{"id":15075,"date":"2020-11-03T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/build-a-resume-craft-a-cover-letter-learn-about-job-references-more\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T18:00:26","slug":"build-a-resume-craft-a-cover-letter-learn-about-job-references-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/build-a-resume-craft-a-cover-letter-learn-about-job-references-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a resume, craft a cover letter, learn about job references &#038; more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Careers &amp; Transfer (CCT) welcomes students and alumni to join our virtual mini-info sessions (20 minutes each) today, Nov. 3 as part of our <strong>Fall 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/studentservices\/career-transfer\/career\/employment-days-workshops.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Employment Days<\/a> event<\/strong>. <em>And please stay tuned to our social media (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HvccCareerTransferCenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hvcc-career-and-transfer-center-5a883b1b5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HVCC_CCT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> where we&#8217;ll be sharing job opportunities).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>10 a.m &#8212; Building a Resume &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0learn about resume types and what categories should be included. Did you know there are four standard types of resumes?<\/li>\n<li><strong>noon &#8212; Crafting a Cover Letter<\/strong> &#8212; learn the format and essential elements of a cover letter. Cover letters are your opportunity to explain <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span> you are a good fit for a job.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2 p.m. &#8212; Job References<\/strong> &#8212; learn why employers ask for references, how to format a reference page and how to ask someone to be a reference for you (Yes, you have to ask them first!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>4 p.m. &#8212; Job Search Strategies<\/strong> &#8212; learn how and where to look for open positions. Job search sites are great but don&#8217;t forget about the hidden job market!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join these sessions using the Zoom account associated with your HVCC email.<\/p>\n<p><em>Meeting ID: 942 5789 6515<br \/>\nDial by location 646 558 8656 US (New York)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:00:26 +0000 by\u00a0s.weinlein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Center for Careers &amp; Transfer (CCT) welcomes students and alumni to join our virtual mini-info sessions (20 minutes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}