ReportandTechnicalWriting--ResumeDefinitionAresumeisashortwrittenaccountofone’seducationandpreviousjobthatonesendstoanemployerwhenlookingforajob.ItisanimportanttoolcareeringasithelpsmakeaninitialimpressiononthepotentialemployerItisabriefsummaryofone’slifehistoryorthemaineventsofhis/herlife,anditgivesabrief,factualsummaryofyourqualificationbeginningwiththewriter’sbirthandfollowedbyalistofhis/hereducationbackground,workexperience,professionalaccomplishmentsandhobbies,whilearesumecoverletterexplainsyourqualificationtoshowwellyoucanfitintheposition.II.Types(orformats)ofresumeYourresumeformatcouldmakeaconsiderabledifferencetotheinformationthatareaderderives.KeepinmindThereisnocorrectorstandardresumeformatYourresumeformatshouldbeappropriatetoyourpositionYourchosenresumeformatmustnotbeseenasamethodofconcealinginformationYoumustfollowaconsistentformatinallsectionsofyourresumeThefollowingresumetypes(formats)areprovidedforthewritertochoose1.Basicformat(基本型):Itcontainsthemostbasicinformationsuchaseducationexperienceaswellasgeneralpersonalinformation.Itistheidealformatchosenbystudentswhohashadnoworkexperience2.Chronologicalformat(经历型):Itisarrangedintheorderoftime.Moreappropriatelyitisarrangedinthereversetimeorderasyoulistthemostrecenteducationattainmentandworkexperiencefirst.Thisformatisbyfarthemostpopularkindofformat.Aspiringbusinessmajorslookingforajobshouldusethisformat,unlesstheyhaveworkedinawidevarietyoffunctionalareas.3.Functionalformat(功能型):Itisbasedoncertainparticularskillsforaprospectivejob.Itpresentsagoodperspectiveonwhatyoucandoratherthanonwhenyoudidit.Businessstudentswantingtoshowhighlydiverseworkexperienceshouldchoosethisformat.4.Combinationformat(混合型):Purelyfunctionalresumeisnotpopularanymore.Manypeopleprefertouseacombinationoffunctionalandchronologicalformatsinstead.5.Targetedformat(目标型):Ifyouhaveafairlysingle-trackedcareersofarandintendtoremainonthesametrack,youcanusethisformat.Thismeansyoucanuselanguageandkeywordsthatarelocaltoyourindustry.Atargetedformatcouldbeinthechronologicalformatorinthefunctionalformatoracombination.Eachformathasvariousadvantagesanddisadvantages,dependingonthedifferentbackgroundandpurposeoftheapplicant.Applicantscanaddordeletesomesectionsonthebasisoftheoneoftheaboveformatstodesignaveryindividualandspecialresume.III.TipsforwritingagoodresumeMostemployersarebusypeoplewhonormallyjustglanceataresumeforonly10to20seconds.Theyhavegotnotimetoreadyourresume.Inotherwords,yourresumeisscanned,notread.Soone’sresumemustsufficientlycatchtheirattentiontopassthe10to20secondevaluationtest.Aresumemustfollowfourbasicprinciplesforeffectiveness1.Catchthereader’s(employer’s)attention2.Persuadethereaderofyourbenefitsorvalue3.Convincethereaderwithevidence4.MovethereadertoacquiretheproductTofollowtheseprinciples,agoodresumeshouldbeeffectiveinthreeaspects:1)Content(内容)a.Clearlycommunicateyourcompetenceinrelationtotheemployer’sneedsTheinformationofferedintheresumeshouldbecloselyrelatedtotheobjective.Trytoconvincetheemployerthatyouaretherightpersonforthejobandyoucansolvetheirproblemsb.MakestatementswithfactsandfiguresApplicantsshouldkeepinmindthatfactsandfiguresaremoreconvincingthanlotsofstatementsofaccomplishments.Trynottomakestatementsyoucan’tdocument.c.AvoidexaggerationTheChinesewayofmodestywillnotbenecessary,buthonestyandi...