Creative Niche

Getting the job you want!

Theresa Casarin and Jade Yourth of Creative Niche share their tips on resume writing and getting your online profile in shape for success.



Theresa Casarin, VP, Talent, Canada
theresa@creativeniche.com

Jade Yourth, Digital Marketing Specialist
jade@creativeniche.com


Creative Niche is an innovative staffing, recruitment and executive search firm. Making connections since 2002 with over 14,000 placements. Recruitment is purely in the digital marketing, design and data innovation. Their clients include SapientRazorfish, Thomson Reuters, OpenText, Kinetic Cafe, Deloitte, RBC and MTV.

A good exercise to do before writing your resume is the 16 personalities website test. It is recommended that you start with a clear head. Use the first answer you gravitate to instead of what you think you should say. Be brutally honest with yourself. You will discover your strengths and weakness. You will end-up in the right place to be.

The Purpose of the Resume:

• It’s a snapshot of who you are, what you have done and what you’ve accomplished
• It’s a sales tool
• A resume is to get you the job interview


What your Resume should include:

• Who - email address and name
• What - what you do
• When - when you graduated and when you’ve accomplished these
• Where - where you graduated and worked
• How - showing how you made improvements to a job, showing quantitative results and how to contact you

Appropriate Language:

• Use action verbs (managed, improved)
• Avoid pronouns
• Use a consistent tense
• No jargon or slang
• Do not add obvious points

Proofread:

• One single mistake will prevent you from moving forward
• 61% of employers will dismiss a resume because of typos or blatant grammatical mistakes

Education:

• You want to showcase most recent and most important

Additional Experience:

• Freelance work / smaller projects
• School projects
• Case studies and spec work
• Volunteer work
• Internships, awards and recognition

TOP TIPS

• Reverse chronological order (most recent first)
• State name of the company you worked at, how long you worked, then your accomplishments. You do not have to use full sentences for example “managed customers and front office”
• Remove personal information
• Stories sell, so add numbers, statistics, percentages, etc.
• Fuzzy key words and phrases should be avoided

ABOUT LINKEDIN

• Business-focused social networking site that launched in 2003.
• Linkedin is an extension of your profile. Grow your community.

Reasons why you should have a linkedin account:

1. Millions of members
2. It shows up at the top of Google searches
3. People are researching you
4. Packed with invaluable resources
5. You don’t know what you’re missing out on
6. You’ll stay current
7. You’ll be able to stay connected

Most of important! Recruiters and companies scan for key words on linkedin.

Thank-you Theresa and Jade for this valuable and useful information. Hope to see you at our Grad Show in April.

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