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Notes during Resume Lecture

Presenter

Rebecca Maguada

  • Career Services Office, 125 Reed

General Resume Guidelines

if you have a lot of content on your resume, you can change the margins of the page to fit more text.

Bold your names (Times new roman, 16pt, uppercase )

Do not do anything smaller than 11 point font

Make sure your content is clear and concise

You can categorize any kind of experience that you have. Whether it be your education, school projects, volunteer work, internship.

You should craft your resumes unique to each job you apply to. Utilization of career-specific buzzwords.

Experience Notes

Contact information

  • Where you're from
  • Phone Number
    • Do you have a voicemail set up, incase you miss a recruiters' call?
    • Seniors should probably begin to use their own email, rather than their schools'
  • Linkedin hyperlink located next to contact, along with personal portfolio.
    • Its best to use QR code, so recruiters can just scan the picture and open th epge on their phone.

Education

  • Include MOST RECENT information regarding your education
    • Make sure you put down your anticipated graduation
    • Include GPA
      • May use "in-major" GPA
  • Include Dean's List if viable.
  • It is probably best to put education at the top, before you have any experience.

Professional Experience

  • Include title of profession, organization, and list of activities from said experience.
    • No periods at the end of list (not sentences)
  • Anything you include in your resume is "fair game". Prepare to discuss contents with employers.

Academic Projects

  • You can list all the projects you worked on from classes.
  • Put the most recent and important projects/experience at the top of lists.

Linkedin

  • Change your LinkedIn profile url.
    • Any numbers of irrelevant characters.
  • Background photo can be your school, or anything that personifies who you are!
  • Change the biography of your profile to a short description of your current occupation.
  • Try to connect as much as you can with fellow collueges and other Alumni.
  • About Section can be more descriptive of your experience, giving perspective what you want to pursue as a career.
  • The Featured section of your LinkedIn page should include your resume, and any other important media.
  • Include any certification or club experience inside Education
  • It is a good idea to post on LinkedIn, whether thats an update to one of your projects, or to share an interesting article related.

HigherEdJobs

  • higheredjobs.com/admin
  • Schools are always looking for students who do graphic design and IT work. You can look for careers under Multimedia and Audiovisual.

LionLink Projects is a good avenue for paid "side hussles" and demostrate your skills