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Q statement
Q statement
Q statement
Q statement
The following is the format if you have more than one job title at
different times at the same company.
Jetlands Department Store
Bellingham, WA 1995 1998
Accountant I (1996 1998)
Q statement
Q statement
Customer Service Representative (1995 1996)
Q statement
Q statement
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Education Block
Question: Where were you educated or trained?
Answer: List your degrees, licenses, certificates, and any rele-
vant education or training that is in progress.
Example: Currently enrolled in a course of study leading
to a Master of Business Administration with an
emphasis in Finance at University of Seattle
B.A. Finance, University of Seattle
A.A. Accounting, Bellingham City College
Publications Block [Optional]
The Impact of Government Provided Health Care on
Acute Care Facilities Management, Student Journal of Health
Care Finance, September 2006.
Awards Block [Optional]
Employee of the Year Award, Procorp Health Systems, 2001
Professional Affiliations Block [Optional]
Western U.S. Accounting Society
MBA Study Association of UOS
Here s another sample résumé with basic blocks that answers all
five questions:
[Who are you?]
Lisa Y. Nguyen
26XX Hillsbury Court, FL 1XXXX
Home phone: (254) XXX-XX23
Mobile phone: (254) XXX-XX54
lisa_yvette_nguyen@hts.net
[What do you want?]
OBJECTIVE
A position as a production manager in the film industry.
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[Tell me about yourself]
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
[This section would contain Lisa s power proposition. You will notice
that we don t actually write the words power proposition on the
résumé itself. Instead, we identify this section on the résumé itself as
summary. Other words that are occasionally used instead of sum-
mary are professional summary, highlights of qualifications,
summary of qualifications, and professional expertise, and
you may feel free to use those terms on your résumé if you wish.]
[What have you done, and with what result?]
WORK HISTORY
[Your job title, the name of the company, its city and state, and the
years that you worked there. We ll talk later about why you do not
need to write the months that you worked, only the years. Your most
recent job always goes first.]
Production Manager
Sammy T. Productions, Tampa, FL 2005 2009
[Underneath your title, years, and company, you ll write two to six
Q statements.]
" Managed a crew of 3 assistant directors, 4 production
assistants, and production.
" Hired a technical and artistic crew of 349.
" Adhered to all Screen Actors Guild and IATSE union
rules, including those for children.
" Negotiated and saved 18% of a $16 million budget.
" Scheduled a 27-day shooting schedule with 206 separate
scenes.
" Collected records and analyzed personnel, equipment,
and expendables usage throughout production to ensure
staying on budget.
[Continue in the same manner, going back only 10 to 15 years.]
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1st Assistant Director
Archway Film Visions, Orlando, FL 2003 2004
" Coordinated all action on set and ensured timely
production of scenes, saving up to 30 minutes daily.
" Managed the actions of 2 other assistant directors and
1 set production assistant.
" Directed 8 second unit scenes and 14 special effects scenes.
" Assisted production manager in scheduling over 117
scenes.
2nd Assistant Director
Metro Net Pictures, Miami, FL 2002 2003
" Ensured that all 11 actors were dressed, made up, and
ready for shooting scenes.
" Kept detailed daily records of talent, scenes shot, and
adherence to union rules.
Set Production Assistant
GDC Television in conjunction with
Let Her Rip Productions, Orlando, FL 2001
" Followed the orders of the first and second assistant
directors.
" In charge of 2 other production assistants for maintaining
crowd control on exterior shots.
[Where were you educated or trained?]
EDUCATION
A.A. in Mass Communications, John Blue Community Col-
lege, Miami, FL
These two résumés show the formula for organizing your Fear-
less Résumé. You don t have to include the optional blocks unless
they apply to you. You do have a great deal of latitude and choice
in formatting your résumé, but do stick to this basic template and
you re sure to succeed.
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The Conversational Approach to
Résumé Writing
If you ever feel stuck on your résumé and want to get back on
track, take a look at the question being asked for the section
you re working on. You may even imagine a real person asking
the question. Your mind will automatically respond.
This lively question-and-answer approach keeps your imagi-
nation fresh as to what the employer wants. A fearless résumé is
therefore about you and me rather than just me, me, me.
" Rather than being a monologue, as most résumés are, a
Fearless Résumé is in fact a conversation in which we pre-
dict and then answer the questions that the employer
naturally has on her mind.
This gets the reader involved and makes your résumé vital and
refreshing. It s the responsive and precise way that you will learn
to answer these queries that will turn your Fearless Résumé into
the roadway to your interview!
Sound good? Okay. I d bet you d like to see a Fearless
Résumé in action. Let s have a look at a sample résumé and see
how the answers to the basic five questions fit on the page.
The questions on the résumés, which appeared earlier in this
chapter, are there for you to see and learn from, but you don t
actually write the questions on the résumé itself. The sections
written in italics are also just guidelines. The italicized sentences
should not be written on your real résumé.
Next, I am going to show you some of the optional blocks
mentioned earlier. If you have a need for these blocks, use them.
If not, they can be left out.
" You ll see plenty of résumés with just the basic blocks and
some with optional blocks in Chapter 10.
Optional Blocks
For review, optional blocks that can be included on your résumé
but are not mandatory are
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1. Relevant skills (sometimes called technical skills or
professional skills )
2. Professional affiliations
3. Publications and patents
4. Awards
Would you like to see some more Fearless Résumés, or are you
ready to put pen to paper already?
Either way, you re on your way to producing a fantastic piece
of writing. Further examples of Fearless Résumés are provided
for you in the last chapter, if you d like to take a peek at them
before you write your own.
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CHAPTER 8
Tips for a
Terrific Résumé
Confidence . . . is directness and courage in meeting the
facts of life.
John Dewey
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Okay, you ve hit the mark. There are only a few more details to
remember. Again, congratulations for caring enough about your-
self, your time, and your chosen occupation to learn the state-of-
the-art Fearless Résumé.
Yours is a document that will give you an unbeatable start in
your job search and a true edge on your competition; it is a mar-
ketable, sellable, provable depiction of yourself and your skills
that will never, ever bore the reader.
In fact, in the first ten seconds, your document will stop your
reader in her tracks and instill within her the emotional desire to
hire you. In the rest of your petition, she will discover the logical
clarity behind this and the survival instinct that leads her to want
to have you on her team.
Now it s time for you to compose your own Fearless Résumé,
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