1. What should you include in your contact information?
Answers: • All of these
2. Which of the following is the best description of a managerial position?
Answers: • Manage 8 employees and $300K budget. Revised customer response procedures to cut client response time by 20% while still providing high-quality service.
3. Why is adding "references available upon request" to your resume incorrect?
Answers: • Employers already know this.
4. Which resume format is most popular with employers?
Answers: • Reverse chronological
5. What kind of paper should you print a resume on?
Answers: • Heavy stock, white or cream
6. What's most wrong with this resume sentence: "I generated $200,000 in sales last year for my company"?
Answers: • Uses first-person pronoun
7. Where might you mention a professional membership on a resume?
Answers: • Near the end
8. For the typical resume list your prior job experience...
Answers: • In reverse chronological order
9. Which of the following most closely follows current best practices for resume writing in terms of style, tense, and content?
Answers: • Supervised 80 Sales Division employees and increased productivity by 50%
10. What's wrong with this resume sentence: "Acheived promotion to district manager."
Answers: • Spelling error
11. What type of resume is most appropriate for academic positions?
Answers: • Curriculum Vitae
12. What should you include in your resume?
Answers: • Your most recent jobs and ones that are most meaningful
13. When do you include an objective?
Answers: • Only when it adds value, is required/requested, clarifies the purpose of your application or job you are applying to, or is otherwise appropriate.
14. Which of the following sections is NOT optional on a resume?
Answers: • Education
15. What is an example of something you would NOT put under skills?
Answers: • Volunteer Work
16. Which of the following should likely never appear on a resume?
Answers: • All of these
17. Your former employer, Resume Industries, has since changed their name to Perfect Resumes. What is the standard way to list them on your resume?
Answers: • Perfect Resumes (formerly Resume Industries)
18. Your resume should not...
Answers: • Use Pronouns (such as "I" or "Me")
19. When is it acceptable for a resume be several pages long?
Answers: • If you are an executive, or have a PhD with several years of research experience
20. Which of the following should NEVER be included on a resume?
Answers: • Salary information
21. Which does not belong on a scannable resume?
Answers: • Decorated text with shading, italics, or bold formatting
22. What belongs in a Skills section of a resume?
Answers: • Computer, language, and other skills that are relevant to the job for which the applicant is applying
23. What should be on the top of your resume
Answers: • Your contact details
24. Which of these should you NOT include in your resume?
Answers: • All of these
25. For whom is a functional resume format useful?
Answers: • All of these
26. Which are examples of words/phrases to consider removing from a resume?
Answers: • All of these
27. When it is okay to bend the truth on a resume?
Answers: • It is never okay
28. Should a resume have ALL of your work experience?
Answers: • No, just the most recent or most relevant experience.
29. A Summary of Qualifications or Profile is a way to:
Answers: • All of these
30. Should you mention your age in your resume?
Answers: • No
31. Which of the following does NOT belong on your resume?
Answers: • Reason for leaving previous employment
32. What is a cover letter?
Answers: • A cover letter is a letter of introduction attached to your resume
33. What is a targeted resume?
Answers: • A resume customized for the position wanted
34. What is a Functional resume?
Answers: • A resume that focuses on your skills and experience, emphazing your professional capabilities rather than your chronological work history.
35. Under the Work Experience heading, an applicant with 30 years of work experience should include:
Answers: • Recent work experience relevant to the job for which the applicant is applying
36. What should NOT be included in a cover letter
Answers: • Questions about the position
37. Should you put your race or ethniciticy on a resume?
Answers: • Never
38. On your resume, how should you hide a gap in your employment history?
Answers: • You should not hide the gap
39. What is wrong with describing yourself as being "goal-oriented with a can-do attitude?"
Answers: • All of these
40. Recruiters tend to concentrate the most on ____ page of your resume
Answers: • First
41. The education section on a typical resume should include, if possible,
Answers: • (All of these)
42. An effective resume will ______________.
Answers: • demonstrate how your skills match an employer's requirements.
