Tanya Maldonado

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Resume, Cover, and Business Letters

Resumes Communicate your value – by showing skills in their context.

Selected CTE Program Resume/Cover Letter examples at the bottom

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The Resume

The resume is a targeted presentation of skills you want to use in your future not a litany of your past. Current styles address accomplishments versus a laundry list of duties or responsibilities. Please avoid cutting and pasting your job description as your information. It will sound like what it is – flat and impersonal. You can begin to round out that duty list by adding details such as:

  1. What the purpose of the project or task was?
  2. Did you work as part of a team or independently, was it your idea?
  3. Whom did it benefit or serve?

Recruiters look at the substance in the resume: actions, achievements, outcomes, work history, and an individual’s capabilities based on tangible evidence and skill set.

Preparing to Write Your Resume or CV

A trick to describing your past experiences is to ask yourself, what was my relationship to people, data, things, and ideas? Then think about what is transferable to the new career target. That is the only subject matter you list on the resume! ?Resume Worksheet – From The Muse

Writing a Resume

More Resume Writing Tips
Accomplishment Statement Tools
Verb List

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Resume Checklists and Grammar Tips
Resume Checklist
Tips
Federal Resume Tips

Federal resumes are very different from corporate resumes – they can be 4-6 pages and are very detailed. Explain everything, even if it is repetitive as it determines your GS level and pay.

Presentation on Federal Resumes?(for professional resume writers)

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Applicant Tracking Systems and Resumes

 

Cover Letters and Correspondence

In short, this is a professional correspondence where you will present your relevant skills, education, knowledge of the organization and work/volunteer experience.

Cover Letter Webinar Recording – Covers purpose, break down of information with a few references to addiction counseling skill sets as an example.

Cover Letter Tips
Professional Email and Business Letters
Professional Writing Tips
Effective Writing Tips
  • Tip #1: Never write in lengthy sentences
  • Tip #2: Be clear about what you want to say
  • Tip #3: Keep your ideas well-organized
  • Tip #4: Proofread your writing

PCC – Sample Resumes by Program

Honor Roll Policy

  • Honor’s List – 3.25-3.49
  • Dean’s List 3.50-3.74
  • President’s List 3.75-4.0
  • Highest Honors 3.75-4.0 Cumulative average awarded upon graduation
Addiction, Human Services & Gerontology

Sample Skills and Competencies

AD Resume Worksheet 3.2025

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Resumes:

Cover Letters:

HUS? & Gerontology Resumes:

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HUS Resume Worksheet

Cover letters:

Business Administration

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Criminal Justice Administration

Transferable skills – active listening, speaking/communication, critical thinking, service orientation, perceptivity and diversity, coordination, and monitoring.

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Sample Skills and Qualifications

Article on CJA Resumes

EMT

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Eye Technician/ Ophthalmic Medical Technology

Eye Tech – Resume Class talk

OMT Skills for review:

Federal Skill levels:

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Eye Tech – Program Activity Write Ups

OMT Resumes and Cover Letter Examples:

Fire

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Health Information Management

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Medical Assistant

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This is an example of how to write up your Education:

Medical Assisting, Portland Community College, expected certificate Mo/Year
Eligible to sit for the CMA (AAMA) national exam Mo/Year

This is how to list your program certificates:

    • BLS / CPR for Healthcare Providers – American Heart Association Expiration date?
    • HIPAA Compliance Training – CastleBranch date
    • Bloodborne Pathogens Training – CastleBranch date
    • OMB Approved Chaperone Training – Portland Community College date
    • Trauma Informed Care Training Modules – Trauma Informed Oregon date
    • Vaccines for Children/Access Program – Oregon Health Authority Program date
    • Adult and Pediatric Vaccine Training – Portland Community College date

PCC Medical Assistant Program’s resume tips for DP and employment resumes

Pre-Directed Practice Resumes
Post-Directive Practice – Job Search Resumes and Cover Letter
Medical Laboratory Technologist

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Review Transferable to MLT Skills

Resume Tips – Remember to list:?Your rotations and hours. Rotations vary depending on the discipline:

  • HCU = Hematology/Coag/UA (18 days = 144 hours)
  • CH = Chemistry (14 days = 112 hours)
  • BB = Blood Bank (10 days = 80 hours)
  • PH = Phlebotomy (12 days = 96 hours)
  • M = Micro (10 days = 80 hours)
MLT Resumes and Cover Letters
Paraeducator

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Sample Resume

Paralegal

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Sample Skills and Qualifications

  • Remember to include employer-related training if relevant
  • Your resume needs to address your skills and experience in communication, client service, analytical/logical reasoning, research, technology, legal procedures, and time management
  • Typical skills you will need to show on a PL resume are:
    • Analytic, critical thinking and research, oral and written communication, and technology skills. Ethics, time and project management; teamwork, personal and interpersonal skills. Here is a list of skills from a job opening 10.2022 – PL skills 2022.docx
PL Resumes and Cover Letters
Political Science

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PS 280A – Legislative Intern