Whats a good one or suggestions, mine currently is pretty bland and covers more about work exp. than does school and academics. How would you do yours?

thanks

4/12/2006 3:48:06 PM

Pink resume paper.

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4/12/2006 3:48:37 PM

it helps if you do more beside list yourself as a hermaphrodite impersonator

4/12/2006 3:51:08 PM

career center

4/12/2006 3:51:16 PM

Run for president of whatever student organization is associated with your major. If that doesn't work, join Mensa.

4/12/2006 3:52:08 PM

^ I have been president in the past of an organization.

But I am talking about more, how to list or organize information about school. etc.

4/12/2006 4:02:25 PM

Don't use a resume. Just show up.


That's the secret.

4/12/2006 4:17:28 PM

join a bunch of clubs u dont do shit with.

4/12/2006 4:22:45 PM

you mean a resume template?

4/12/2006 4:24:26 PM

^ bingo.

4/12/2006 4:47:39 PM

hahahaha... i was confused.

4/12/2006 4:50:22 PM

Name & Address
Education - Schools & degrees (do not list HS) - if you have a masters or PhD, what is your thesis title.
Experience - Job title, manager, duties, how long you worked there
Publications
Interest & Awards - Clubs, hobbies, etc.

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 5:50 PM. Reason : fun]

4/12/2006 5:47:17 PM

Make sure your resume is easy to scan ... if they can't find what they are looking for in 10 seconds ... forget it.

"join a bunch of clubs u dont do shit with." & "I have been president in the past of an organization."
-If you include any extracircular work on your resume, make sure it has substance to it. Should be something you or the recruiter can bring up in the interview and easily discuss. Should also be something one of your references can testify to you doing. If you didn't really try to save the whales, don't freaking list it.

And above all, go with what OmarBadu said:

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"career center"

4/12/2006 6:00:32 PM

Show impact of what you have done. You should have results to back up your skills, and look online for buzzwords to include. Anything extracurricular that you have done that sounds cool helps too, for example I'm a girl who led dive trips at a boy scout trip for a summer. That's always a talking point.

4/12/2006 8:11:53 PM

extracurriculars and school clubs/awards are only worth putting on there if you are a couple of years out of school or just don't have much work experience.

My resume has two lines for Education. One for the BS and one for the MS. The other two pages is work experience and skill knowledge. So far I'm 9 out of 10 with it.

It's better to fill your resume with tailored experience. Fit the resume to the job. I have 4 or 5 different versions of mine, depending on the type of client/company and on the exact position I'm applying for. Each one stresses different responsibilities and results, dependent on what I know the position requires.

4/12/2006 11:44:42 PM

I agree with many of the previous posts...great tips.

To me the term "resume template" is a bit of an oxymoron... there is no such thing as "one size fits all". The first thing you should do when writing/updating your resume is take a critical look at the job/s you are interested in applying to, as well as your qualifications as they apply to this type of work. You want to prioritize your most relevant qualifications in terms of the position, and arrange that material so the reader sees that information first (most important info to the top & left).

Resumes definitely require trial & error, so don't be afraid to just put something down on paper, print it out & see how it looks. When you hold your resume about arms-length from you, what elements "pop" off of the page? If it is not your most important qualities, try again. You'll definitely want someone else's opinion on it, and the Career Center is a good place to start with that. We can also make suggestions about things you might want to add, based upon your major & career goals.

Counselors are available for walk-ins from 11-2 on M-F. This is a great time for a resume review. PM me if you have more specific questions. I'm happy to help.

4/13/2006 9:51:52 AM

You all are getting resume and curriculum vitae mixed up, or you don't know how to write a resume. A resume should be restricted to one page - it's a summary of your most pertinent work and other experience and education. A curriculum vitae is a couple pages long and includes all academic information + awards, skills, honors, publications.

One tip is if you worked on a major project in a particular relevant course, you could list that as part of your experience section. For example, a communications major could include a television production course.

Google resume+template or sample or example and you'll come up with plenty to work with.

For my most recent resume I did:

(Centered) Full name
(centered) Address
(centered) Phone number
(centered) Email address

OJBECTIVE

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

SKILLS (these could be additional skills not specifically stated in EXPERIENCE, since that section is more about what you did in those particular jobs, courses or projects)

And you have the option of putting HONORS or AWARDS instead of or in addition to SKILLS

A resume is for a general job, a curriculum vitae is for an academically/research-related job.

[Edited on April 13, 2006 at 10:59 AM. Reason : ]

4/13/2006 10:53:49 AM

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"a curriculum vitae is for an academically/research-related job."

CVs are used just about everywhere outside of the US, for any position.

4/13/2006 11:03:34 AM

^That's interesting. I was speaking in terms of my own experiences in applying for jobs so far, so didn't know that.

