Yesterday I went to a career services workshop called “How to Write a Winning Resume.” I figured this would be particularly useful for me as I’ve had no formal training in resume writing. The career adviser gave us some helpful tips. First, she told us to think of a resume as your sales brochure, and to highlight transferable skills. For example, we read a mock resume about a person who use to work at Best Buy. Instead of saying “Increased TV sales by…” The transferable way would be to say “increased departmental sales by…” This makes it seem like you can increase any department, not just TVs. Another idea she gave us is that when we are describing activities and experience, to use action verbs, such as,” trained, supervised, designed, and achieved.” She also told us that if you do not have much experience, such as with younger college students, to highlight relevant courses. One of the resumes we read actually had five courses under “education.” She also gave us a unique way to think about group projects. Instead of just explaining the project, show how you worked with a team, researched and analyzed data. The word “analyze” is in many job descriptions. Overall, this was a very helpful workshop that gave real advice on how to highlight aspects that will make the resume stand out.
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The courses in the resume is an idea I'm going to use as I have't had that much experience in the areas I eventually want to work in yet.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this post! Sometimes people often overlook the importance of a good resume. Thanks for sharing what you've learned, such as using verbs while describing activities. I appreciate the insight!
ReplyDeleteHi thanks for sharing your amazing career services workshop for "How to Write a Winning Resume". Its also useful for me because after one month my studies are going to complete and I must be write my own resume.
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