ENGINEERING CO-OP PROGRAM

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II Table of Contents Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Counselling Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 International House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5 Roles and Responsibilities 15 The Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 During the Job Search Term 15 During Your Work Term 15 After Your Work Term 15 The Co-op Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Co-op Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Employer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Faculty Liaison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 Assessing Yourself and Your Skills 18 Skills & Experience Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Transferable Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Areas for Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7 The Resumé 23 General Resumé Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Resumé Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Creating a Professional Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Types of Resumés . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chronological or Reverse Chronological 23 Functional 24 Combination 24 Anatomy of a UBC Engineering Co-op Combination Resumé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Technical Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Co-op/Technical Work Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Technical Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Volunteer Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Other Work Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Professional Affiliations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Activities and Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Action Verbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Accomplishment Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
III Table of Contents Steps to Developing Accomplishment Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Checklist for a Powerful Resumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 8 Effective Cover Letters 31 General Cover Letter Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Planning & Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Step One: Examine the Job Posting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Step Two: Dissect the Job Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Example: Dissect the Job Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Step Three: Develop Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Format and Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Tone and Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sample Cover Letter – Paragraph Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 9 ECO Navigation Basics 36 Log in to ECO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Accepting Co-op Terms and Conditions Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Building Your Online Resumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Create A New Resumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Viewing your Resumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Deleting a Resumé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Editing a Resumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Resumé Naming Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Adding Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Removing a Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Adding a New Item Within a Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Editing/Deleting an Item Within a Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Reordering Your Resumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Renaming a Resumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Applying for Jobs in ECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 View Job Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Submitting an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Cover Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Additional Job Application Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Flag Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Move Jobs to Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Search Job Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 View Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Edit/Delete Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Personal Attributes Personal Attrib
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