Web Exercises

Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Your Future Is Still Waiting
Did you complete the answers to all the questions in Table 28.1? Now do the same for Tables 29.1 and 29.2.

Now use the Internet as a research guide to start networking. What sites are helpful? Which are wastes of time? What information is available? Is it trustworthy? How about job opportunities in your chosen field? Are any internships available?

Why Hire Me?
Search on youtube.com for videos that contain the words “why hire me.” Look over the film clips. What was good or bad about their clip? Would you hire them? Why or why not? Here are a few video resumes to get you started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRHFEDyHIsc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdAYHWhXmTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UnGZoTeu4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlekmJ6B0Kk

Write Your Resume

Visit these websites for tips and guidance on resumes
http://www.livecareer.com/resume-tips/how-to/write-your-first-resume

10 Steps: How to Write a Resume
http://susanireland.com/resume/how-to-write/

Self-Serve Tool to Build Your Resume
http://how-to-write-a-resume.org/resume_writing.htm

Good and Bad Resumes
https://www.pongoresume.com/articles/56/good-and-bad-resumes-want-to-see-the-difference-.cfm

This Is the Worst Resume Ever
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-worst-resume-ever-2012-7?op=1

17 Hilariously Horrible Resumes for the “Do Not Hire” Pile
http://www.realclear.com/funny/2014/10/27/hilariously_horrible_resumes_9318.html