Here's a great website about writing a CV: http://www.alec.co.uk/cvtips/index.htm

Here's one with some templates: http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumeexamples/

[Edited on April 13, 2006 at 11:04 AM. Reason : ]

4/13/2006 11:03:36 AM

just lie on it....everyone is doing it

4/13/2006 11:54:40 AM

I need some examples of objectives, I kind of know what I want to say, but I don't know how to word it.

also, more general questions

card stock or normal paper?
colored or not? (not pink or anything, but like a cream or light gold color or something)

5/18/2006 1:02:26 PM

card stock and color because it stands out, but choose a color like light blue. you don't want something too dark where you can't read the text or just an eye sore.

objectives should be a specific goal that you want to achieve. usually it's a long term goal, ex. to become an profficient engineer. employers like to see candidates who know where they're going or have an idea.

5/18/2006 1:11:24 PM

i'm only doing reception work right now, the place i'm sending my resume to has two jobs i'm interested in open (and luckily qualified for!!!) and I'm trying to get an objective to fit both positions. One is just customer service and the other is kind of like events coordinator I guess.

5/18/2006 1:14:16 PM

put the objective for the better position and when u go on an interview, explain how u r interested in both but ideally u want the better position due to feelin it is more of a challenge, etc.

5/18/2006 1:21:52 PM

probably a good idea, i want the events coordinator position, but they'll see my past experience and immediately think customer service, so I should play that up I guess.

5/18/2006 1:23:08 PM

i would love to do event coordinating

i was also going to say that objectives are, in my opinion, pointless. your objective is to get the job you're applying for, anything you put down besides that is BS. if i were a recruiter i wouldn't even read it, which means you've wasted 2-3 lines you could have spent selling yourself. in this case though, since you're applying for two jobs with one resume (i'm assuming) you may want your objective to straight up say which position you're interested in.

if your experience is more customer service based, you may want to think about what kind of skills might be needed to do event planning (like meeting deadlines, following up with people to make sure things are moving along, juggling priorities) and word your experience to highlight those kinds of skills.

also, i've added a software section to my resume. it's pretty basic, things like MS Office, DreamWeaver, Photoshop... anything you have some idea how to use, i'd list. employers like to see you're computer literate.

5/18/2006 1:44:51 PM

thanks!

they ask for a cover letter, salary history/requirements.

is negotiable appropriate, and does the history go in the resume with each position? if so, right after the job title or at the end of your duties and such?

cover letter - a full page? a few sentences? I've never done one.

5/18/2006 1:52:13 PM

you would be surprised how effective a resume is when it is sent in PDF format

download OpenOffice

http://www.openoffice.org

and use the Writer Program to export word files to PDF for free

gotten a call back for every job I have ever applied for (and PhD program)

5/18/2006 2:21:43 PM

join a frat

you don't need resumes when you have your chapters' alumni offering you jobs left and right

networking is key

5/18/2006 2:32:17 PM

^^definitely a good idea if you're submitting online or via email, hides the formatting

as for salary history/requirements... you may want to include this with your resume, on the line where you list the job title put how much they paid you, salary requirement with/instead of objective. or you could include it as a separate document, might be a good chance to show of some microsoft word table making skills.

regarding the cover letter, i usually try to make mine about half a page.
~first paragraph is sort of introductory, what you're applying for, how you heard about it, your education level, and what you're currently doing.
~second paragraph is where you get to explain how the experience listed on your resume relate to the job your applying for. remember not to use "i" to much, the focus here isn't necessarily on how great you are, but on what you can do for their business.
~third paragraph should just be a brief wrap up, "i look forward to the opportunity to meet with you, please consider my attached resume an application for employment, yadda yadda."

5/18/2006 2:51:15 PM

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"join a frat you don't need resumes when you have your chapters' alumni offering you jobs left and right networking is key"

I didn't believe this until it happened to me

employers are also a big fan of "Fraternity President"

5/18/2006 2:54:51 PM

i'm probably repeating stuff here, but i would say it's all in the wording. dont just list what you did at your jobs, but write it so it sounds like you accomplished something.

and dont even list stuff that's not relevant.

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"It's better to fill your resume with tailored experience. Fit the resume to the job. I have 4 or 5 different versions of mine, depending on the type of client/company and on the exact position I'm applying for. Each one stresses different responsibilities and results, dependent on what I know the position requires."

exactly...i customize mine each time i send it out (it usually ends up pretty much the same though).

5/18/2006 7:10:36 PM

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"i was also going to say that objectives are, in my opinion, pointless. "

i agree...but i've always put an objective at the top of my resume, because i felt like i was supposed to. half the time it is BS. do employers really pay attention to that?

5/18/2006 7:13:16 PM

just lie a lot, then a year later take it out of your personnel file they cant later uncover you accidentally

5/18/2006 9:31:23 PM

dental health

5/18/2006 10:21:03 PM

^^^if i were going through stacks of resumes, i wouldn't

5/19/2006 10:08:21 AM

Along the same lines, should you submit a cover letter everytime? I have only done it with jobs I'm really interested in. I've applied for some I'd take if I got it but not overly concerned about.

5/19/2006 5:08:28 PM