CMN 003 MIDTERM 2
What elements should and should not be included in an effective resume? - answer- try
to be consistent with the formatting and use 11-12pt size font
- do research about the company
- align with the industry/position
- present yourself in a way that's relevant to the future employer
- have education, relevant skills and experience sections
- leave out the first-person point of view (begin each accomplishment statement with an
action verb)
- avoid slang and abbreviations
- avoid writing too many stuff
- use a professional email address
What's STAR? - answerused for accomplishment statements stands for:
S- situation
T- task
A- actions
R- results
What elements should and should not be included in an effective cover letter? - answer-
have it be job centered not self centered
- proofreading is very important
- try addressing the person interviewing you and avoid putting "to whom it may concern"
what word choices maximize your experience descriptions? - answeraction verbs
your instructor disagrees with ICC on specific resume elements. What are these? -
answerNo objective and keep the length of resume to one page
what steps should you take to clean up your online persona? - answer1. Make a list of
all of your accounts
2. review your personal security settings
3. think like a hiring manager
4. cleanse your profile of inappropriate items
5. consider the professional image you want to project
6. type your name into several search engines and see what comes up
7. curate your online posting content
what you do and not do in a networking introduction - answer- don't say hi my name is
but shake hands, make eye contact and state your name
- don't mention too much about yourself but ask about them their career and their
professional goal, try to understand them
, - don't tell them you want a job but share your future goals
How can someone grow their network? - answerthink like anyone you regularly interact
with as networks since they can tap in with other contacts. focus on the bond that you
are making, don't limit yourself to colleagues, think about family and friends too. Get to
know the person really and not just their job
describe/ define perception. - answerthe process of selecting, organizing and
interpreting information
how perception does it impact communication? - answeraffects how we communicate
with others and how we interpret other's communication
why is perception important to understand? - answerthis is crucial to our success
because people tend to perceive things differently, the same message may be
interpreted quite differently by different people
how does salience impact selection of perceptual information? - answerif it's related to
our interested, if something is expected we might pay more attention to things that are
this. it's the degree to which something attracts our attention in a particular context
how do we organize perceptual information? - answerwe categorize them based on
categories and these categories are based on schemata. we also organize them based
on their proximity, similarity and difference
assimiluation - answernew informations is put into an existing schema
accommodation - answerexisting schemas are altered
describe the influences of culture on communication - answerour cultures affect what
we consider to be norms. it affect all of our sense and our schemata
how does our personalities influence communication? - answerpersonalities are innate
and affect how we judge and respond to other people. it also affects decision making.
we judge other people based on their personalities and it influences how we treat them
when are schemas to be used in communication? - answerused in patterns and
shortcuts - expectations, info
mindlessness - answera challenge with schemas: reduced cognitive activity, inaccurate
recall, uncritical evaluation
Selctive Perception - answera challenge with schemas: (narrow, our POV) - select
information based on existing schemas usually in a biased manner
What elements should and should not be included in an effective resume? - answer- try
to be consistent with the formatting and use 11-12pt size font
- do research about the company
- align with the industry/position
- present yourself in a way that's relevant to the future employer
- have education, relevant skills and experience sections
- leave out the first-person point of view (begin each accomplishment statement with an
action verb)
- avoid slang and abbreviations
- avoid writing too many stuff
- use a professional email address
What's STAR? - answerused for accomplishment statements stands for:
S- situation
T- task
A- actions
R- results
What elements should and should not be included in an effective cover letter? - answer-
have it be job centered not self centered
- proofreading is very important
- try addressing the person interviewing you and avoid putting "to whom it may concern"
what word choices maximize your experience descriptions? - answeraction verbs
your instructor disagrees with ICC on specific resume elements. What are these? -
answerNo objective and keep the length of resume to one page
what steps should you take to clean up your online persona? - answer1. Make a list of
all of your accounts
2. review your personal security settings
3. think like a hiring manager
4. cleanse your profile of inappropriate items
5. consider the professional image you want to project
6. type your name into several search engines and see what comes up
7. curate your online posting content
what you do and not do in a networking introduction - answer- don't say hi my name is
but shake hands, make eye contact and state your name
- don't mention too much about yourself but ask about them their career and their
professional goal, try to understand them
, - don't tell them you want a job but share your future goals
How can someone grow their network? - answerthink like anyone you regularly interact
with as networks since they can tap in with other contacts. focus on the bond that you
are making, don't limit yourself to colleagues, think about family and friends too. Get to
know the person really and not just their job
describe/ define perception. - answerthe process of selecting, organizing and
interpreting information
how perception does it impact communication? - answeraffects how we communicate
with others and how we interpret other's communication
why is perception important to understand? - answerthis is crucial to our success
because people tend to perceive things differently, the same message may be
interpreted quite differently by different people
how does salience impact selection of perceptual information? - answerif it's related to
our interested, if something is expected we might pay more attention to things that are
this. it's the degree to which something attracts our attention in a particular context
how do we organize perceptual information? - answerwe categorize them based on
categories and these categories are based on schemata. we also organize them based
on their proximity, similarity and difference
assimiluation - answernew informations is put into an existing schema
accommodation - answerexisting schemas are altered
describe the influences of culture on communication - answerour cultures affect what
we consider to be norms. it affect all of our sense and our schemata
how does our personalities influence communication? - answerpersonalities are innate
and affect how we judge and respond to other people. it also affects decision making.
we judge other people based on their personalities and it influences how we treat them
when are schemas to be used in communication? - answerused in patterns and
shortcuts - expectations, info
mindlessness - answera challenge with schemas: reduced cognitive activity, inaccurate
recall, uncritical evaluation
Selctive Perception - answera challenge with schemas: (narrow, our POV) - select
information based on existing schemas usually in a biased manner
