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Career Development Explore the ICC Website 2 4-Year Plan of Career Development 3 Career Planning: A Lifelong Process 4 The Internship/Job Search Ready to Launch a Job Search? 6 Informational Interviews 7 How to Research Employers and Jobs 8 Job Search Strategies 10 Networking: The Number One Job Search Strategy 11 Social Media and Your Career 12 How to Prepare for the Fair 13 Transferable Skills 14 Resumes and Correspondence Resumes 15 Resume Tips for Specific Fields 15 Resume Content 16 Verb List for Resumes & Letters 17 Resume Samples 18 Online Resumes 27 Advanced Degree Resumes 28 Curriculum Vitae Samples 32 CV Supplement and Grad Skills List 35 Cover Letters 36 Sample Letters 37 Creating an Employment Reference List 41 Interviewing for Employment Interviewing 42 Interview Questions 46 CAREER RESOURCE MANUAL 2013-2014 The Internship & Career Center First, Second and Third Floors, South Hall University of California Davis, CA 95616 icc.ucdavis.edu (530) 752-2855 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Director: Subhash H Risbud 752-6659 Associate Director and Project Manager: Jeanne Shelby 752-6653 Project Managers: Andrea Hanson 752-2577 Marcie Kirk Holland 752-0752 PROGRAM AREAS Program Area Information 752-2855 Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Engineering & Physical Sciences Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Career Services Health & Biological Sciences Liberal Arts & Business Career Recruiting Programs 752-2286 Community Service Resource Center 752-3813 International Programs 752-2855 Washington Program 752-6652 Cover design by Winifred Siu Table of Contents ADVERTISER INDEX A10 Networks 5 Alliant International University 47 American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 12 HGST, a Western Digital Company 5 Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inside Front Cover New Mexico State University Inside Front Cover Santa Clara University, Emerging Professionals MBA 48 St George’s University Inside Back Cover USAgov 48 US Air Force, Scholarships for MSN Programs 48 Willamette University 9 World Wildlife Fund Inside Front Cover College Recruitment Media and the University of California, Davis wish to thank the above participating sponsors for making this publication available to students

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Career DevelopmentExplore the ICC Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-Year Plan of Career Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Career Planning: A Lifelong Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Internship/Job SearchReady to Launch a Job Search? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Informational Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7How to Research Employers and Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Job Search Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Networking: The Number One Job Search Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Social Media and Your Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12How to Prepare for the Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Transferable Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Resumes and CorrespondenceResumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Resume Tips for Specific Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Resume Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Verb List for Resumes & Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Resume Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Online Resumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Advanced Degree Resumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Curriculum Vitae Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32CV Supplement and Grad Skills List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Cover Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Sample Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Creating an Employment Reference List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Interviewing for EmploymentInterviewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

CAREER RESOURCEMANUAL

2013-2014The Internship & Career Center

First, Second and Third Floors, South Hall

University of California

Davis, CA 95616icc.ucdavis.edu (530) 752-2855

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFDirector:

Subhash H . Risbud 752-6659Associate Director and

Project Manager: Jeanne Shelby 752-6653

Project Managers: Andrea Hanson 752-2577 Marcie Kirk Holland 752-0752

PROGRAM AREASProgram Area

Information 752-2855Agricultural & Environmental SciencesEngineering & Physical SciencesGraduate Student & Postdoctoral Career ServicesHealth & Biological SciencesLiberal Arts & Business

Career Recruiting Programs 752-2286Community Service Resource Center 752-3813International Programs 752-2855Washington Program 752-6652

Cover design by Winifred Siu

Table of Contents

ADVERTISER INDEX

A10 Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Alliant International University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12HGST, a Western Digital Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front CoverNew Mexico State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front CoverSanta Clara University, Emerging Professionals MBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48St . George’s University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back CoverUSA .gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48U .S . Air Force, Scholarships for MSN Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Willamette University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9World Wildlife Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover

College Recruitment Media and the University of California, Davis wish to thank the above participating sponsors for making this publication available to students .