Writing a Resume, Part 3: Work Experience

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English for Career Development

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English for Career Development

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Welcome to English for Career Development, a course created by the University of Pennsylvania, and funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. To enroll in this course for free, click on “Enroll now” and then select "Full Course. No certificate." This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in advancing their careers in the global marketplace. In this course, you will learn about the job search, application, and interview process in the United States, while comparing and contrasting the same process in your home country. This course will also give you the opportunity to explore your global career path, while building your vocabulary and improving your language skills to achieve your professional goals. The first unit in this course will introduce the U.S. job application process and provide strategies for identifying the jobs that match your interests and skills. Unit 2 will take you through the steps necessary to produce a professional-looking resume. In unit 3, you will work to develop a clear and concise cover letter. The final unit of the course focuses on networking and interview skills. Anyone may take this course for free. If you want to get a Coursera Verified Certificate for free, please fill out the Financial Aid form. Unless otherwise noted, all course materials are available for re-use, repurposing and free distribution under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license. Supplemental reading materials were provided by Newsela, which publishes daily news articles at a level that's just right for each English language learner.

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Unit 2: Resumes

In this unit, you will learn how to describe yourself and your experiences in a résumé. The unit will also help you build your job-related vocabulary.

Writing a Résumé, Part 1: Name and Contact Information5:19

Listening: Connecting Employers with Job Seekers in Today's Economy4:00

Language Focus: Key Words3:32

Writing a Resume, Part 2: Headline and Summary4:36

Writing a Resume, Part 3: Work Experience5:07

Unlockable Achievement 40:09

Writing a Resume, Part 4: Education5:59

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Brian McManus
Language Specialist
English Language Programs
Robyn Turner
Senior Language Specialist
English Language Programs

Hello, in this video,

we will show you how to complete part three of a resume, work experience.

In this part of the resume, job seekers list job titles, their current and

former employer names, locations, dates of employment, and

a brief description of the job duties they had.

Some job seekers call this part, experience, so

that they can include volunteer work in addition to paid jobs.

No matter what you call it, this section of your resume is the part that future

employers focus on most to decide if a candidate is a good match for

the position.

It is important that job seekers are honest in the description of their

duties because hiring officials often check with past employers.

Because a resume is only one or

two pages long, it may not be possible to list all of your experiences.

You will need to choose the ones that best show your skills for the job.

Job seekers list their experience in reverse chronological order.

This means they start with their current or

most recent job, then the list continuous backwards by time order.

Each entry is separate, but contains all of the following information,

job title, employer name, location,

dates of employment, and a brief description of the job duties.

Here is a Tomoco's resume and description of her experience.

As you can see, she listed three separate experiences,

one of which is a volunteer job.

Look at the first experience.

On one line, she lists the job title, Office Assistant,

then the employer and the location together, University of California,

English Language Programs, followed by the years of employment, 2009 to present.

The next lines are verb phrases that clearly describe what she does or did.

Notice the use of present tense verbs because this is her current job.

You should also notice that the verbs used are called

action verbs because they clearly explain what a person is doing.

Her verb choices manage, develop and

train are actions that also show some of her skills as an employee.

From this list, an employer would learn that she has computer skills and

she can work well with a lot of other people.

We will learn more about action verbs in video eight.

When describing experience,

many job seekers use a bullet list of three to five lines.

There is no punctuation at the end because these are not complete sentences.

it is important to be as clear and detailed as possible, but

in a small amount of space.

Remember that employers want to know how you are different form other candidates.

Think about what you have done well in past experiences and

include those details with strong verbs.

For example, did you make your company more efficient or organized?

For example, look at Tomoko's second experience as a program assistant.

You can see that she has arranged special events and

organized the office to be more efficient.

These actions show the reader that she is well organised.

This is an example of personal trait skill that is valuable to many employers.

Let's review what you should include in part three, work experience.

Begin with your current or most recent job and

continue to list experiences backwards in time order.

For each experience that you include, write the job title, the employer name,

location, date of employment and a brief description of the job duties.

Next, you can practice organizing a resume with a game, Ordering the Chronology.

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