Resume Quiz

1. When is the best time to determine your job objective?

Before I start writing my resume. I can then focus the content of my resume around my objective.

After I have sent out 150 resumes without landing any interviews

Prior to accepting a job offer.

2. What is the purpose of a resume?

A resume isn't really needed in today's job market

To get a job offer

To interest an employer enough for them to contact me for an interview

To document every job I have ever had and ever job duty I have ever had.

3. How should you write your resume bullets?

Use 'I' statements like 'I prepared a sales report.

Start each of my resume bullets with action words like prepared, developed, monitored, and presented

Incorporate acronyms and terms that are only used internally by my company.

Take credit for work done by a team I was on that was actually done by other team members

4. What should the focus of your resume be?

To tell an employer what I want from them

To go into lengthy detail about my responsibilities and accomplishments for every position I have held.

To show that I am interested in and qualified for the particular position I'm applying for.

To show I'm willing to take any job that I'm offered.

5. Which of these would include in your resume?

Accomplishments such as leading teams or presenting to management.

Experience implementing new systems, processes and applications.

Quantifiable accomplishments like increasing sales by 15% or reducing costs by $250,000.

All of the above

6. Which of these statement would you follow when you develop your resume?

Use many different fonts and incorporate colored fonts

Write in paragraph form to explain my background in detail

Use bulleted sentences to make my resume easier to read.

Start my resume with the first position I've held and work backward to my most current position.

7. What should you be sure to include in your resume?

The resulting benefit of the project or assignment I completed

My salary requirements

Hobbies that are unrelated to my target position such as square dancing and basket weaving.

My membership in controversial groups or organizations.

8. Which of these would you not include in your resume?

All of the above.

Personal information like my marital status, age, and weight

A list of my references

Jobs I held 30 years ago that don't support my objective.