Resume PARC Principles
Summary of assignment
Task
You will follow the guidelines given through the various tools from UMGC’s Career Services and write a polished resume for a specific job posting in your field. You will also write a summary of how you applied the PARC (proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast) principles in your resume.
Length
For the resume, there is no minimum or maximum word count. You will follow the advice from Career Services on the length of your resume. Your summary, complete with screen captures, of how you applied the PARC principles should be 150-250 words.
Resume PARC Principles
How to Submit your Documents
Please submit this assignment in one document. Your document should include the following items in the following order:
o Job posting and description (this should be copied and pasted from the source that contained the job posting and description)
o Your cover letter
o Your resume
o Your summary of how you applied PAR
Steps to Take in Completing this Assignment
- Locate a job posting in your field. Helpful resources in finding a job posting include the following UMGC Career Services pages:
o Job Search Websites.
o Federal Job Search page
- Submit the following to the Assignment folder in one document:
o the job posting copied and pasted from the website.
Resume PARC Principles
Copying and pasting the job posting will make sure your instructor sees the posting even if the link to the posting expires. APA.
o the cover letter
o the resume
o a summary, complete with screen captures, of how you applied the PARC principles in the resume. This summary should be 150-250 words.
In your screen captures, follow these guidelines:
▪ For proximity, show at least three areas of the resume that demonstrate this concept.
▪ For alignment, show at least two areas of the resume that demonstrate this concept.
▪ For repetition, show at least three areas of the resume that demonstrate this concept.
▪ For contrast, show at least three areas of the resume that demonstrate this concept.