3 Discussion Cases for those who are having Access Problems

Assertiveness is defined as the ability to maintain one's legitimate rights and to express thoughts and feelings in non-threatening ways.

How can a person become more assertive? Discuss and provide some examples.

Class, respect others' opinions, stories, and ideas. If you want to add or respond to a point made by a classmate, please give credit to him/her. Make it clear that it is in response to a previous post by the classmate.

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What is networking? What are some actions you can take to build a network? how can it help? Did you see that, according to Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, a popular trade book, finding the person who can hire you has the highest effectiveness rate of 86 percent? What experience have you had with this method? Even though some feel funny about using contacts, notice that even Albert Einstein did!

Please discuss and provide examples. You can choose to define the term, based on the textbook and then give examples to show your understanding.

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Benefits and Requirements of Resume and Cover Letters

How would you describe a resume? Discuss its purpose.

What are the requirements and benefits of using a resume?

What are the purposes of a cover letter? What are the guidelines for writing an excellent cover letter?

Class, respond to these questions using your textbook.

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eResumes: Electronic Resumes, Key Words or Action Words Resources

# Accelerate
# Accomplish
# Acquire
# Achieve
# Activate
# Adapt
# Administer
# Advise
# Align
# Allocate
# Analyze
# Apply
# Appraise
# Approve
# Arrange
# Assemble
# Assess
# Assign
# Assist
# Attain
# Authorize
# Award
# Budget
# Build
# Calculate
# Change
# Chart
# Clarify
# Classify
# Coach
# Collaborate
# Collect
# Combine
# Communicate
# Compare
# Compile
# Complete
# Compose
# Compute
# Conclude
# Conduct
# Configure
# Connect
# Conserve
# Consolidate
# Construct
# Consult
# Contact
# Contribute
# Control
# Convert
# Convey
# Convince
# Coordinate
# Counsel
# Critique
# Cultivate
# Customize
# Decide
# Declare
# Decline
# Dedicate
# Define
# Delegate
# Deliver
# Demonstrate
# Depreciate
# Describe
# Design
# Determine
# Develop
# Devise
# Diagnose
# Direct
# Dispatch
# Dispense
# Distribute
# Document
# Draft
# Edit
# Emphasize
# Encourage
# Enforce
# Engineer
# Enhance
# Ensure
# Establish
# Estimate
# Evaluate
# Examine
# Execute
# Expand
# Expedite
# Explain
# Facilitate
# Finance
# Focus
# Forecast
# Formulate
# Foster
# Fund
# Furnish
# Gain
# Generate
# Guide
# Hire
# Host
# Identify
# Illustrate
# Implement
# Improve
# Improvise
# Increase
# Index
# Influence
# Inform
# Initiate
# Innovate
# Inspire
# Install
# Institute
# Integrate
# Interact
# Interview
# Introduce
# Investigate
# Itemize
# Join
# Justify
# Launch
# Learn
# Lecture
# Led
# Link
# Maintain
# Manage
# Map
# Market
# Measure
# Mediate
# Merge
# Mobilize
# Modify
# Monitor
# Motivate
# Negotiate
# Observe
# Obtain
# Operate
# Order
# Organize
# Originate
# Outpace
# Outperform
# Participate
# Perform
# Persuade
# Plan
# Prepare
# Present
# Prevent
# Prioritize
# Produce
# Program
# Promote
# Propose
# Prospect
# Prove
# Provide
# Publicize
# Purchase
# Pursue
# Qualify
# Rate
# Recommend
# Reconcile
# Record
# Recruit
# Reduce
# Refer
# Refocus
# Regulate
# Reorganize
# Repair
# Replace
# Report
# Represent
# Research
# Restore
# Restructure
# Retrieve
# Review
# Revise
# Revitalize
# Schedule
# Secure
# Select
# Serve
# Share
# Showcase
# Simplify
# Solve
# Sponsor
# Staff
# Standardize
# Suggest
# Summarize
# Supervise
# Supply
# Support
# Surpass
# Survey
# Target
# Teach
# Test
# Track
# Train
# Transform
# Translate
# Transport
# Unite
# Update
# Upgrade
# Validate
# Verify
# Volunteer
# Yield

Chapter 4 Reading Notes: Resume Preparation Recommendation

Chapter 4 Reading Notes:

Resume Preparation Recommendation:

Now that you know that your resume is your marketing piece or an advertisement for yourself, you want to make sure it shows your most important skills which will impress your employer. After all, the purpose of a resume is to impress a potential employer and get you an interview. The cover letter will help you get your feet in the door.

A by-product of your resume preparation is that it can raise your confidence. As far as resume requirements, there are some absolutes you must incorporate into your resume.

Avoid "I" and complete sentences. Use telegraphic phrases with specific action words. Be specific about what you did. Avoid abbreviations such as B.A. Instead use Bachelor of Arts, Master of Sciences etc. If your resume will be scanned, include key words and acronyms such as RN along with "registered nurse."

Here is a list of Action words found in the textbook:

Achieved, acquired, acted as, serviced, addressed, administered, advanced, advised, analyzed, answered, arbitrated, assigned, assisted, balanced, budgeted, built, communicated, composed, computed, constructed, consulted, coordinated, created, delegated, designed, developed, devised, diagnosed, directed, edited, employed, engineered, estimated, evaluated, filed, formulated, gathered, generated, hired, identified, increased, informed, inspected, installed, interacted, invented, maintained, managed, marketed, mediated, monitored, negotiated, operated, ordered, organized, recorded, redesigned, reorganized, reported, researched, reviewed, revised, saved, scheduled, selected, sold, solved, sorted, studied, summarized, supervised, taught, tested, trained, updated, utilized, wrote.