Employability Skills I- Resumes
This quiz is to test your knowledge of -Parts of a Resume -Styles of Resumes -Formating a Resume
- 1.A Resume is
- A.
A one page summary of your work experience, job skills, etc. that helps advertise your abilities and knowledge to potential employers.
- B.
A one page summary of what you did last summer.
- C.
A one page summary of your knowledge and skills as it relates to the job.
- 2.
Looking at this resume, what are the 6 sections that were included?- A.
Education, Objectives, Extracurricular Activities, Computer Skills, and Work Experience
- B.
Education, Related Experience, Computer Competencies, Work Experience, Extracurricular Activities, and References
- C.
Education, Work History, Technology Skills, Extracurricular, Foreign Languages, References
- 3.Which of the following are types of resumes?
- A.
Chronological Format, Synchronized Format and Functional Format
- B.
Chronological Format and Synchronized Format
- C.
Chronological Format and Functional Format
- D.
Synchronized Format and Functional
- 4.The main purpose of a resume is to:
- A.
To interest an employer enough for them to contact me for an interview .
- B.
A resume isn't really needed in today's job market. It is all about who you know.
- C.
To document every job I have ever had and ever job duty I have ever had.
- 5.Lynn, who had held a Health Insurance Claims Management position making $42,000 per year has now retrained for the accounting field. She has not gained any "direct accounting experience" although she had prepared monthly accounting reports as a Department Manager.Lynn is about to apply for a junior management accounting position with "The Bottom Line Accounting Firm."What would be the best objective to put on her resume?
- A.
To secure the position of Senior Account Executive with The Bottom Line Accounting Firm that will utilize acquired experience and commitment to excellence.
- B.
Seeking a junior level position in the accounting field.
- C.
Seeking a position as Junior Account Executive with The Bottom Line Accounting Firm where I can effectively utilize my strong management skills and further develop my accounting skills.
- 6.As a high school student you do not have much information to place on a resume, so it is best to put elementary and middle school information on it to make it long.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Which of these statement would you follow when you develop your resume?
- A.
Use many different fonts and incorporate colored fonts
- B.
Write in paragraph form to explain my background in detail
- C.
When describing job duties, use bullets to make my resume easier to read.
- D.
Start my resume with the first position I've held and work backward to my most current position.
- 8.Which of these would you not include in your resume?
- A.
Personal information like my marital status, age, and weight
- B.
A list of my references
- C.
Jobs I held 30 years ago that don't support my objective.
- D.
All of the above
- 9.How should you write your resume bullets?
- A.
Use 'I' statements like 'I prepared a sales report.
- B.
Start each of my resume bullets with action words like prepared, developed, monitored, and presented
- C.
Incorporate acronyms and terms that are only used internally by my company.
- D.
Take credit for work done by a team I was on that was actually done by other team members
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