember it won't catch every error. Frightening example: If you leave the first "l" out of "public relations," spellcheck is not going to let you know. Get the idea? Ask friends to proofread. Most Frequent Mistakes in a Resume

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Mistake: Using too complicated a format; getting too creative. Correct:The employer typically spends about 15 to 30 seconds reading your resume. Keep the layout simple and clean (like the examples in resume formats and samples). Avoid too many layers of indentation. Use one font size for the document; only make your name larger. Don't mix font types. Mistake: Using a unique, creative layout or style to stand out from the crowd. Correct:The best way to stand out from the crowd is with high quality content and a clearly written, neat, error-free document. Employers are looking for content, not fancy or dangerously creative layout. Don't stand out for the wrong reason. Most Frequent Mistakes in a Resume