43. What should be included in a cover letter?
Answers: • All of these
44. How many pages should a typical entry level non-government resume for a college student have?
Answers: • 1 - 2 Pages
45. Which of the following sections are optional on a resume
Answers: • Volunteer Experience
46. Your resume should...
Answers: • All of these
47. Which of the following is the recommended font to use for a resume?
Answers: • Times New Roman
48. Which of the following fonts are widely accepted for use on a resume?
Answers: • All of these
49. What should be in bold type?
Answers: • Your name and section headings
50. What is a functional resume?
Answers: • A resume that is organized by the applicant's relevant skills and experiences rather than chronologically
51. What should all your sentences start with?
Answers: • Action verbs
52. What is the difference between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV)?
Answers: • All of these
53. Which of these is NOT a potential strength of a reverse chronological resume?
Answers: • It shows your age along with your experience
54. An applicant's high school education should:
Answers: • Be included under the Education heading if the applicant did not go to college
55. Which of these is not a type of resume?
Answers: • Serviceable Resume
56. Which of the following should a recent college graduate include on their resume if they don't have much work experience?
Answers: • Internships, volunteer work, and extracurricular activities
57. What's wrong with this resume sentence: "Responsible for assisting with numerus projects."
Answers: • All of these
58. A statement of goals or objectives is most useful for whom?
Answers: • Career changers
59. What is the standard order for educational achievements on a resume?
Answers: • Chronological order with the most recent degree first, including degrees that the applicant has not yet completed
60. What is the P-A-R method for writing job descriptions?
Answers: • Problem-Action-Result
61. What is the primary component of a functional resume?
Answers: • Description of job skills
62. What information should always be included for jobs listed under Work Experience?
Answers: • Position name, company name, company location, dates of employment
63. The current convention for including references on resumes is:
Answers: • They should be included on a separate page only if specifically requested by a job advertisement
64. True or false: Descriptions of past jobs should be in the passive voice.
Answers: • False
65. Which of these is NOT a potential drawback of a functional resume?
Answers: • De-emphasizes work history not relevant to job sought
Answers: • All of these
2. Which of the following is the best description of a managerial position?
Answers: • Manage 8 employees and $300K budget. Revised customer response procedures to cut client response time by 20% while still providing high-quality service.
3. Why is adding "references available upon request" to your resume incorrect?
Answers: • Employers already know this.
4. Which resume format is most popular with employers?
Answers: • Reverse chronological
5. What kind of paper should you print a resume on?
Answers: • Heavy stock, white or cream
6. What's most wrong with this resume sentence: "I generated $200,000 in sales last year for my company"?
Answers: • Uses first-person pronoun
7. Where might you mention a professional membership on a resume?
Answers: • Near the end
8. For the typical resume list your prior job experience...
Answers: • In reverse chronological order
9. Which of the following most closely follows current best practices for resume writing in terms of style, tense, and content?
Answers: • Supervised 80 Sales Division employees and increased productivity by 50%
10. What's wrong with this resume sentence: "Acheived promotion to district manager."
Answers: • Spelling error
11. What type of resume is most appropriate for academic positions?
Answers: • Curriculum Vitae
12. What should you include in your resume?
Answers: • Your most recent jobs and ones that are most meaningful
13. When do you include an objective?
Answers: • Only when it adds value, is required/requested, clarifies the purpose of your application or job you are applying to, or is otherwise appropriate.
14. Which of the following sections is NOT optional on a resume?
Answers: • Education
15. What is an example of something you would NOT put under skills?
Answers: • Volunteer Work
16. Which of the following should likely never appear on a resume?
Answers: • All of these
17. Your former employer, Resume Industries, has since changed their name to Perfect Resumes. What is the standard way to list them on your resume?
