For my second career services post, I chose to watch a webinar titled "How to Write a Winning Resume". In this webinar, a lot of interesting points were made about building a "winning resume." I learned several things, including:
1. The top half of your resume is considered the "hot zone" and needs to grab the attention of the recruiter. It should include your contact info, education, and experience.
2. Your resume typically should be no longer than one page.
3. Employers are looking for skills such as communication, detail oriented, organized, problem solving, and computer skills when they are recruiting to fill a position.
It was pretty interesting to listen to this webinar because the co-worker who I share a cubicle with at my internship, Lauren, is the HR Recruitment intern. I have seen her look through hundreds of resumes, and she has shown me really awesome resumes that are incredibly impressive, and then there are others that honestly, are quite sad. It definitely is true though that recruiters take about 15 to 40 seconds to look over a resume and determine if that candidate is moving on or not. When you think about having to market yourself in that little amount of time, it really puts into perspective just how important writing your resume, and tailoring it to each job is.
Last semester, I took part in several Career Service event. I went to a seminar on how to prepare for a job fair, a rapid resume workshop, and the how to write a winning resume webinar. I credit them, along with a lot of advice and encouragement from Mary Jo Douglas-Zunk at Career Services, for landing my internship at the Arizona Department of Education. No matter how much one knows about resumes and cover letters, there are always a few tweaks that can turn a good resume into a great resume.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a good webinar. I plan on taking a career service on resumes too. I've been at my job for 12 years and haven't had to create a resume. However, it's a priority now that graduation is near. Your insight was great, thank you for your post.
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