Resumes, Applications and Interviews

Resume

Your resume is usually the what a potential employer will request from you. It’s their first impression of you, and if it’s not up to scratch, it can let you down. UNE Employability and Careers provides students the ability to have their resumes checked over and critiqued. This is free service for every student, whether you’re on campus, or from half way across the world. Having a professional eye run over your resume could mean the difference between a good first impression or not.

You will need a new functional resume as a tertiary student. The process is needs to be stepped through to create a professional and up to gradaute standard document. The way we can assist you is with going through the steps:

1. Use the UNE CV Builder - this will guide you through the start of the process. It will ask you to fill out the boxes with information, and then it will build your initial draft - remember this is not your final document to use for applying to jobs.

2. Once you have your draft you can then use CV360 , submit it for instant layout feedback. It will use Artifical Intelligence to go through, picking up spelling mistakes, set out errors, if you have each section filled with information, etc. It will give you a score so you know where you can go back and look at what may be missing.

3. Then you need to submit it to the UNE Career Coaches for personalised service - they will go through your resume and asssit you in polishing it to a professional standard. You will find the submit button at the top of your CV360 page. A Careers Coach will be in contact with you.

If you believe your resume is current, we welcome you to email your document to careers@une.edu.au for assistance.

Applications

Cover Letters

Your cover letter is just as important as your resume, as it's typically the first document employers read when considering your application. Some employers even consider your cover letter more important than your resume because it gives insight into who you are and convinces them whether or not they should continue reading your resume. This is why you should make sure you have a polished and professional cover letter.

You can start to draft your cover letter using the Cover Letter Builder This is an online step-by-step process to take you through the basics. Once your draft is complete, email it to a UNE Careers Coach via careers@une.edu.au for further assistance.

Selection Criteria

Many people applying for government jobs for the first time may not be aware of the importance of selection criteria responses. It is a critical part of most government applications and essential to creating an outstanding application.

Even if you have a brilliant resume that shows you have excellent skills and qualifications to do the job and you have written an absolutely sensational cover letter, if you don’t address the selection criteria in a separate document that explains how well you fit each criterion, chances are you will be overlooked. Fulfilling the selection criteria to the satisfaction of the selection committee is the only way you can make it across the line to the next stage of the recruitment process – the interview.

Need help? use the guide at: How to Address Selection Criteria and then email you rdraft document to our UNE Careers Coaches at careers@une.edu.au

Interviews

The hiring process is changing. Employers are increasingly using video interviews as part of their recruitment process. But whether you’re going for an interview online or in person, you need to practise. Interview360 includes a large and comprehensive library of the most commonly asked interview questions along with key points to help you answer every one of them.

There’s also a range of mock interviews you can take to really test your ability to come up with strong, confident, well-thought through answers under time pressure. You’ll get instant feedback and advice, and every question you answer will make you a stronger candidate. Make sure you check out all of our content too for the latest advice on how to shine in online interviews.

To practice your interview skills, visit Interview360