Answers: • Perfect Resumes (formerly Resume Industries)
18. Your resume should not...
Answers: • Use Pronouns (such as "I" or "Me")
19. When is it acceptable for a resume be several pages long?
Answers: • If you are an executive, or have a PhD with several years of research experience
20. Which of the following should NEVER be included on a resume?
Answers: • Salary information
21. Which does not belong on a scannable resume?
Answers: • Decorated text with shading, italics, or bold formatting
22. What belongs in a Skills section of a resume?
Answers: • Computer, language, and other skills that are relevant to the job for which the applicant is applying
23. What should be on the top of your resume
Answers: • Your contact details
24. Which of these should you NOT include in your resume?
Answers: • All of these
25. For whom is a functional resume format useful?
Answers: • All of these
26. Which are examples of words/phrases to consider removing from a resume?
Answers: • All of these
27. When it is okay to bend the truth on a resume?
Answers: • It is never okay
28. Should a resume have ALL of your work experience?
Answers: • No, just the most recent or most relevant experience.
29. A Summary of Qualifications or Profile is a way to:
Answers: • All of these
30. Should you mention your age in your resume?
Answers: • No
31. Which of the following does NOT belong on your resume?
Answers: • Reason for leaving previous employment
32. What is a cover letter?
Answers: • A cover letter is a letter of introduction attached to your resume
33. What is a targeted resume?
Answers: • A resume customized for the position wanted
34. What is a Functional resume?
Answers: • A resume that focuses on your skills and experience, emphazing your professional capabilities rather than your chronological work history.
35. Under the Work Experience heading, an applicant with 30 years of work experience should include:
Answers: • Recent work experience relevant to the job for which the applicant is applying
36. What should NOT be included in a cover letter
Answers: • Questions about the position
37. Should you put your race or ethniciticy on a resume?
Answers: • Never
38. On your resume, how should you hide a gap in your employment history?
Answers: • You should not hide the gap
39. What is wrong with describing yourself as being "goal-oriented with a can-do attitude?"
Answers: • All of these
40. Recruiters tend to concentrate the most on ____ page of your resume
Answers: • First
41. The education section on a typical resume should include, if possible,
Answers: • (All of these)
42. An effective resume will ______________.
Answers: • demonstrate how your skills match an employer's requirements.
43. What should be included in a cover letter?
Answers: • All of these
44. How many pages should a typical entry level non-government resume for a college student have?
Answers: • 1 - 2 Pages
45. Which of the following sections are optional on a resume
Answers: • Volunteer Experience
46. Your resume should...
Answers: • All of these
47. Which of the following is the recommended font to use for a resume?
Answers: • Times New Roman
48. Which of the following fonts are widely accepted for use on a resume?
Answers: • All of these
49. What should be in bold type?
Answers: • Your name and section headings
50. What is a functional resume?
Answers: • A resume that is organized by the applicant's relevant skills and experiences rather than chronologically
51. What should all your sentences start with?
Answers: • Action verbs
52. What is the difference between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV)?
Answers: • All of these
53. Which of these is NOT a potential strength of a reverse chronological resume?
Answers: • It shows your age along with your experience
54. An applicant's high school education should:
Answers: • Be included under the Education heading if the applicant did not go to college
55. Which of these is not a type of resume?
Answers: • Serviceable Resume
56. Which of the following should a recent college graduate include on their resume if they don't have much work experience?
Answers: • Internships, volunteer work, and extracurricular activities
57. What's wrong with this resume sentence: "Responsible for assisting with numerus projects."
Answers: • All of these
58. A statement of goals or objectives is most useful for whom?
Answers: • Career changers
59. What is the standard order for educational achievements on a resume?
Answers: • Chronological order with the most recent degree first, including degrees that the applicant has not yet completed
60. What is the P-A-R method for writing job descriptions?
Answers: • Problem-Action-Result
61. What is the primary component of a functional resume?
Answers: • Description of job skills
62. What information should always be included for jobs listed under Work Experience?
Answers: • Position name, company name, company location, dates of employment
63. The current convention for including references on resumes is:
Answers: • They should be included on a separate page only if specifically requested by a job advertisement
64. True or false: Descriptions of past jobs should be in the passive voice.
Answers: • False
65. Which of these is NOT a potential drawback of a functional resume?
Answers: • De-emphasizes work history not relevant to job sought
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