{"id":3377,"date":"2017-07-06T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=3377"},"modified":"2023-01-22T13:17:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:17:44","slug":"duties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116-014spring2023\/engl2116january23\/duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Duty Format for R\u00e9sum\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember, when you describe your past work experience on your r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, use simple, direct verbs like &#8220;Managed,&#8221; &#8220;Supervised,&#8221; &#8220;Served,&#8221; or &#8220;Balanced.&#8221; Try your best not to use the following vague expressions that seem to pervade many ineffective r\u00e9sum\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>In pre-pandemic times, I would ask students to get into groups and describe the following duties\/responsibilities using simple, direct verbs like you would on the &#8220;Work Experience&#8221; section of your r\u00e9sum\u00e9. Below are some common phrases we use for r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, but I have alternatives below them.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Customer service\n<ul>\n<li>Greet customers&#8230;Assist customers with purchases&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cash handling experience\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain cash register&#8230;Balance daily accounts&#8230;Record sales&#8230;Check customers out with&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Responsible for program to benefit hurricane victims\n<ul>\n<li>Organized hurricane\/disaster relief effort&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Problem solver\n<ul>\n<li>Find solutions to [specific] issues&#8230;Identify and fix security flaws&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Interaction with patrons at a receptionist area\n<ul>\n<li>Greet customers\/patrons\/clients&#8230;Receive visitors and schedule visits with&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Responsible for the actions of 12 employees\n<ul>\n<li>Supervise 12 employees&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Company\/Organization budget of $100,000\n<ul>\n<li>Allocate resources for our $100,000 annual budget&#8230;Oversee operations for an organization with a $100,000 budget&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In charge of day-to-day operations\n<ul>\n<li>Manage operations&#8230;Supervise day-to-day operations&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Please note that &#8220;day-to-day&#8221; is a little vague if you&#8217;re not applying for a new job within the same company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Responsibilities include, cash register, window-dressing appearance, restocking\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain cash register&#8230;Create window displays&#8230;Restock items&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Responsible for company sales and customer service\n<ul>\n<li>Supervise sales team and customer service training&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>I have had the following duties: register utilization, customer interfacing, and sanitation implementation\n<ul>\n<li>Utilize cash register&#8230;Interface with customers&#8230;Implement sanitation protocols&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Please be aware that some readers are put off by terms like &#8220;utilize&#8221; and &#8220;implement.&#8221; That&#8217;s a conversation for a different class, though. (Perhaps ENGL 4183 &#8220;Editing with Digital Technologies&#8221; in Fall 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Quality Control\/Quality Assurance duties: basically, this deals with making sure someone else did something right (i.e. QA in a restaurant means making sure the kitchen cooked the right meal, kept off the mayo, and got the food out quickly)\n<ul>\n<li>Prepared food for delivery&#8230;Ensured orders were accurately made before delivery&#8230;Corrected incomplete of wrong orders prior to delivery&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>To follow the above, you could add that such initiatives reduced returns, food loss, customer ire, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Account\/Treasurer\/Bookkeeper for the Latinx club\n<ul>\n<li>Kept the Latinx Club books&#8230;Maintained the Latinx Club&#8217;s finances&#8230;Cleared expenses for the Latinx Club&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In charge of troubleshooting\n<ul>\n<li>Troubleshoot\/shot* bugs in the program&#8230;Find and correct errors in the code&#8230;Find ways to make programs for efficient&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Cover Letter to Analyze<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of a cover letter. Notice that she explains how both her work experience and education make her an ideal candidate. She doesn&#8217;t just tell the reader she &#8220;has excellent skills related to the job&#8221;; she proves it by using specific examples. The following cover letter isn&#8217;t perfect, but it&#8217;s a great start and offers us ideas to consider for cover letters.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>I am writing in response to the ad online for an entry level advertising position specifically to work with <em>Creative Loafing<\/em> magazine. I am currently working with the WEND Radio Group and assisting with their quarterly magazine <em>Charlotte Now<\/em> but would like more involvement. I feel my experiences and the position with <em>Creative Loafing<\/em> are a perfect combination. In addition, I will graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Marketing in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As my resume shows, I have the foundation that is required for the position with <em>Creative Loafing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have been responsible for collecting advertisements and creating articles for <em>Charlotte Now<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Also, I have worked directly with our art director at Plow Studios, the advertising director at Salem Radio Group, and the clients who have advertisements in <em>Charlotte Now<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>I have even assisted some of our clients by creating their advertisements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My college courses will also aid in working with <em>Creative Loafing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can use Adobe Photoshop, which is my desktop publishing software package of choice for creating advertisements.<\/li>\n<li>I have also had multiple marketing classes (including consumer behavior), which offer me strategies for consulting clients and evaluating markets.<\/li>\n<li>I write everyday for my online blog, and I have a minor in English that keeps me writing numerous papers, which continue to improve my communication skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Notice how she states her qualifications in a topic sentence, but then offers the reader examples that <strong>show<\/strong> she&#8217;s qualified. Of course, she could add a couple more examples of her duties or skills and a phrase such as &#8220;as my r\u00e9sum\u00e9 shows&#8230;&#8221; to make her cover letter much stronger, but the above paragraphs are a good start. One problem, though, is that she starts each sentence with &#8220;I &#8212;.&#8221; How do we change that? It&#8217;s tough. Check out p. 317&#8211;4th ed.; p. 349&#8211;3rd ed.; or p. 307&#8211;2nd ed. in Tabeaux &amp; Dragga. That example uses &#8220;I&#8230;&#8221; to start most sentences. Try to vary your sentences with adverbial phrases, such as, &#8220;After graduating&#8230;,&#8221; &#8220;Before my study abroad trip&#8230;,&#8221; &#8220;My internship offered great experience in these areas&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ok to use bullet points, but ask yourself if they enhance your delivery, or if you&#8217;re just trying to take up space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember, when you describe your past work experience on your r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, use simple, direct verbs like &#8220;Managed,&#8221; &#8220;Supervised,&#8221; &#8220;Served,&#8221; or &#8220;Balanced.&#8221; Try your best not to use the following vague expressions that seem to pervade many ineffective r\u00e9sum\u00e9s. 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