Question 1

If you are planning a career change and want to deemphasize lengthy unemployment or lack of career progress, the best organizational plan for your résumé would be

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B)A functional résumé can cover up long periods of unemployment and lack of advancement by focusing on skills and competence. However, the deemphasis of employment usually sends up a red flag to employers, so applicants should expect questions about work experience when using this kind of résumé.

Question 2

The most common way to organize a résumé is

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A)A chronological résumé focuses on work experience, which typically is listed in reverse order, with the most recent job listed first. Chronological résumés are popular because they give employers a clear indication of what the applicant can do and what the applicant has done.

Question 3

The best time for college students to begin developing a job-search strategy is

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B)The worst thing about delaying your job search is that you will be competing against others who are farther along in the process than you, effectively putting yourself at a competitive disadvantage.

Question 4

The best approach to preparing a résumé is to

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B)Résumés should be targeted specifically for the person or company who is intended to receive them. The résumé should show that you have the proper skills and experience to do the job that is being offered. Since different jobs require different skills, you will end up sending a different résumé to almost every employer you apply to.

Question 5

By definition, a résumé is a

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B)A résumé is a structured summary of a person's education, employment background, and job qualifications.

Question 6

The primary difference between a résumé and a CV is that the CV is likely to be ________ than the résumé.

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C)A CV and a résumé are essentially the same thing. CV's frequently include more detail than a résumé. If an employer asks for a CV rather than a résumé, you can safely change the title of your résumé and submit it as a "Curriculum Vitae" without any negative consequences.

Question 7

Using networking to make informal connections with mutually beneficial business contacts is more important than ever because

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B)Networking is more essential than ever because the vast majority of job openings are not advertised to the public. Instead, most companies prefer to ask their employees for recommendations first.

Question 8

Starting with your initial contact and continuing throughout the interview process, you should

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D)An essential task in your job search is presenting your skills and accomplishments in a way that is relevant to the employer's business challenges.

Question 9

Business-related blogs and microblogs

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B)Reading industry blogs can be extremely helpful in familiarizing yourself with the language, culture, and important issues of an industry. Blogs can give you an "insider's" glimpse of a company or an industry.

Question 10

Applicant tracking systems help employers by

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C)Applicant tracking systems are databases that help managers and human resource people sort through job applications to find the best fits for jobs and the most promising applicants.

Question 11

The purpose of a résumé is to

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C)You should not expect to land a job on the strength of a résumé alone. The job of a résumé is to pique the interest of the employer, and make him or her want to find out more about you-in other words, to meet you in person in an interview.

Question 12

When conducting a job search, you can use the Internet to

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D)The Internet is also a place to communicate about jobs with potential employers and research employers and job opportunities.

Question 13

The best way to handle frequent job changes on a résumé is to

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B)For example, an independent contractor may have a number of short-term jobs that lasted only as long as a project lasted. Rather than risk being seen as someone who moves from job to job haphazardly, grouping these jobs under a single "Projects" heading is a good option.

Question 14

If you're thinking about using a functional résumé to support your job search, remember that many employers

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A)By not focusing on work experience, some employers view a functional résumé as an attempt to cover up an applicant's lack of work experience-or worse, work experience that ended badly with, for example, the applicant being fired or dismissed.

Question 15

The best way to find job opportunities is usually

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D)When job seekers apply on Internet job boards they are competing with thousands of others who view the same jobs. A better strategy is to target single companies and focus on making contacts with HR people or managers within those companies.

Question 16

The best way to become a valued network member is by

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D)To become a valued network member, you need to be able to help others in some way.

Question 17

According to your textbook, the least desirable way to include keywords in your résumé is in

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B)Experts used to advise including keywords in a separate summary; the contemporary trend is to include them in the introductory statement and other sections of your résumé.

Question 18

Many companies judge the success of their recruiting efforts by the

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C)Employers judge their recruiting success by quality of hire, a measure of how closely new employees meet the needs of the company.

Question 19

If you are just graduating from college and have little or no professional experience,

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C)Employers understand that recently graduated applicants will not have much to list under work experience, so focusing on education is acceptable.

Question 20

A type of résumé that emphasizes a candidate's skills and accomplishments while also including a complete job history is termed

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C)A combination résumé combines chronological and functional approaches. Using this approach an applicant can emphasize skills and abilities without arousing suspicion about a poor work experience record.

Quiz 18: Building Careers and Writing Résumés