Every company needs to plan in order to move forward. Its top management must
think about where you want to be three to five years from now, and you need to start takingsteps now in order to get there.With some forethought, you can help yourself avoid a situation,like those described in the All About You feature in this chapter (p. 75), in which your résuméseems to need creative writing.
Instructions
Provide responses to each of the following items.
(a) Where would you like to be working in three to five years? Describe your plan for getting thereby identifying between five and 10 specific steps that you need to take in order to get there.
(b) In order to get the job you want, you will need a résumé.Your résumé is the equivalent of acompany’s annual report. It needs to provide relevant and reliable information about yourpast accomplishments so that employers can decide whether to “invest”in you. Do a searchon the Internet to find a good résumé format.What are the basic elements of a résumé?
(c) A company’s annual report provides information about a company’s accomplishments. In orderfor investors to use the annual report, the information must be reliable; that is, users musthave faith that the information is accurate and believable. How can you provide assurancthat the information on your résumé is reliable?
(d) Prepare a résumé assuming that you have accomplished the five to 10 specific steps you identifiedin part (a).Also, provide evidence that would give assurance that the information is reliable.