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I.
Learn
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Watch
and listen to our on-line presentations on resume writing
and interviewing
so you can learn the best ways to create this important document
and how to communicate to a potential employer that you have
the skills s/he needs. Click here.
- Read
A Guide to Career Planning and Job Hunting, (available
in the Center), which explains how to
write a resumé and how to interview effectively.
- Click
here! to begin learning how to
write your resume.
- Click
here! to begin learning how
to write your cover letter.
- Attend
instructional
seminars.
- Resumé
Writing (taught by employers)
- Effective
Interviewing (taught by employers)
- Have
your resumé critiqued
by a counselor in the Center during
counseling drop-in hours
or bring a typed copy of your resumé
to the office and ask that it be critiqued. You may pick
it up two days later.
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II.
Create and Practice
- Use
OptimalResume,
a comprehensive, web-based tool,
which allows you to create, present and manage up to 5 resumes.
OptimalResume will guide you throughout the creation
of your resume, offering suggestions on how to phrase your education
and employment history.
- Current
students: Use
your mail.montclair email address
to log into the system.
- Alumni:
To avoid paying a $29 fee for this service, call the
Alumni Association at 973.655.4141 to receive the promotional
code for FREE access to the program. DO NOT SELECT "CLICK
TO PURCHASE."
- Get
started with Optimal Resume by registering here.
- Print
the final copy of your resumé in the Center's Computer
Lab.
- Use
Interview
Prep, (part of Optimal Resume), our on-line
practice interviewing system,
which allows you to record, watch and listen to yourself answering
questions.
- Make
an appointment with a counselor for an interviewing role-play
if you think you need more help.
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