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The Future In Your Hands, On One Piece of Paper
Natalie Abreu
Issue date: 10/11/07 Section: Focus
One of student's main purposes to progress their colege education is to get their oh-so-coveted college degree that will allow a student to evolve from a college graduate to a member of the workforce with all the trials and benefits it entails. However, when a graduate gfinally decides to take the big plunge into a "real world" job, a given employer will often not ask what school a candidate went to or even what their degree is in, but rather, for a resume. The one page summary of all a graduate's education, activities, work and goals can be the one thing that stands in the way of a graduate's path to the job of their dreams. Many UConn students already have had to face the demons of making a decent resume, but will their current resume get them the jobs they want later in life?
The question arises - how can students sell themselves just in a little more than a page? What really makes a sought-after resume? The answers to these questions were posed in an informative presentation entitled the "ABCs of Resume" given by Career Services in the Center for Undergraduate Education Wednesday afternoon.
Beth Sharpiro-Settje, a career consultant for the Department of Career Services, presented students with an in-depth look into what employers really want out of resumes. When Sharpiro-Settje asked if the filled room of students were first, second, third or fourth year by a raise of hands, the majority stated that they were third of fourth year, showing the importance of resume writing for these impending college graduates.
"We like to obviously help students," said Sharpiro-Settje, "and we find this [presentation] is a good way to reach a lot of students who are beginning to job search or internship search and they need to know what is needed to make a good resume."
Sharpiro-Settje also stated that a resume is "a history of you" and that next to a college diploma and transcript, the resume is probably the most important document a student will take with them out of their college experience. She described a resume being "almost like a living breathing document" that will change along with the person it describes.
The question arises - how can students sell themselves just in a little more than a page? What really makes a sought-after resume? The answers to these questions were posed in an informative presentation entitled the "ABCs of Resume" given by Career Services in the Center for Undergraduate Education Wednesday afternoon.
Beth Sharpiro-Settje, a career consultant for the Department of Career Services, presented students with an in-depth look into what employers really want out of resumes. When Sharpiro-Settje asked if the filled room of students were first, second, third or fourth year by a raise of hands, the majority stated that they were third of fourth year, showing the importance of resume writing for these impending college graduates.
"We like to obviously help students," said Sharpiro-Settje, "and we find this [presentation] is a good way to reach a lot of students who are beginning to job search or internship search and they need to know what is needed to make a good resume."
Sharpiro-Settje also stated that a resume is "a history of you" and that next to a college diploma and transcript, the resume is probably the most important document a student will take with them out of their college experience. She described a resume being "almost like a living breathing document" that will change along with the person it describes.
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