Acct 205 Spring 2015

 Your resume's purpose is to get your foot in the door. Your resume is your ticket to an interview where you can sell yourself! Jobweb.com

WEAK RESUME STRONG RESUME  Low GPA  Little or No Experience  Few Technical Skills  Little or No Volunteer or Community Service  Little or No Leadership Experience  Bad grammar and weak action statements  At least a 3.0 GPA  Relevant Experience in field  Strong Technical Skills  Continuous Volunteer and Community Service  At least 2 Leadership Experiences  No grammatical errors and quantifiable action statements

 Approximately 1,700,000 people graduated with a bachelor’s degree in  When you graduate you will be competing with more than that number of people for a job or a spot in a graduate program.  How can you make your resume stand out?

 Create a “main” resume. List EVERYTHING!  Which experiences support your skills & abilities, best describe you? These experiences should capture the reader’s attention.  Group experiences by a commonality; activities, leadership, research, volunteer. If you possess a variety, just use “Experience.”  Can’t fit it onto one page? Check margins/font size.  Describe the job description to someone else. Does the resume speak to the job? If not, it needs more tailoring.

 Is this action statement succinct?  Will it interest the reader?  Is it already stated elsewhere in the resume?  Can you match the skills stated in the internship posting?  What challenges did you face?  Did you accomplish something you can quantify? Challenge ActionResult

 Know yourself!! Take a Career Center  Explore careers of interests: Lunch & Learns; Informational Interviews, Job Shadow  Participate in campus activities and student clubs; become a student leader  Write your resume; get it critiqued at the Career Center  Volunteer, intern or get a part-time job over the summer in a career field you’re interested in  Do research/go on academic trips with faculty

 Q: What do I do if my professor, career counselor and an alumni connection have different opinions?  Q: Is it ok to submit high school information?  Q: Should I list my GPA if it is under a 3.0?  Q: What font size, style, margin settings should I use?  Q: Does it really have to be on resume paper?  Q: What if I went abroad?  Q: Do I list a job if I was fired or left on my own accord?  Q: Do I list ‘References Available Upon Request?’

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