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Big deal! So I did that. How did I make a difference? Did I increase anything—decrease, modify, or change?”  \n18 So it’s possible to pull out accomplishments and results.  \n19 And the third criterion would be to quantify information.  \n20 Here’s another strong example of a resume.  \n21 What I like about what this student did is in the Experience section.  \n22 She has strong action verbs, she has strong results, but she also has strong numbers.  \n23 She was able to quantify her results and accomplishments.  \n24 In terms of cover letters, it’s important again to know that this is another marketing document, relevant, should be one page and should be a highly customized document.  \n25 And basically, a cover letter’s answering two questions:  \nCómo escribir un currículo y carta de presentación excelentes  \n1 ¿Qué hace que un currículo y una carta de presentación sean excelentes?  \n2 Lo que es importante saber es que estos son documentos publicitarios.  \n3 También es importante saber que el empresario medio de hoy en díales dedica solo unos siete segundos.  \n4 Así que no se va a leer estos currículos.  \n5 Les va a echar un vistazo a estos currículos.  \n6 Así que necesita saber de inmediato qué valor añadido aporta usted.  \n7 Así que aquí tiene un ejemplo estupendo de un exalumno reciente.  \n8 Es una página, aunque dos páginas [también] estarían bien.  \n9 Esta persona tiene sus datos de contacto.  \n10 Luego enumera sus estudios, aunque es posible poner los estudios al final.  \n11 Usted tiene que preguntarse: «¿Es más probable que me contraten por mis estudios o por mi experiencia?» .  \n12 Este también es un buen currículo porque, en vez de limitarse a añadir muchas descripciones de puestos de trabajo en la sección Experiencia, este antiguo alumno está usando lo que llamamos declaraciones de logros para describir su experiencia.  \n13 Fundamentalmente, tres criterios:  \n14 Tiene que empezar con un buen verbo de acción sólido.  \n15 En nuestras notas sobre la escritura de currículos tenemos una listade más de 100 verbos de acción.  \n16 Luego, cuando escriba cada una de sus frases y expresiones, tieneque decirse:  \n17 «¿Y qué? ¡Pues vaya! Conque hice eso. ¿En qué cambié las cosas?¿Aumenté algo? ¿Reduje, modifiqué o cambié algo?» .  \n18 Así que se pueden sacar logros y resultados.  \n19 Y el tercer criterio sería cuantificar la información.  \n20 He aquí otro buen ejemplo de currículo.  \n21 Lo que me gusta de lo que hizo esta alumna está en la sección Experiencia.  \n22 Tiene verbos de acción sólidos, tiene resultados sólidos, pero también tiene números sólidos.  \n23 Fue capaz de cuantificar sus resultados y logros.  \n24 En cuanto a las cartas de presentación, es igualmente importante saber que este es otro documento publicitario,","cbCaih2UFoUnDwYF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih2UFoUnDwYF","pdf",31297,"English","# What makes a great resume and a great cover letter?\n## Resumes as marketing documents\n## Cover letters as customized marketing documents","[{\"question\":\"How much time do average employers spend on resumes?\",\"answer\":\"Employers typically spend only about seven seconds scanning a resume, so the document must communicate your value immediately.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the criteria for writing a strong resume experience section?\",\"answer\":\"Use strong action verbs, focus on accomplishments and results instead of many job descriptions, and quantify information using numbers.\"},{\"question\":\"What should a cover letter accomplish and what should it include?\",\"answer\":\"A cover letter should be a relevant, one-page, highly customized document that answers two questions about why you for a specific position at a specific organization.\"}]","How to Write a Great Resume and Cover Letter | PDF",1789287927]