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Communication Skills-I

Notes 5. Work experience is presented in .................... chronological order.

6. The resume gives credibility to the claims made in the .....................
State whether the following are true or false:
7. Resume should be sent separately from an application letter.
8. Resume is a self-introduction to promote yourself.
9. Work experience should be mentioned in reverse chronological order.
10. Under references, you can mention your relative’s name.

11. Follow-up can be done only through follow-up letters.

14.8 Review Questions

1. ‘A resume is a sales tool’. Comment.
2. ‘A successful job application is the first step to ones career’. Elaborate the statement.

3. Discuss techniques for writing successful job application.

4. What are the important points with regard to job application?
5. What is follow-up? Explain the methods of follow-up.

6. Prepare a resume to apply for a firm that has the main work as that of market research.
7. Prepare a resume for an advertising fi rm.

8. What will be the difference in the resumes prepared by you for a firm selling insurance
products and the firm selling pharmaceutical goods?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. short screening phone 2. communication
3. Resume 4. Following
5. reverse 6. covering letter

7. False 8. True
9. True 10. False
11. False.

14.9 Further Readings

Books Richard Wallace, The Only Resume and Cover Letter Book You’ll Ever Need, Adams
Media.

Susan Britton Whitcomb, Resume Magic, Jist Works.

Online links www.damngood.com
www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html

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